Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 6/9/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Thursday, June 9, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Progressive Field is the site where the Cleveland Guardians (25-26) will play the Oakland Athletics (20-37) on Thursday. The pitchers taking the mound are James Kaprielian and Shane Bieber.

Oakland is slugging .321 and have struck out 493 times, while being walked on 152 occasions. They have accrued 170 RBI's and 386 base knocks this season, while their team batting average sits at .209. The Athletics have earned 91 doubles as a team and have hit 34 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 185 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .274. As a unit, the Oakland Athletics are scoring 3.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 29th in baseball.

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The Athletics hold a team earned run average of 4.19 for the season (22nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 442 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.47 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30. Athletics pitchers have given up 58 home runs in addition to 249 runs (22nd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 179 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.09 as a unit over the course of the season.

Athletics bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 72 times and also have had 61 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have racked up 35 holds so far this year (11th in baseball). The Athletics relievers have a save percentage of 61.9% and stepped onto the hill in 56 save situations. They have tallied 13 saves on the season and have blown 8 of their 21 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 109 runners so far this year and 22.9% of those runners ended up scoring. The Athletics have dispatched 203 relievers to the mound for the season.

The Athletics have transformed 69.3% of balls in play into outs out of 4,524 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 21st in baseball. The Oakland Athletics have accumulated 1,508 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 518 assists and 36 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which is 22nd in baseball, and they have turned 54 double plays.

Kaprielian has thrown 155 innings and has earned 149 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. Kaprielian (8-8 record in his career) has a FIP of 4.80 and he has gone up against 660 opposing batters in the majors. His ERA is 4.57 (79 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.259. He has conceded 140 hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has 56 free passes.

The Guardians hold a team SLG% of .383 and they average 4.59 runs per game (9th in the league). They have put up 85 doubles, while taking a walk 160 times as well as putting up 234 runs. Cleveland has knocked in 43 home runs on the year as well as 226 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 351 occasions (30th in the league) and have totaled 421 base knocks. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with an OBP of .311 and a batting average of .244 this year.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.163 with a FIP of 3.91 as a unit over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.83 (419 strikeouts vs 148 free passes). They are currently ranked 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 374. They have given up 52 homers and they surrender 4.17 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league). The Cleveland pitching staff have conceded 208 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.73 (186 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 32 save situations, the Guardians have compiled 16 holds and 4 blown saves. Cleveland has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 15 save chances and they have walked away with 11 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 47 times in high leverage situations and on 44 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 23.3% out of their 60 inherited base runners. They rank 4th in baseball holding a save rate of 73.3%, and they have dispatched 156 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year.

The Cleveland Guardians have turned 38 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in MLB). The Guardians have accrued 437 assists, 28 errors and are sitting with 1,347 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 4,041 innings on the field, the Guardians are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.9% (6th in baseball).

In his MLB career, Bieber has conceded 500 base knocks while tallying 695 strikeouts in 563 innings pitched. Bieber (44-21 career record) holds a 3.27 ERA while surrendering 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 205 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.123 and a FIP of 3.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.23 and he has gone up against 2,293 opposing batters so far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland

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