Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 6/25/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Saturday, June 25, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Boston (+135) Cleveland (-155)

Progressive Field is the location where the Cleveland Guardians (36-29) will attempt to beat the Boston Red Sox (39-31) on Saturday. The odds on this game have Boston at +135 while Cleveland is priced at -155. The betting total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Josh Winckowski and Shane Bieber.

Boston owns a slugging percentage of .414 and have been called out on strikes 555 times, while taking a walk on 199 occasions. They have 323 runs batted in and 622 base knocks over the course of the season, and their average at the plate is at .258. The Red Sox have hit 164 doubles as a team and have hit 67 balls out of the park. They have racked up 333 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .319. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 8th in MLB.

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Red Sox pitchers have conceded 77 long balls and 278 runs in total (7th in the league). They have walked 203 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.94 as a team this year. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.94 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.18. The Red Sox have a team ERA of 3.59 for the year (6th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 596 hitters.

Red Sox relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 80 times and also have had 88 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 49 holds this season (4th in the league). The Red Sox relievers have a save rate of 53.3% and has come into the game in 79 save situations. They have recorded 16 saves for the season and have not converted 14 of their 30 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 115 base runners so far this year and 33.9% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Red Sox have sent 258 relief pitchers to the hill this year.

The Red Sox have converted 71.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 5,637 innings, which has them sitting at 8th in pro baseball. The Boston Red Sox have notched a total of 1,879 putouts this season, as well as 597 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which ranks 9th in professional baseball, and they have turned 57 double plays.

Winckowski has taken the hill for 14 innings and has accumulated 9 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.68 (6 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.500. He has surrendered 17 hits (10.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 5 walks. Winckowski (2-1 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.81 while he has gone up against 64 hitters in the major leagues.

The Cleveland Guardians have earned an OBP of .311 as well as a batting average of .250 this year. They have been rung up on 456 instances (30th in the league) and are sitting with 555 base hits. Cleveland has knocked in 53 home runs this year as well as 286 RBIs. The Guardians have a team slugging percentage of .391 and they average 4.62 runs per game (11th in MLB). They have recorded 125 two-baggers, while taking a walk 189 times and scoring 300 runs.

The Guardians are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.182 in addition to having a FIP of 3.95 as a team on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.97 (546 strikeouts against 184 bases on balls). They sit at 2nd in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 498. They have given up 72 HR's and they give up 4.12 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league). The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 264 runs this year while holding an ERA of 3.65 (234 earned runs yielded).

Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 26.5% of 83 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 71 times in high leverage situations and on 61 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 49 save situations, the Guardians have earned 20 holds in addition to 7 blown saves. They rank 7th in baseball with a save rate of 73.1%, and they have dispatched 206 relievers to the mound so far this season. Cleveland has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 26 save opportunities and they have come away with 19 saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 49 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (18th in baseball). The Guardians have 558 assists, 38 errors and have earned 1,731 putouts over the course of the season. In their 5,193 innings played, the Guardians are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.1% (9th in pro baseball).

In his career, Bieber has conceded 519 base hits and he has 717 punch outs in 581 frames. Bieber (44-21 record in his career) has a 3.25 earned run average and has allowed 8.0 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 210 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.126 and having a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.31 and he has faced 2,363 batters in his MLB career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-155)

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