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The Cleveland Guardians (70-49) will look to Jhonkensy Noel, who is coming off a two-homer game, to lead them in a matchup with the Chicago Cubs (59-61) Wednesday at 6:40 PM ET on BSGL. The Guardians are -130 favorites for the contest, according to sportsbooks. Alex Cobb gets the starting nod for Cleveland while Jameson Taillon is Chicago’s starter for the contest.
Take a look at our preview for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $35.38
Guardians to win vs Cubs -130
Guardians vs. Cubs Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-130)
- Underdog: Cubs (+110)
- Over/under: 8.5
Guardians vs. Cubs Betting Insights
- The Guardians have won in 49, or 66.2%, of the 74 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Cleveland has a record of 30-16 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -130 or more on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 56.5% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Cubs have gone 32-33 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 49.2% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +110 or longer, Chicago has a record of 19-17 (52.8%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Cubs have an implied win probability of 47.6%.
Guardians vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 31 and runs batted in with 97.
- Ramirez is fifth in home runs and second in RBI among all batters in Major League Baseball.
- Josh Naylor is batting .249 with an OBP of .328 and a slugging percentage of .483 this season.
- Isaac Paredes is hitting .238 with 22 doubles, a triple, 18 home runs and 57 walks.
- In all of the majors, Paredes is 46th in homers and 39th in RBI.
- Ian Happ’s 20 home runs and 67 runs batted in are both team-highs.
Guardians vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.80 ERA this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.229 as a pitching staff, which is the sixth-best in baseball this season.
- The Cubs pitching staff is 10th in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the third-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.74).
- The Cubs have the 10th-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.239).