Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 6/7/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (27-32) will compete against the Boston Red Sox (30-30) at Progressive Field on Wednesday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Kutter Crawford and Tanner Bibee.

Boston has a slugging % of .430 and have been rung up 482 times, while drawing a walk on 201 occasions. They have 294 runs batted in and 536 hits this year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .262. The Red Sox have hit 135 doubles as a team and have hit 66 balls out of the park. They have earned 306 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .334. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are notching 5.1 runs per game, which is 4th in baseball.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.80 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.32. Red Sox pitchers have surrendered 77 home runs and also 297 total runs (25th in MLB). Boston has conceded 515 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 273 earned runs. The Red Sox have a team ERA of 4.65 for the year (25th in baseball), and they have rung up 515 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 184 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.43 as a unit this year.

The Red Sox relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 68.2% and stepped onto the hill in 52 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 47 runners on the year with 34.0% of those runners ended up scoring. Red Sox pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 28 times and also have had 42 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 186 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relief pitchers have racked up 30 holds so far this year (19th in the league). They have 15 saves this season and have blown 7 of their 22 chances to save the game.

The Boston Red Sox have amassed 1,584 putouts on the year, as well as 502 assists and 40 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .981 which puts them in 29th in baseball, and have 41 double plays. The Red Sox have transformed 68.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,752 innings on the field, ranking them 20th in professional baseball.

Crawford has taken the mound for 113 innings and has earned 112 K's during his career. His earned run average is 5.18 (65 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.319. He has conceded 112 base knocks (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has 37 walks. Crawford (4-9 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.40 while facing 481 opposing hitters in the majors.

Cleveland has 35 HRs this year as well as 196 runs batted in. They have 101 two-baggers, while taking a walk 182 times as well as scoring 212 runs. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with a team OBP of .301 and a team batting average of .233 on the season. The Guardians hold a team slugging % of .349 and they are recording 3.59 runs per outing (29th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 416 occasions (29th in the league) and have a total of 458 base hits.

The Cleveland pitching staff have relinquished 243 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.79 (222 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 59 long balls and they surrender 4.15 runs per 9 innings (8th in baseball). The Guardians have a WHIP of 1.254 in addition to having a FIP of 4.05 as a unit over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 7.80 (455 strikeouts against 164 bases on balls). They come in at 16th in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 497.

Cleveland relievers hold an inherited score rate of 21.0% out of their 62 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 79 times in high leverage situations and also on 48 occasions with runners on. With 69 save situations, the Guardians have 34 holds and 13 blown saves. They sit at 14th in the league holding a save rate of 62.9%, and they have sent 187 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Cleveland has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 35 save chances and they have walked away with 22 saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have turned 40 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in MLB). The Guardians have 551 assists, 28 errors and are sitting with 1,581 putouts so far this season. In 4,743 innings played, the Guardians have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (10th in professional baseball).

Bibee (1-1 career mark) has earned a 3.20 earned run average while surrendering 7.8 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.00 and he has gone up against 159 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. He has given up 14 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.119 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. In his MLB career, Bibee has surrendered 34 base hits while tallying 40 K's in 39 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Boston

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