Cleveland Guardians vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 7/25/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Monday, July 25, 2022

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-110) Boston (-110)

Fenway Park is the site where the Boston Red Sox (48-47) will take on the Cleveland Guardians (48-45) on Monday. The odds on this game have the Guardians at -110 while the Red Sox are opening at -110. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are Zach Plesac and Josh Winckowski.

The Guardians have earned 172 two-baggers as a team and have hit 72 balls out of the park. Cleveland is slugging .386 and have struck out 646 times, while drawing a walk on 269 occasions. As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are putting up 4.4 runs/g, which ranks them 15th in MLB. They have accounted for 390 RBI's and 793 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .251. They have a total of 410 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .315.

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The Guardians are sitting with a team ERA of 3.87 this season (14th in the league), and the staff has rung up 758 hitters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.79 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.24. Guardians pitchers have surrendered 101 home runs and also 397 runs (12th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 272 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.00 as a unit on the campaign.

The Guardians relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 67.6% and has come into the game in 62 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 112 base runners this year and 30.4% of those runners crossed home plate. Guardians pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 77 times as well as having 93 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have dispatched 287 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The relief pitchers have earned 25 holds on the year (30th in the league). They have earned 23 saves this year and have blown 11 of their 34 save chances.

The Guardians have converted 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,410 innings, which ranks them 12th in baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated 2,470 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 853 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which puts them in 20th in MLB, and have 76 double plays.

Plesac has pitched in 407 innings and has earned 313 K's so far in his career. His earned run average is 3.95 (179 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.168. He has given up 373 base knocks (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 103 free passes. Plesac (24-21 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.49 while he has faced 1,681 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Boston Red Sox have recorded an on-base percentage of .317 as well as a team batting average of .256 this year. They have struck out on 790 occasions (19th in the league) and have tallied 840 hits. Boston has recorded 96 long balls this season as well as 415 runs batted in. The Red Sox have a team SLG% of .412 and they average 4.59 runs per outing (9th in MLB). They have 212 doubles, while walking 273 times as well as recording 436 runs.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.295 and have a FIP of 4.07 as a team over the course of the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.63 (811 strikeouts vs 308 free passes). They have a ranking of 18th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 789. They have surrendered 105 dingers and they relinquish 4.72 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Boston pitching staff have yielded 444 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.28 (403 earned runs surrendered).

Boston relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 36.8% out of their 155 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 112 times in high leverage situations in addition to 107 occasions with runners on base. With 98 save situations, the Red Sox have compiled 58 holds in addition to 21 blown saves. They are ranked 30th in the league with a save rate of 47.5%, and they have sent 353 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year. Boston has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 40 save chances and they have converted 19 saves.

The Boston Red Sox have turned 81 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in MLB). The Red Sox have recorded 836 assists, 53 errors and are sitting with 2,542 putouts over the course of the season. In 7,626 innings on the field, the Red Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (21st in professional baseball).

Winckowski (3-4 career mark) holds a 4.38 earned run average while giving up 9.5 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.86 and he has faced 160 opposing hitters so far in his career. He has allowed 18 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.432 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. During his pro baseball career, Winckowski has given up 39 base hits and he has 26 strikeouts in 37 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston (-110)

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