Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 7/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Texas Rangers

Date: Friday, July 14, 2023

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+120) Texas (-145)

The Cleveland Guardians (45-45) are headed to Globe Life Field on Friday where they will go up against the Texas Rangers (52-39). The line on this contest has the Guardians at +120 while the Rangers are coming in at -145. The total is set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Aaron Civale and Jon Gray.

As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are compiling 4.1 runs per outing, which has them at 27th in the league. They have 365 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .314. The Guardians have recorded 165 doubles as a squad and have knocked 60 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 339 runs batted in and 769 base knocks this year, while their team batting average sits at .250. Cleveland has a slugging rate of .375 and have been called out on strikes 638 times, while drawing a walk on 268 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.60 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.26. Guardians pitchers have given up 91 home runs in addition to 372 total runs (7th in the league). Cleveland has surrendered 748 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 343 earned runs. The Guardians are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.81 on the campaign (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 711 batters. They have walked 273 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.10 as a unit for the season.

The Guardians relief pitchers have a save rate of 62.2% and has come into the game in 97 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 99 base runners so far this season with 20.2% of those players crossed the plate. Guardians bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 79 times as well as having 116 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have dispatched 290 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have tallied 50 holds so far this season (11th in baseball). They have earned 28 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 17 out of their 45 save chances.

The Cleveland Guardians have accounted for 2,431 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 839 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which puts them in 7th in pro baseball, and they have turned 59 double plays. The Guardians have turned 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs in their 7,293 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 6th in the majors.

Civale has taken the ball for 405 innings and has earned 356 strikeouts so far in his career. His ERA is 3.88 (175 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.154. He has surrendered 367 base hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) with 101 free passes. Civale (27-23 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 4.09 and he has gone up against 1,657 opposing batters in the majors.

The Rangers have a team slugging percentage of .460 and they earn 5.84 runs per outing (1st in baseball). They have hit 205 doubles, while walking 311 times and putting up 531 runs. Texas has 124 long balls over the course of the season as well as 509 RBIs. They have been rung up on 778 occasions (16th in MLB) and have notched a total of 877 hits. The Texas Rangers have tallied a team OBP of .341 in addition to a team batting average of .274 so far this season.

The Rangers have a team WHIP of 1.214 in addition to having a FIP of 4.13 as a pitching staff this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.20 (730 strikeouts vs 257 walks). They are sitting at 8th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 720. They have surrendered 98 home runs and they relinquish 4.28 runs per 9 innings (10th in MLB). The Texas pitching staff have surrendered 383 runs on the season while having an ERA of 4.01 (359 earned runs conceded).

Texas relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.9% out of their 141 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 74 times in high leverage situations and also on 85 occasions with base runners. With 75 save situations, the Rangers have amassed 42 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. They are currently ranked 28th in MLB with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 247 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Texas has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 32 save chances and they have recorded 16 saves.

Out of their 7,248 innings played, the Rangers have a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (3rd in the majors). The Texas Rangers have gotten 83 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (6th in pro baseball). The Rangers have accrued 819 assists, 41 errors and have a tally of 2,416 putouts over the course of the season.

Thus far in his career, Gray has allowed 1,011 hits while accumulating 1,058 strikeouts in 1,049 innings pitched. Gray (66-61 mark in his career) holds a 4.40 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed a total of 513 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.296 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.03 and he has faced 4,451 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (+120)

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