Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 5/11/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-138) Chicago (+118)

Guaranteed Rate Field is where the Chicago White Sox (10-28) will meet the Cleveland Guardians (24-14) on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Cleveland at -138 while Chicago is coming in at +118. The total is 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Triston McKenzie and Mike Clevinger.

As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 9th in the league. They are sitting with 184 runs scored and have an OBP of .312. The Guardians have hit 61 doubles as a unit and have knocked 40 baseballs out of the stadium. They have recorded 169 RBI's in addition to 307 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate is .240. Cleveland is slugging .391 and have been called out on strikes 288 times, while being walked on 111 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.89 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.22. Guardians pitchers have given up 33 home runs and 144 runs (10th in baseball). Cleveland has yielded 300 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 135 earned runs. The Guardians are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.52 this year (9th in the league), and the staff has struck out 352 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 122 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.58 as a unit this season.

Guardians pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 44 times as well as having 61 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 28 holds this season (3rd in baseball). The Guardians relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 68.4% and has come into the game in 48 save situations. They have accumulated 13 saves on the season and have blown 6 out of their 19 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 49 runners over the course of the season with 24.5% of them earned a run for their team. The Guardians have dispatched 148 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Guardians have transformed 69.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 3,105 innings, which has them sitting at 20th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have a total of 1,035 putouts thus far, in addition to 331 assists and 20 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .986 which has them ranked 13th in the majors, and have earned 33 double plays.

McKenzie (45-35 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.16 while going up against 2,850 hitters in the majors. He has given up 659 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 166 free passes. His ERA is 3.41 (264 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.184. McKenzie has taken the ball for 697 innings and has earned 634 K's during his pro baseball career.

The White Sox hold a slugging percentage of .328 and they average 2.89 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have 63 doubles, while taking a walk 95 times and notching 110 runs. Chicago has accumulated 26 home runs so far this season to go along with 101 RBIs. They have been rung up on 321 instances (14th in baseball) and have a total of 263 base hits. The Chicago White Sox have tallied an on-base percentage of .273 and a batting average of .212 on the season.

The White Sox have a WHIP of 1.412 in addition to having a FIP of 4.79 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.20 (301 strikeouts vs 148 bases on balls). They rank 21st in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 318. They have conceded 50 dingers and they relinquish 5.40 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league). The Chicago pitching staff have yielded 198 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.80 (176 earned runs given up).

With 35 save situations, the White Sox have recorded 19 holds and 9 blown saves. Chicago has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 16 save opportunities and they have earned 7 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 52 times in high leverage situations and on 53 occasions with base runners. Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.3% out of 85 inherited base runners. They are ranked 28th in the league holding a save rate of 43.8%, and they have sent 137 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 25 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (22nd in professional baseball). The White Sox have accrued 312 assists, 23 errors and have notched a total of 990 putouts over the course of the season. Out of their 2,970 innings on the field, the White Sox have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.7% (17th in baseball).

Thus far in his career, Clevinger has allowed 250 hits while accumulating 325 punch outs in 289 frames. He has given up a total of 113 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.222 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has gone up against 1,219 hitters during his MLB career. Clevinger (16-20 career mark) has a 3.51 earned run average and has allowed 7.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (-138)

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