Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 4/3/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics
Date: Monday, April 3, 2023
Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA
TV: NBC Sports California
Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-180) Oakland (+155)
The Cleveland Guardians (2-1) are en route to Oakland Coliseum on Monday where they will compete against the Oakland Athletics (1-1). The line on this matchup has the Guardians at -180 and the Athletics are at +155. The over/under is set at 7.5. The expected starting pitchers are Zach Plesac and James Kaprielian.
As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are recording 3.7 runs per game, which puts them at 16th in MLB. They have earned 11 runs scored and hold an OBP of .289. The Guardians have tallied 3 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 2 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 9 RBI's in addition to 22 base knocks this year, while their batting average is .216. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .304 and have been called out on strikes 22 times, while being walked on 11 occasions.
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The Guardians hold a team earned run average of 2.42 on the campaign (9th in the league), and they have struck out 24 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 6 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.01 as a unit on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 4.00 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 0.88. Guardians pitchers have surrendered 1 home run in addition to 7 runs in total (10th in the league).
The Guardians converted 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 13,104 innings on the diamond, which ranked them 6th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians earned a total of 4,368 putouts over the course of last year, in addition to 1,443 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .984 which had them ranked 25th in MLB, and they turned 127 double plays.
Plesac (25-26 career record) has a FIP of 4.53 while he has gone up against 1,847 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 413 base hits (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 118 free passes. His ERA is 4.04 (200 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.192. Plesac has pitched in 445 frames and is sitting with 345 K's in his MLB career.
The Oakland Athletics hold an on-base percentage of .273 and a team batting average of .186 this year. They have been rung up on 17 occasions (23rd in baseball) and are sitting with 11 hits. Oakland is sitting with 1 home run for the season as well as 3 RBIs. The Athletics hold a slugging percentage of .271 and they are recording 1.50 runs per outing (27th in the league). They have 2 two-baggers, while taking a walk 7 times as well as putting up 3 runs.
The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.444 and have a FIP of 4.16 as a pitching staff this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.50 (15 strikeouts against 10 free passes). They come in at 12th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 16. They have allowed 1 homer and they yield 7.00 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league). The Oakland pitching staff have allowed 14 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 6.50 (13 earned runs yielded).
In 12,837 innings played, the Athletics finished with a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (15th in professional baseball). Oakland Athletics twisted 139 double plays and had a fielding rate of .984 (21st in baseball). The Athletics accrued 1,466 assists, 92 errors and accumulated 4,279 putouts over the course of the prior season.
So far in his pro baseball career, Kaprielian has conceded 230 base knocks while totaling 225 strikeouts in 257 innings pitched. He has given up 120 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.292 and a FIP of 4.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.21 and he has faced 1,096 batters thus far in his career. Kaprielian (13-14 mark in his career) holds a 4.20 ERA while surrendering 8.1 hits per 9 innings.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland (-180)
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