Guardians vs. Marlins Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 7, 2024

The Miami Marlins (21-41) hope to avoid their fifth straight defeat when they host the Cleveland Guardians (40-21) Friday at 7:10 PM ET on BSFL. The Guardians are listed as -118 favorites, while the Marlins are -104 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid. Logan Allen takes the mound for Cleveland while Ryan Weathers is Miami’s starter for the contest.

Take a look at our betting preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Guardians vs. Marlins Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-118)
• Underdog: Marlins (-104)
• Over/under: 8

Guardians vs. Marlins Betting Insights

• The Guardians have won in 29, or 69%, of the 42 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Cleveland has been victorious 22 times in 33 chances when named as a favorite of at least -118 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 54.1% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Marlins have won 37.5% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (18-30).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of -104 or longer, Miami has an 18-27 record (winning 40% of its games).
• The Marlins have an implied moneyline win probability of 51% in this matchup.

Guardians vs. Marlins Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez is batting .276 with 17 home runs and 60 RBI. All three of those stats are best among Cleveland hitters this season.
• Of all MLB batters, Ramirez is 31st in batting average, 50th in on-base percentage, and ninth in slugging.
• Josh Naylor has collected 48 hits this season and has an OBP of .310. He’s slugging .491 on the year.
• Jazz Chisholm is batting .247 with 11 doubles, three triples, eight home runs and 21 walks.
• In all of the majors, Chisholm ranks 56th in home runs and 63rd in RBI.
• Josh Bell’s 30 runs batted in and .255 batting average both lead his team.

Guardians vs. Marlins Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians average 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
• Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.49 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.195 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Marlins has a collective 8.3 K/9, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
• Miami has a 4.64 team ERA that ranks 28th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Marlins combine for the third-worst WHIP in MLB (1.376).