Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 4/9/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+172) Cleveland (-210)

The Chicago White Sox (2-7) are on their way to Progressive Field on Wednesday where they will take on the Cleveland Guardians (3-6). The odds on this game have Chicago at +172 and Cleveland is at -210. The over/under is set at 9. The starting pitchers are Sean Burke and Logan Allen.

Chicago has a slugging percentage of .344 and have been called out on strikes 66 times, while drawing a walk on 25 occasions. They have earned 31 RBI's and 60 hits on the year, and their team batting average is at .211. The White Sox have hit 11 doubles as a team and have hit 9 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 32 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .273. As a unit, the Chicago White Sox are earning 3.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 23rd in the league.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. White Sox pitchers have conceded 10 long balls and 37 runs in total (7th in the league). Chicago has allowed 66 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 35 earned runs. The White Sox hold a team earned run average of 4.02 on the year (14th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 69 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 35 hitters and their FIP is 4.61 as a squad on the year.

The White Sox bullpen have earned a save percentage of 0.0% and has entered the game in 9 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 17 base runners this season and 41.2% of them crossed the plate. White Sox relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 9 times as well as having 10 appearances in high leverage situations. The White Sox have dispatched 31 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The bullpen have accumulated 7 holds so far this year (12th in the league). They have no saves so far this season and have missed out on 2 of their 2 save opportunities.

The White Sox have converted 72.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of 705 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 9th in MLB. The Chicago Cubs have earned 235 putouts thus far, in addition to 81 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which ranks 12th in pro baseball, and have 9 double plays.

Burke (3-1 career record) holds a FIP of 2.74 while he has faced 119 hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 22 base hits (6.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 7 walks. His earned run average is 2.78 (9 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 0.997. Burke has taken the hill for 29 innings and has racked up 26 punch outs thus far in his career.

The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with an OBP of .300 and a team batting average of .221 this year. They have struck out on 77 occasions (23rd in baseball) and have 64 hits. Cleveland has compiled 13 HRs on the season as well as 34 runs batted in. The Guardians have a team slugging % of .400 and they tally 3.78 runs per outing (17th in MLB). They have hit 11 doubles, while taking a walk 32 times as well as putting up 34 runs.

The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 51 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 5.09 (43 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 14 dingers and they yield 6.04 runs per 9 innings (27th in MLB). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.539 with a FIP of 5.30 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 7.10 (60 strikeouts against 31 walks). They are sitting at 20th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 86.

Sitting with 11 save situations, the Guardians have earned 8 holds and 2 blown saves. Cleveland has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 3 save opportunities and they have walked away with 1 save. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 9 times in high leverage situations and also on 10 occasions with runners on. Cleveland relievers have an inherited score rate of 26.7% out of their 15 inherited runners. They are ranked 26th in the league holding a save percentage of 33.3%, and they have dispatched 32 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Cleveland Guardians have turned 7 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .970 (30th in baseball). The Guardians have accrued 66 assists, 9 errors and have a total of 228 putouts for the season. In their 684 innings on the field, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 66.8% (25th in professional baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Allen has surrendered 247 base hits while earning 199 punch outs in 227 innings. He has surrendered 119 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.500 and a FIP of 4.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.12 and he has faced 993 opposing batters in his career. Allen (15-14 career mark) has earned a 4.71 ERA and has surrendered 9.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (-210)

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