Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/14/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, August 14, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+110) Toronto (-130)

The Cleveland Guardians (60-52) are headed to Rogers Centre on Sunday where they will compete against the Toronto Blue Jays (60-51). The odds on this game have the Guardians at +110 and the Blue Jays are at -130. The over/under comes in at 7.5. The starting pitchers are Shane Bieber and Yusei Kikuchi.

The Guardians have hit 203 doubles as a team and have hit 89 balls out of the park. Cleveland has a slugging % of .385 and have been called out on strikes 775 times, while drawing a walk on 314 occasions. As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 4.4 runs per game, which puts them at 16th in MLB. They have amassed 464 runs batted in in addition to 964 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .252. They have 488 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .314.

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Guardians pitchers have allowed 120 long balls and also 467 runs in total (12th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 313 hitters and their FIP sits at 3.89 as a team on the campaign. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.97 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.22. The Guardians are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.82 for the season (11th in the league), and the staff has rung up 930 batters.

Guardians pitchers have come into the game with players on base 91 times in addition to having 111 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have racked up 34 holds on the campaign (30th in the league). The Guardians relievers have compiled a save rate of 69.8% and has stepped onto the mound in 81 save situations. They have earned 30 saves this year and have blown 13 of 43 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 132 base runners on the season with 31.1% of those runners ended up scoring. The Guardians have dispatched 344 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Guardians have transformed 70.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 8,940 innings on the field, which has them sitting 12th in MLB. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated 2,980 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,013 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which puts them in 19th in baseball, and have accumulated 88 double plays.

Bieber has taken the mound for 634 innings and has 767 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Bieber (48-24 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 3.02 while he has faced 2,574 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.28 (231 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.114. He has given up 561 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 146 walks.

The Blue Jays hold a slugging percentage of .434 and they average 4.77 runs per game (5th in baseball). They have tallied 209 doubles, while getting a free base 327 times as well as racking up 529 runs. Toronto has tallied 143 home runs so far this year to go along with 516 runs batted in. They have struck out on 864 occasions (26th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,001 hits. The Toronto Blue Jays have accounted for an on-base percentage of .326 and a batting average of .264 so far this season.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.244 in addition to having a FIP of 4.03 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.18 (932 strikeouts vs 293 walks). They come in at 20th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 932. They have conceded 133 homers and they give up 4.36 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league). The Toronto pitching staff have conceded 477 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.97 (434 earned runs relinquished).

Toronto relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 26.7% of 161 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 131 times in high leverage situations and on 108 occasions with runners on base. With 114 save situations, the Blue Jays have 61 holds and 19 blown saves. They are ranked 17th in MLB with a save percentage of 62.0%, and they have dispatched 400 relievers onto the diamond this year. Toronto has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 50 save chances and they have tallied 31 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 88 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in baseball). The Blue Jays have accrued 942 assists, 50 errors and have earned a total of 2,955 putouts this year. In 8,865 innings played, the Blue Jays have a efficiency on defense of 69.5% (19th in the majors).

Kikuchi (19-30 win-loss record in his career) has a 5.00 earned run average and has given up 9.2 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.33 and he has gone up against 1,933 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has conceded 247 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.419 and having a FIP of 5.1. So far in his career, Kikuchi has given up 453 hits while he has totaled 414 strikeouts in 444 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (+110)

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