New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 4/23/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-144) Cleveland (+120)

The Cleveland Guardians (13-9) host the New York Yankees (14-9) at Progressive Field on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has New York at -144 while Cleveland is priced at +120. The betting total comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound will be Carlos Rodon and Luis Ortiz.

New York has a slugging rate of .467 and have been rung up 206 times, while taking a walk on 85 occasions. They have accrued 121 RBI's and 189 base knocks so far this year, while their team batting average is .257. The Yankees have tallied 34 doubles as a unit and have hit 38 baseballs out of the stadium. They have tallied 126 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .342. As a squad, the New York Yankees are putting up 5.7 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.20 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.21. Yankees pitchers have given up 22 long balls and also 96 total runs (17th in baseball). New York has allowed 140 base hits (6.5 per 9 innings) as well as 86 earned runs. The Yankees have an earned run average of 3.99 over the course of the season (14th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 209 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 95 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.88 as a squad for the season.

The Yankees relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 90.0% and have entered the game in 27 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 36 runners so far this year and 11.1% of those runners crossed home plate. Yankees relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 27 times in addition to having 19 appearances in high leverage situations. The Yankees have dispatched 72 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The bullpen have a total of 17 holds this year (8th in the league). They have recorded 9 saves over the course of the season and have blown 1 of their 10 chances to get a save.

The New York Mets have earned a total of 582 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 182 assists and 11 errors. Their fielding rate is at .986 which has them ranked 16th in professional baseball, and they have turned 14 double plays. The Yankees have converted 73.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 1,746 innings, which has them ranked 3rd in baseball.

Rodon (77-66 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.81 and he has gone up against 4,705 hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 969 base knocks (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 420 free passes. His ERA is 3.87 (479 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.246. Rodon has taken the mound for 1,115 innings and is sitting with 1,243 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The Guardians hold a slugging % of .396 and they have an average of 4.10 runs per outing (21st in MLB). They have recorded 26 doubles, while walking 70 times and scoring 86 runs. Cleveland has accounted for 26 HRs on the season to go along with 82 runs batted in. They have struck out on 165 occasions (26th in the league) and are sitting with 162 hits. The Cleveland Guardians hold an on-base percentage of .310 and a team batting average of .238 so far this year.

The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 90 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.98 (81 earned runs allowed). They have allowed 26 long balls and they surrender 4.43 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league). The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.350 and have a FIP of 4.26 as a pitching staff on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.70 (177 strikeouts vs 75 free passes). They are currently ranked 16th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 172.

Cleveland relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 13.3% out of their 30 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 18 times in high leverage situations and on 22 occasions with base runners. With 32 save situations, the Guardians have tallied 23 holds and 3 blown saves. They are ranked 13th in the league with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 76 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. Cleveland has called on relievers to enter the game in 9 save opportunities and they have come away with 6 saves.

Out of their 1,647 innings played, the Guardians hold a efficiency on defense of 69.0% (23rd in professional baseball). The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 18 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (23rd in baseball). The Guardians have accrued 156 assists, 12 errors and have 549 putouts this year.

In his career, Ortiz has allowed 237 hits while tallying 206 punch outs in 259 innings. Ortiz (14-15 career record) has a 4.06 ERA while surrendering 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 117 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.335 and having a FIP of 4.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 1.89 and he has gone up against 1,118 batters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (+120)

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