Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Prediction, 8/22/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees

Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+160) New York (-195)

The Cleveland Guardians (73-52) are en route to Yankee Stadium on Thursday where they will compete against the New York Yankees (73-53). The moneyline on this matchup has Cleveland at +160 and New York is priced at -195. The betting total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Gavin Williams and Gerrit Cole.

As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are recording 4.6 runs per game, which ranks them 13th in baseball. They have earned 572 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .309. The Guardians have tallied 192 doubles as a team and have hit 143 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 540 RBI's and 986 base knocks on the campaign, and their average at the plate comes in at .238. Cleveland is slugging .396 and have been called out on strikes 913 times, while being walked on 367 occasions.

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The Guardians hold a team earned run average of 3.72 for the season (6th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,085 hitters. Guardians pitchers have allowed 147 home runs in addition to 490 runs in total (3rd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 391 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.10 as a team on the year. Cleveland has surrendered 958 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 459 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.77 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.22.

The Guardians have sent 461 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 181 runners for the year with 27.1% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have recorded 42 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 15 of 57 save opportunities. The Guardians bullpen have earned a save rate of 73.7% and has come into the game in 158 save situations. The bullpen have notched 99 holds on the campaign (1st in MLB). Guardians pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 133 times as well as having 164 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Guardians have turned 70.9% of balls in play into outs out of 9,981 innings, which has them ranked 6th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with 3,327 putouts this season, as well as 1,094 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .985 which puts them in 16th in the majors, and they have turned 108 double plays.

Williams has taken the hill for 125 innings and has accumulated 128 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 3.89 (54 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.312. He has conceded 112 hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 52 free passes. Williams (5-10 career record) holds a FIP of 3.83 while he has gone up against 538 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Yankees hold a slugging percentage of .437 and they have an average of 5.08 runs per contest (2nd in the league). They have tallied 194 doubles, while taking a walk 524 times as well as putting up 640 runs. New York has accounted for 190 HRs this season as well as 618 RBIs. They have been rung up on 1,009 occasions (22nd in the league) and have earned 1,068 hits. The New York Yankees hold an on-base percentage of .335 and a batting average of .251 on the year.

The Yankees have a WHIP of 1.263 and have a FIP of 4.14 as a unit for the season. They are sitting at 12th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,005. The New York pitching staff have given up 528 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.81 (478 earned runs relinquished). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (1,119 strikeouts against 421 walks). They have conceded 143 homers and they allow 4.21 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball).

New York has called on relievers to enter the contest in 52 save chances and they have recorded 34 saves. They rank 12th in MLB with a save percentage of 65.4%, and they have sent 405 relievers to the hill for the year. Their relief pitchers have come in 118 times in high leverage situations in addition to 145 occasions with runners on. New York bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 34.9% of 218 inherited base runners. Sitting with 115 save situations, the Yankees have tallied 61 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

In their 10,164 innings on the diamond, the Yankees have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (13th in professional baseball). The New York Yankees have turned 85 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in baseball). The Yankees have racked up 1,008 assists, 68 errors and have earned a total of 3,388 putouts this year.

Cole (149-77 career mark) has earned a 3.19 ERA and has allowed 7.6 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.54 and he has gone up against 7,695 batters so far in his career. He has surrendered 678 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.094 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.1. During his pro baseball career, Cole has conceded 1,604 base knocks while earning 2,212 K's in 1,911 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland (+160)

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