Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 6/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Sunday, June 25, 2023

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Milwaukee (-110) Cleveland (-110)

The Cleveland Guardians (36-39) will take on the Milwaukee Brewers (39-36) at Progressive Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has the Brewers at -110 and the Guardians are coming in at -110. The total is 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Corbin Burnes and Aaron Civale.

As a unit, the Milwaukee Brewers are scoring 4.1 runs per game, which is 24th in baseball. They have a total of 305 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .304. The Brewers have recorded 97 doubles as a squad and have hit 85 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 294 RBI's as well as 557 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is .227. Milwaukee is slugging .376 and have been called out on strikes 708 times, while being walked on 250 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.28. Brewers pitchers have given up 96 home runs and 325 total runs (11th in the league). Milwaukee has allowed 600 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 298 earned runs. The Brewers have a team ERA of 4.04 this year (12th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 600 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 248 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.62 as a unit this season.

The Brewers relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 69.2% and has stepped onto the mound in 67 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 86 runners this season with 27.9% of those runners crossed home plate. Brewers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 59 times in addition to having 63 appearances in high leverage situations. The Brewers have sent 237 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen have a total of 40 holds over the course of the season (15th in the league). They have recorded 18 saves for the season and have not converted 8 of 26 chances to save the game.

The Brewers have turned 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 5,976 innings on the field, which has them ranked 2nd in MLB. The Milwaukee Brewers have a total of 1,992 putouts so far this season, as well as 655 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .987 which puts them in 6th in the majors, and have a total of 56 double plays.

Burnes has taken the hill for 604 innings and is sitting with 756 K's in his pro baseball career. Burnes (40-24 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.06 and he has gone up against 2,447 opposing batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.32 (223 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.064. He has given up 472 hits (7.0 hits per nine innings) with 171 walks.

The Cleveland Guardians have accounted for a team OBP of .310 in addition to a team batting average of .246 so far this year. They have been rung up on 536 occasions (29th in the league) and have 624 hits. Cleveland has accounted for 49 long balls this season and 273 runs batted in. The Guardians hold a team slugging % of .371 and they tally 3.92 runs per contest (27th in MLB). They have tallied 136 two-baggers, while walking 226 times and putting up 294 runs.

The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 315 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.88 (290 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 78 HR's and they surrender 4.21 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.284 with a FIP of 4.18 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 7.80 (581 strikeouts against 233 walks). They rank 17th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 631.

Cleveland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 20.9% out of their 86 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 98 times in high leverage situations and on 66 occasions with base runners. With 82 save situations, the Guardians have 42 holds and 14 blown saves. They are ranked 14th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.1%, and they have dispatched 242 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the season. Cleveland has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 39 save opportunities and they have come away with 25 saves.

In their 6,057 innings played, the Guardians have a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (6th in baseball). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 50 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (9th in the majors). The Guardians have recorded 693 assists, 36 errors and have a tally of 2,019 putouts for the season.

Civale (26-23 career record) has a 3.96 earned run average while allowing 8.3 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.47 and he has faced 1,585 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered a total of 170 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.174 and a FIP of 4.2. So far in his MLB career, Civale has conceded 356 base knocks while he has accumulated 340 punch outs in 386 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-110)

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