Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 7/24/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Sunday, July 24, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+120) Chicago (-140)

The Chicago White Sox (46-47) are hosting the Cleveland Guardians (47-44) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Cleveland at +120 while Chicago is sitting at -140. The total has been set at 8. The starting pitchers are Shane Bieber and Dylan Cease.

The Guardians have earned 168 doubles as a team and have knocked 72 balls out of the stadium. Cleveland is slugging .386 and have struck out 635 times, while drawing a walk on 266 occasions. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 16th in the league. They have accumulated 379 runs batted in as well as 773 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average comes in at .251. They have earned 399 runs while holding a team OBP of .315.

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Guardians pitchers have conceded 100 home runs and also 388 runs in total (11th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 265 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.00 as a unit this season. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.82 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.24. The Guardians have a team earned run average of 3.85 for the year (14th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 747 batters.

Guardians pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 74 times as well as having 89 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 23 holds on the campaign (30th in the league). The Guardians bullpen have a save rate of 71.0% and stepped onto the hill in 57 save situations. They have compiled 22 saves this season and have not converted 9 of their 31 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 106 base runners on the season and 29.2% of those players earned a run for their team. The Guardians have sent 281 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Guardians have turned 70.0% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,257 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 12th in MLB. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with 2,419 putouts on the year, as well as 829 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which puts them in 20th in baseball, and they have twisted 74 double plays.

Bieber has taken the hill for 608 innings and has tallied 739 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 3.28 (222 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.120. He has surrendered 540 base knocks (8.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 142 walks. Bieber (45-23 career record) has a FIP of 3.00 and he has faced 2,471 batters in the majors.

The Chicago White Sox have accumulated an on-base percentage of .311 and a batting average of .256 for the season. They have been called out on strikes on 729 occasions (25th in baseball) and have totaled 832 base hits. Chicago has 80 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 387 runs batted in. The White Sox hold a team SLG% of .383 and they score 4.39 runs per game (15th in MLB). They have notched 161 two-baggers, while walking 223 times as well as putting up 408 runs.

The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.328 in addition to having a FIP of 3.93 as a squad on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.56 (855 strikeouts vs 334 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 18th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 775. They have surrendered 101 homers and they allow 4.61 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Chicago pitching staff have given up 428 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.02 (373 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 101 save situations, the White Sox have recorded 60 holds and 14 blown saves. Chicago has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 40 save chances and they have come away with 26 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 93 times in high leverage situations and also on 88 occasions with runners on. Chicago relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 38.5% out of 122 inherited base runners. They sit at 14th in the league with a save rate of 65.0%, and they have dispatched 328 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

In their 7,515 innings played, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (24th in baseball). The Chicago White Sox have gotten 70 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (29th in pro baseball). The White Sox have 749 assists, 63 errors and have accumulated 2,505 putouts for the season.

So far in his career, Cease has given up 343 hits while accumulating 501 K's in 401 innings pitched. Cease (31-22 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.81 earned run average and has conceded 7.7 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 170 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.315 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.71 and he has gone up against 1,725 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago (-140) and under 8 runs

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