Cleveland Guardians vs Milwaukee Brewers Prediction, 8/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Milwaukee Brewers

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: American Family Field in Milwaukee, WI

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Brewers (68-52) will play the Cleveland Guardians (72-49) at American Family Field on Saturday. The expected starting pitchers will be Tanner Bibee and Freddy Peralta.

Cleveland owns a slugging percentage of .400 and have struck out 879 times, while drawing a walk on 349 occasions. They have accrued 527 RBI's in addition to 961 base knocks for the season, while their batting average sits at .241. The Guardians have hit 190 doubles as a unit and have smacked 139 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 559 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .310. As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are scoring 4.6 runs per outing, which has them at 12th in the league.

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The Guardians have a team ERA of 3.75 on the campaign (7th in the league), and they have rung up 1,053 hitters. Guardians pitchers have allowed 143 home runs in addition to 476 total runs (3rd in the league). They have walked 375 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.11 as a team for the year. Cleveland has given up 935 base knocks (7.8 per 9 innings) and also 447 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.81 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.22.

The Guardians relievers have earned a save rate of 73.7% and has come into the game in 158 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 180 base runners on the season with 27.2% of those players ended up scoring. Guardians relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 130 times in addition to having 159 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have sent 447 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers have notched 99 holds this season (1st in baseball). They have compiled 42 saves so far this year and have blown 15 of their 57 save chances.

The Cleveland Guardians have 3,219 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,055 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding rate is at .985 which has them sitting 18th in pro baseball, and have earned 104 double plays. The Guardians have converted 70.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,657 innings, ranking them 8th in professional baseball.

Bibee has taken the hill for 269 innings and has racked up 278 strikeouts during his career. Bibee (20-8 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 3.13 and he has faced 1,103 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.18 (95 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.137. He has given up 230 base knocks (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 76 free passes.

The Brewers hold a team SLG% of .404 and they earn 4.83 runs per contest (8th in MLB). They have recorded 184 doubles, while taking a walk 441 times as well as racking up 579 runs. Milwaukee has accounted for 129 home runs on the year as well as 552 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 1,055 occasions (11th in MLB) and have tallied 1,039 hits. The Milwaukee Brewers have earned an OBP of .332 and a team batting average of .255 on the campaign.

The Milwaukee pitching staff have surrendered 480 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.73 (442 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 151 homers and they allow 4.06 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Brewers have a WHIP of 1.253 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.35 as a staff this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.30 (981 strikeouts vs 366 free passes). They come in at 12th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 969.

Milwaukee has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 52 save chances and they have recorded 37 saves. They rank 3rd in baseball with a save percentage of 71.2%, and they have dispatched 384 bullpen pitchers onto the field over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 139 times in high leverage situations and on 110 occasions with runners on base. Milwaukee relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.6% out of their 161 inherited runners. With 109 save situations, the Brewers have recorded 57 holds and also 15 blown saves.

The Milwaukee Brewers have gotten 93 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in baseball). The Brewers have accrued 1,033 assists, 62 errors and have notched a total of 3,196 putouts for the year. In 9,588 innings on the diamond, the Brewers have a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (4th in pro baseball).

Peralta (49-34 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.88 ERA while giving up 6.8 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.30 and he has faced 2,957 batters in his MLB career. He has surrendered a total of 307 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.143 and having a FIP of 3.8. During his career, Peralta has conceded 538 base hits while earning 908 punch outs in 711 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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