Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 7/24/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Progressive Field is the location where the Cleveland Guardians (59-40) will take on the Detroit Tigers (50-51) on Wednesday. The starting pitchers will be Jack Flaherty and Tanner Bibee.

Detroit has a slugging % of .390 and have been called out on strikes 874 times, while drawing a walk on 287 occasions. They have 419 runs batted in as well as 797 hits for the year, and their average at the plate is at .234. The Tigers have recorded 149 doubles as a unit and have hit 105 baseballs out of the park. They have 437 runs and have an OBP of .299. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are compiling 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 16th in baseball.

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The Tigers hold a team ERA of 3.93 on the campaign (14th in the league), and their staff has struck out 863 batters. Tigers pitchers have allowed 101 home runs and also 434 runs in total (16th in the league). They have walked 269 opposing players and their FIP is 3.70 as a unit for the year. Detroit has relinquished 826 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 391 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 3.21 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.22.

Tigers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 105 times as well as having 102 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 41 holds on the campaign (27th in baseball). The Tigers bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 55.0% and stepped onto the hill in 82 save situations. They have recorded 22 saves over the course of the season and have blown 18 of 40 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 147 base runners on the season with 25.9% of those players ended up scoring. The Tigers have sent 305 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Tigers have converted 69.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 8,052 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 23rd in MLB. The Detroit Tigers have notched a total of 2,684 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 872 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which has them sitting 23rd in professional baseball, and have earned 83 double plays.

Flaherty has taken the hill for 767 innings and has earned 875 K's so far in his career. His earned run average is 3.67 (313 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.179. He has surrendered 634 base hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 271 free passes. Flaherty (49-39 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 3.62 while he has faced 3,182 opposing batters in the majors.

Cleveland has recorded 109 long balls on the year as well as 434 runs batted in. They have notched 163 doubles, while getting a free base 293 times and scoring 464 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .314 and a batting average of .242 for the season. The Guardians have a team slugging % of .399 and they tally 4.69 runs per contest (10th in MLB). They have been rung up on 730 occasions (26th in MLB) and have accounted for 791 hits.

The Guardians are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.223 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.00 as a team this year. They rank 5th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 767. The Cleveland pitching staff have yielded 386 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.69 (360 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.00 (879 strikeouts against 306 bases on balls). They have conceded 113 home runs and they concede 3.96 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball).

Cleveland has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 46 save opportunities and they have tallied 34 saves. They sit at 2nd in baseball holding a save rate of 73.9%, and they have dispatched 359 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 127 times in high leverage situations and on 101 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 23.4% of 141 inherited base runners. With 128 save situations, the Guardians have recorded 80 holds in addition to 12 blown saves.

Out of their 7,893 innings played, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (10th in baseball). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in baseball). The Guardians have recorded 852 assists, 53 errors and have earned a total of 2,631 putouts on the season.

So far in his career, Bibee has surrendered 215 base hits while he has tallied 267 K's in 252 innings pitched. Bibee (18-8 career mark) has a 3.25 earned run average and has conceded 7.7 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 91 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.150 and a FIP of 3.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.56 and he has gone up against 1,039 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Detroit

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