Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 6/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, June 14, 2024

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (43-23) are on their way to Rogers Centre on Friday where they will meet the Toronto Blue Jays (33-35). The starting pitchers will be Logan Allen and Kevin Gausman.

As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 5.0 runs/g, which puts them at 5th in MLB. They are sitting with 332 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .318. The Guardians have earned 110 doubles as a team and have hit 73 balls out of the park. They have recorded 307 runs batted in and 524 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average comes in at .239. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .398 and have struck out 490 times, while being walked on 214 occasions.

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The Guardians are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.43 this year (6th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 595 batters. Guardians pitchers have conceded 68 home runs and also 242 runs (4th in the league). They have walked 190 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.74 as a squad so far this year. Cleveland has allowed 501 hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 225 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.13 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.17.

The Guardians have dispatched 242 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 79 runners over the course of the season and 22.8% of those runners ended up scoring. They have recorded 24 saves on the campaign and have blown 10 of their 34 chances to save the game. The Guardians relievers have a save percentage of 70.6% and stepped onto the hill in 91 save situations. The bullpen have earned 56 holds this season (2nd in MLB). Guardians pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 64 times in addition to having 91 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Guardians have converted 70.4% of balls in play into outs in their 5,310 innings on the field, which has them ranked 10th in the majors. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with 1,770 putouts so far this season, as well as 572 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which has them ranked 19th in pro baseball, and have a total of 57 double plays.

Allen (18-21 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.86 while he has faced 1,259 opposing hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 320 base knocks (10.1 hits per nine innings) with 113 free passes. His earned run average is 4.93 (156 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.521. Allen has pitched in 285 innings and has tallied 241 punch outs in his MLB career.

The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .366 and they have an average of 3.90 runs per contest (25th in MLB). They have recorded 114 doubles, while taking a walk 231 times and notching 265 runs. Toronto has knocked in 56 HRs for the year to go along with 251 RBIs. They have struck out on 475 occasions (29th in baseball) and have accounted for 520 base hits. The Toronto Blue Jays have compiled an OBP of .308 and a team batting average of .232 this year.

The Toronto pitching staff have given up 300 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.11 (273 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 88 long balls and they relinquish 4.52 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league). The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.273 and have a FIP of 4.36 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.30 (549 strikeouts vs 199 bases on balls). They come in at 20th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 561.

Toronto has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 25 save chances and they have recorded 17 saves. They are currently ranked 10th in the league with a save percentage of 68.0%, and they have sent 225 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their relief pitchers have come in 51 times in high leverage situations and on 69 occasions with base runners. Toronto relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.5% of 94 inherited runners. With 68 save situations, the Blue Jays have tallied 43 holds and 8 blown saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 51 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in pro baseball). The Blue Jays have accrued 584 assists, 35 errors and have a tally of 1,793 putouts this year. In their 5,379 innings played, the Blue Jays hold a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (11th in baseball).

During his career, Gausman has conceded 1,586 base hits and he has 1,672 strikeouts in 1,606 frames. He has surrendered 687 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.265 and having a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.76 and he has faced 6,747 batters thus far in his career. Gausman (93-95 win-loss record in his career) is the owner of a 3.85 earned run average while allowing 8.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto

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