Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 7/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Monday, July 29, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Comerica Park is where the Detroit Tigers (51-53) will play the Cleveland Guardians (61-41) on Monday. The expected starting pitchers will be Tanner Bibee and Jack Flaherty.

As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 4.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in baseball. They have 471 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .313. The Guardians have accumulated 169 doubles as a unit and have knocked 112 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 441 RBI's in addition to 810 hits this year, and their batting average is at .241. Cleveland has a slugging rate of .398 and have struck out 754 times, while taking a walk on 301 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.89 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.21. Guardians pitchers have yielded 116 home runs and also 394 runs in total (4th in MLB). Cleveland has surrendered 783 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 367 earned runs. The Guardians have a team ERA of 3.65 on the season (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 904 batters. They have walked 313 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.98 as a squad on the year.

The Guardians have sent 370 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 144 runners so far this year with 24.3% of those players crossed the plate. They have recorded 36 saves for the season and have blown 12 out of their 48 chances to save the game. The Guardians relievers have accumulated a save rate of 75.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 133 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 83 holds on the campaign (1st in the league). Guardians relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 103 times in addition to having 133 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Guardians have transformed 70.5% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 8,136 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 9th in the majors. The Cleveland Guardians have earned 2,712 putouts this season, as well as 871 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .985 which has them sitting 17th in baseball, and they have turned 86 double plays.

Bibee (18-8 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.17 while facing 1,056 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 217 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) with 76 walks. His ERA is 3.22 (92 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.139. Bibee has taken the mound for 257 innings and has earned 271 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

Detroit has compiled 108 HRs this season to go along with 426 runs batted in. They have 153 two-baggers, while taking a walk 294 times and scoring 445 runs. The Detroit Tigers have an OBP of .298 and a batting average of .233 this season. The Tigers have a team slugging percentage of .388 and they have an average of 4.28 runs per game (17th in baseball). They have been rung up on 899 occasions (11th in the league) and have notched a total of 813 base hits.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.221 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.71 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They rank 18th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 845. The Detroit pitching staff have surrendered 441 runs this year while having a team ERA of 3.89 (397 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.70 (887 strikeouts vs 277 walks). They have given up 104 long balls and they yield 4.32 runs per 9 innings (15th in baseball).

Sitting with 86 save situations, the Tigers have amassed 44 holds and 18 blown saves. Detroit has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 41 save opportunities and they have earned 23 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 104 times in high leverage situations and on 109 occasions with base runners. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 26.3% out of 152 inherited runners. They sit at 25th in the league holding a save percentage of 56.1%, and they have sent 316 relief pitchers onto the field this season.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 85 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (22nd in pro baseball). The Tigers have accrued 895 assists, 59 errors and have notched a total of 2,759 putouts on the season. In 8,277 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (22nd in baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Flaherty has conceded 637 base hits while tallying 881 K's in 773 innings pitched. Flaherty (49-39 win-loss mark in his career) has a 3.64 earned run average while allowing 7.4 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 313 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.177 and having a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.23 and he has gone up against 3,205 opposing batters so far in his career.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland

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