Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 3/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Friday, March 29, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-185) Oakland (+150)

Oakland Coliseum is the location where the Oakland Athletics (50-112 last season) will play the Cleveland Guardians (76-86 last year) on Friday. The moneyline on this matchup has Cleveland at -185 while Oakland is at +150. The total is 7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Logan Allen and Ross Stripling.

Cleveland had a slugging % of .381 and were called out on strikes 1,142 times, while drawing a walk on 471 occasions. They accounted for 622 RBI's in addition to 1,379 hits over the course of the prior season, while their batting average came in at .250. The Guardians earned 294 doubles as a team and knocked 124 balls out of the park. They earned a total of 662 runs while holding a team OBP of .313. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians knocked in 4.1 runs per game, which had them at 27th in the league.

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The Guardians finished with a team ERA of 3.99 in the previous season (10th in the league), and their staff rung up 1,311 hitters. Guardians pitchers allowed 173 home runs and also 697 runs in total (8th in the league). Their pitching staff walked 534 opposing hitters and their FIP finished at 4.21 as a squad over the course of last year. Cleveland allowed 1,353 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 640 earned runs. They accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.46 and their pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.31.

The Guardians bullpen had a save rate of 58.0% and came into the game in 189 save situations. The bullpen inherited 196 runners last season and 24.5% of them earned a run for their team. Guardians relief pitchers entered the contest with runners on base 137 times in addition to having 190 contests in high leverage situations. The Guardians dispatched 545 relief pitchers to the hill for the previous season. The relief pitchers racked up 103 holds for the previous season (3rd in the league). They compiled 47 saves in the prior season and did not convert 34 of their 81 save opportunities.

The Guardians converted 69.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 12,996 innings on the field, which had them sitting at 11th in MLB. The Cleveland Guardians earned a total of 4,332 putouts over the course of last season, in addition to 1,418 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which had them ranked 15th in pro baseball, and they turned 119 double plays.

Allen has thrown 96 innings and has accounted for 68 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 5.89 (63 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.661. He has conceded 118 base knocks (11.0 hits per nine innings) with 42 free passes. Allen (5-10 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 5.62 while going up against 438 batters during his time in the majors.

Oakland accumulated 171 long balls during the previous year and 563 RBIs. They hit 225 two-baggers, while walking 498 times and putting up 585 runs. The Oakland Athletics recorded a team OBP of .298 as well as a team batting average of .223 for the previous season. The Athletics had a team slugging percentage of .370 and they had an average of 3.61 runs per game (30th in the league). They struck out on 1,496 occasions (6th in MLB) and tallied 1,187 base hits.

The Athletics had a team WHIP of 1.521 and had a FIP of 5.05 as a staff last season. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.20 (1,300 strikeouts vs 694 bases on balls). They were ranked 27th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 1,464. They surrendered 213 homers and they allowed 5.86 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Oakland pitching staff given up 924 runs over the course of last year while having an ERA of 5.49 (865 earned runs relinquished).

Oakland relief pitchers held an inherited score percentage of 39.7% out of their 282 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers came in 171 times in high leverage situations and also on 179 occasions with runners on. Ending the season with 119 save situations, the Athletics recorded 61 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. They ranked 27th in baseball with a save rate of 52.7%, and they dispatched 532 relievers to the hill last year. Oakland called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 55 save opportunities and they recorded 29 saves.

The Oakland Athletics had 124 double plays and earned a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in MLB). The Athletics accrued 1,269 assists, 102 errors and earned a total of 4,259 putouts for the previous season. Out of their 12,777 innings played, the Athletics earned a efficiency on defense of 67.8% (27th in professional baseball).

Stripling (38-43 career record) has earned a 3.96 earned run average while conceding 8.8 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.95 and he has faced 3,164 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 335 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.213 and having a FIP of 4.1. So far in his career, Stripling has given up 748 base hits while he has tallied 692 K's in 761 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-185)

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