Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/18/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-120) Detroit (+100)

The Cleveland Guardians (9-7) are traveling to Comerica Park on Tuesday where they will take on the Detroit Tigers (5-9). The moneyline on this contest has Cleveland at -120 and Detroit is sitting at +100. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The men taking the mound will be Cal Quantrill and Spencer Turnbull.

The Guardians have accumulated 35 doubles as a unit and have smacked 8 baseballs out of the stadium. Cleveland has a slugging % of .359 and have been rung up 116 times, while drawing a walk on 75 occasions. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are recording 4.6 runs per contest, which puts them at 17th in the league. They have accounted for 65 runs batted in as well as 133 hits so far this year, and their team batting average is at .239. They have notched a total of 74 runs scored and have an OBP of .330.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.91 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24. Guardians pitchers have relinquished 14 home runs and also 76 total runs (19th in baseball). Cleveland has relinquished 138 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 68 earned runs. The Guardians have a team ERA of 4.14 for the season (12th in the league), and the staff has rung up 128 batters. They have walked 44 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.84 as a team so far this year.

Guardians relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 14 times and also have had 35 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 8 holds so far this season (18th in baseball). The Guardians relievers have earned a save percentage of 63.6% and stepped onto the hill in 19 save situations. They have earned 7 saves on the year and have blown 4 of their 11 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 14 runners so far this season and 35.7% of them earned a run for their team. The Guardians have sent 57 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Cleveland Guardians have 443 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 152 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which puts them in 16th in professional baseball, and they have twisted 11 double plays. The Guardians have converted 69.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,329 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 12th in professional baseball.

Quantrill (31-17 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 4.15 while he has faced 2,039 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 465 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) with 135 walks. His earned run average is 3.61 (195 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.233. Quantrill has taken the ball for 486 innings and has accumulated 378 punch outs so far in his career.

Detroit has a total of 10 HRs on the campaign to go along with 49 runs batted in. They have put up 24 two-baggers, while walking 42 times as well as putting up 50 runs. The Detroit Tigers have compiled an on-base percentage of .273 and a team batting average of .208 over the course of the season. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .327 and they earn 3.57 runs per game (28th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 142 occasions (14th in MLB) and have earned 101 hits.

The Detroit pitching staff have yielded 87 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 5.88 (83 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 25 dingers and they concede 6.16 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league). The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.416 in addition to having a FIP of 5.63 as a pitching staff for the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 7.30 (103 strikeouts against 50 free passes). They rank 12th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 130.

Sitting with 15 save situations, the Tigers have earned 9 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. Detroit has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 5 save chances and they have tallied 2 saves. Their relievers have come in 21 times in high leverage situations and on 21 occasions with runners on. Detroit relievers have an inherited score rate of 58.6% of 29 inherited runners. They are ranked 27th in baseball holding a save rate of 40.0%, and they have sent 49 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 12 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (15th in baseball). The Tigers have recorded 131 assists, 7 errors and have a tally of 382 putouts so far this year. In 1,146 innings on the field, the Tigers have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.6% (7th in professional baseball).

Turnbull (12-27 career record) has earned a 4.46 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.42 and he has faced 1,231 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has surrendered 141 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.351 and having a FIP of 3.7. So far in his MLB career, Turnbull has surrendered 274 base hits while accumulating 266 strikeouts in 284 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland (-120)

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