Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/27/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Sunday, August 27, 2023

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+150) Toronto (-180)

Rogers Centre is the site where the Toronto Blue Jays (70-59) will take on the Cleveland Guardians (61-68) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Cleveland at +150 while Toronto is sitting at -180. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Noah Syndergaard and Yusei Kikuchi.

Cleveland owns a slugging percentage of .379 and have struck out 906 times, while being walked on 368 occasions. They have accrued 482 runs batted in in addition to 1,089 base knocks on the year, and their batting average sits at .249. The Guardians have tallied 231 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 96 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 517 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .311. As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are knocking in 4.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 28th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.57 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.28. Guardians pitchers have conceded 133 home runs and 525 runs in total (5th in the league). Cleveland has given up 1,066 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and also 484 earned runs. The Guardians have compiled a team earned run average of 3.78 for the season (3rd in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,037 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 404 hitters and their FIP is 4.13 as a unit on the season.

Guardians pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 112 times and also have had 147 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 75 holds over the course of the season (10th in baseball). The Guardians relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 60.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 141 save situations. They have tallied 37 saves on the campaign and have blown 24 of their 61 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 160 base runners over the course of the season and 21.3% of them earned a run for their team. The Guardians have sent 420 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Guardians have turned 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of 10,359 innings, which ranks them 7th in MLB. The Cleveland Guardians have amassed 3,453 putouts this season, as well as 1,146 assists and 63 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which has them ranked 10th in MLB, and have accumulated 96 double plays.

Syndergaard (59-47 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.33 while he has faced 3,879 opposing batters in the majors. He has allowed 906 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 213 walks. His ERA is 3.69 (383 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.196. Syndergaard has taken the hill for 935 innings and has accumulated 925 strikeouts during his MLB career.

Toronto has hit 150 long balls so far this year and 543 runs batted in. They have hit 223 doubles, while taking a walk 417 times as well as putting up 571 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have recorded a team on-base percentage of .327 in addition to a team batting average of .257 on the year. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .414 and they tally 4.43 runs per contest (17th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,050 occasions (22nd in MLB) and have accounted for 1,138 hits.

The Blue Jays are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.237 in addition to having a FIP of 4.07 as a staff this year. They sit at 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,041. The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 518 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.69 (472 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.50 (1,211 strikeouts against 382 walks). They have allowed 157 HR's and they allow 4.05 runs per 9 innings (1st in MLB).

Toronto has called on relievers to take the mound in 58 save chances and they have come away with 45 saves. They sit at 1st in baseball with a save percentage of 77.6%, and they have dispatched 435 relievers to the hill for the season. Their relievers have come in 153 times in high leverage situations and on 133 occasions with runners on. Toronto relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 21.4% of 192 inherited base runners. With 141 save situations, the Blue Jays have earned 83 holds and also 13 blown saves.

In their 10,350 innings on the field, the Blue Jays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (13th in baseball). The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 99 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in baseball). The Blue Jays have recorded 1,015 assists, 61 errors and have earned a total of 3,450 putouts so far this season.

Thus far in his career, Kikuchi has allowed 601 base hits while he has totaled 588 K's in 599 innings pitched. Kikuchi (30-35 career mark) holds a 4.69 ERA while surrendering 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 312 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.380 and having a FIP of 4.9. His K/BB ratio is 2.60 and he has gone up against 2,587 opposing hitters in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto (-180)

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