Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 8/13/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Sunday, August 13, 2023

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+145) Tampa Bay (-175)

Tropicana Field is the location where the Tampa Bay Rays (70-48) will attempt to defeat the Cleveland Guardians (56-61) on Sunday. The moneyline on this matchup has Cleveland at +145 and Tampa Bay is coming in at -175. The total is set at 7. The starting pitchers are Tanner Bibee and Zach Eflin.

As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are recording 4.0 runs per outing, which is 27th in the league. They have tallied 463 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .311. The Guardians have tallied 212 doubles as a squad and have hit 84 balls out of the park. They have recorded 434 runs batted in and 976 base knocks this season, and their batting average is at .248. Cleveland is slugging .377 and have been called out on strikes 803 times, while drawing a walk on 336 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.53 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.27. Guardians pitchers have yielded 117 home runs in addition to 468 total runs (4th in the league). Cleveland has yielded 952 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 433 earned runs. The Guardians hold a team ERA of 3.76 for the year (3rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 925 batters. They have walked 365 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.11 as a squad on the season.

Guardians bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 103 times and also have had 142 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 68 holds so far this year (8th in MLB). The Guardians bullpen have a save percentage of 59.6% and has entered the game in 130 save situations. They have compiled 34 saves over the course of the season and have blown 23 of 57 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 141 base runners on the campaign and 21.3% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Guardians have dispatched 378 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Cleveland Guardians have notched a total of 3,109 putouts for the season, as well as 1,034 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which has them ranked 8th in the majors, and they have twisted 85 double plays. The Guardians have converted 70.3% of balls in play into outs out of 9,327 innings, which ranks them 5th in MLB.

Bibee has taken the mound for 101 frames and has racked up 101 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Bibee (8-2 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.74 while he has gone up against 424 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 2.92 (33 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.220. He has surrendered 89 hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) and has 35 free passes.

Tampa Bay has 170 home runs for the season to go along with 578 RBIs. They have recorded 197 two-baggers, while taking a walk 370 times as well as racking up 603 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have earned an on-base percentage of .327 as well as a team batting average of .255 on the campaign. The Rays have a team SLG% of .444 and they score 5.15 runs per game (4th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 1,007 instances (15th in the league) and have recorded 999 hits.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have surrendered 459 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.80 (436 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 124 dingers and they surrender 4.00 runs per 9 innings (1st in baseball). The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.187 in addition to having a FIP of 3.90 as a unit this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.10 (1,040 strikeouts vs 334 walks). They sit at 2nd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 892.

Tampa Bay has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 48 save chances and they have walked away with 31 saves. They are ranked 16th in the league holding a save percentage of 64.6%, and they have sent 378 relief pitchers to the hill this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 109 times in high leverage situations and on 85 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay relievers have an inherited score percentage of 25.0% out of their 132 inherited base runners. With 98 save situations, the Rays have earned 49 holds and 17 blown saves.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 86 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (4th in MLB). The Rays have 1,060 assists, 47 errors and are sitting with 3,101 putouts over the course of the season. In their 9,303 innings played, the Rays are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 70.9% (3rd in the majors).

In his MLB career, Eflin has given up 803 hits while accumulating 681 K's in 788 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 377 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.243 and a FIP of 4.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.85 and he has faced 3,311 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. Eflin (48-51 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.30 earned run average while allowing 9.2 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland (+145)

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