Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 3/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Saturday, March 30, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Oakland Athletics (50-112 last season) will try to beat the Cleveland Guardians (76-86 last year) at Oakland Coliseum on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Tanner Bibee and JP Sears.

As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians put up 4.1 runs per outing, which put them at 27th in baseball. They earned a total of 662 runs and held an OBP of .313. The Guardians recorded 294 doubles as a team and hit 124 balls out of the park. They accumulated 622 RBI's in addition to 1,379 hits over the course of last season, and their average at the plate was at .250. Cleveland had a slugging percentage of .381 and struck out 1,142 times, while drawing a walk on 471 occasions.

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The Guardians held a team earned run average of 3.99 over the course of last year (10th in MLB), and they struck out 1,311 batters. Guardians pitchers yielded 173 home runs and also 697 total runs (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff walked 534 opposing batters and their FIP came in at 4.21 as a squad last year. Cleveland conceded 1,353 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 640 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.46 and their pitching staff held a WHIP of 1.31.

The Guardians had sent 545 relievers to the hill over the course of the prior season. The bullpen inherited 196 runners over the course of the prior season with 24.5% of those players earned a run for their team. They recorded 47 saves during the previous year and did not convert 34 of their 81 save opportunities. The Guardians relievers earned a save percentage of 58.0% and entered the game in 189 save situations. The relief pitchers finished with 103 holds in the prior season (3rd in baseball). Guardians relief pitchers came into the game with runners on 137 times and also had 190 outings in high leverage situations.

The Guardians turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,996 innings on the diamond, ranking them 11th in baseball. The Cleveland Guardians accumulated 4,332 putouts for the previous season, in addition to 1,418 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage was at .986 which was 15th in professional baseball, and they turned 119 double plays.

Bibee has pitched in 142 innings and has accounted for 141 punch outs during his career. Bibee (10-4 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.52 and he has gone up against 585 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 2.98 (47 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.176. He has conceded 122 base knocks (7.7 hits per nine innings) and has 45 walks.

The Athletics had a SLG% of .370 and they were earning 3.61 runs per game (30th in the league). They tallied 225 two-baggers, while getting a free base 498 times as well as putting up 585 runs. Oakland was sitting with 171 long balls in the prior season to go along with 563 runs batted in. They were called out on strikes on 1,496 occasions (6th in MLB) and earned a total of 1,187 base hits. The Oakland Athletics accounted for a team OBP of .298 as well as a team batting average of .223 over the course of the prior season.

The Athletics held a team WHIP of 1.521 and were the owners of a FIP of 5.05 as a pitching staff over the course of last season. They had a ranking of 27th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,464. The Oakland pitching staff given up 924 runs in the prior season while holding an ERA of 5.49 (865 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio was 8.20 (1,300 strikeouts vs 694 walks). They relinquished 213 long balls and they conceded 5.86 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league).

Oakland bullpen pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 39.7% out of 282 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers came in 171 times in high leverage situations and also on 179 occasions with runners on base. Wrapping up the year with 119 save situations, the Athletics amassed 61 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. They were ranked 27th in the league with a save rate of 52.7%, and they dispatched 532 relief pitchers onto the diamond last season. Oakland had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 55 save chances and they walked away with 29 saves.

The Oakland Athletics turned 124 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in MLB). The Athletics had 1,269 assists, 102 errors and earned a total of 4,259 putouts over the course of last year. Out of their 12,777 innings on the field, the Athletics accumulated a defensive efficiency of 67.8% (27th in professional baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Sears has surrendered 232 base hits while he has earned 212 punch outs in 242 innings. Sears (11-17 career mark) holds a 4.35 earned run average while conceding 8.6 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 117 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.271 and having a FIP of 4.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.79 and he has gone up against 1,023 opposing batters so far in his career.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland

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