Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 7/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Comerica Park is the location where the Detroit Tigers (42-48) will attempt to defeat the Cleveland Guardians (56-32) on Tuesday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Ben Lively and Kenta Maeda.

The Guardians have hit 153 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 103 baseballs out of the stadium. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .412 and have struck out 647 times, while being walked on 268 occasions. As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 5.0 runs per outing, which puts them at 5th in MLB. They have earned 406 runs batted in in addition to 719 base knocks so far this season, while their batting average is at .246. They have accumulated 436 runs scored and have an OBP of .320.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.90 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.21. Guardians pitchers have conceded 101 home runs and 339 runs in total (3rd in baseball). Cleveland has relinquished 674 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 321 earned runs. The Guardians are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.69 this season (8th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 788 batters. They have walked 272 opposing players and their FIP is 4.00 as a squad for the season.

Guardians pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 90 times in addition to having 115 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 77 holds on the campaign (2nd in MLB). The Guardians bullpen have earned a save percentage of 74.4% and stepped onto the hill in 122 save situations. They have recorded 32 saves this season and have blown 11 out of their 43 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 122 base runners this season with 23.8% of them earned a run for their team. The Guardians have dispatched 323 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Guardians have turned 70.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 7,038 innings, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have accounted for 2,346 putouts for the season, as well as 758 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding rate is at .986 which puts them in 11th in MLB, and they have turned 78 double plays.

Lively has taken the ball for 286 innings and has earned 226 punch outs in his career. His ERA is 4.53 (144 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.343. He has allowed 298 hits (9.4 hits per nine innings) with 86 free passes. Lively (16-21 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.46 while he has faced 1,217 opposing hitters in the majors.

Detroit has a total of 89 home runs for the season as well as 356 RBIs. They have hit 127 two-baggers, while taking a walk 251 times as well as earning 371 runs. The Detroit Tigers have recorded an on-base percentage of .294 and a batting average of .230 over the course of the season. The Tigers have a SLG% of .378 and they earn 4.12 runs per game (20th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 784 occasions (10th in the league) and have 694 base hits.

The Detroit pitching staff have yielded 390 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.95 (349 earned runs yielded). They have allowed 89 home runs and they surrender 4.42 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB). The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.220 with a FIP of 3.68 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.80 (777 strikeouts vs 234 bases on balls). They come in at 17th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 735.

Sitting with 69 save situations, the Tigers have accumulated 33 holds and also 17 blown saves. Detroit has had relief pitchers take the mound in 36 save chances and they have tallied 19 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 88 times in high leverage situations in addition to 90 occasions with runners on. Detroit relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 26.4% out of their 129 inherited runners. They are ranked 27th in the league holding a save percentage of 52.8%, and they have dispatched 265 relief pitchers onto the diamond so far this season.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 70 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (23rd in the majors). The Tigers have 763 assists, 54 errors and have a tally of 2,384 putouts on the season. Out of their 7,152 innings played, the Tigers have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (22nd in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Maeda has conceded 814 base knocks while he has totaled 999 punch outs in 929 frames. He has allowed 424 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.167 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.70 and he has faced 3,835 batters so far in his career. Maeda (67-54 career mark) has earned a 4.11 ERA while allowing 7.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit

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