Data Skrive:
The Cleveland Guardians (31-17) hope to complete a two-game sweep of the New York Mets (21-26) when the teams meet at 1:10 PM ET Wednesday. The Guardians are -129 favorites to keep the Mets out of the win column in the series. Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie gets the start, and he’ll go against New York’s Jose Quintana.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $35.50
Guardians to win vs Mets -129
Guardians vs. Mets Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-129)
- Underdog: Mets (+109)
- Over/under: 8.5
Guardians vs. Mets Betting Insights
- The Guardians have been favorites in 29 games this season and have come away with the win 20 times (69%) in those contests.
- This season Cleveland has come away with a win 12 times in 18 chances when named as a favorite of at least -129 on the moneyline.
- The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 56.3% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
- The Mets are 8-14 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 36.4% of those games).
- New York is 7-9 (winning 43.8% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +109 or longer.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Mets have an implied win probability of 47.8%.
Guardians vs. Mets Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez is batting .253 for Cleveland with a team-high 41 RBI.
- Among all MLB hitters, Ramirez ranks 73rd in batting average, 112th in on-base percentage, and 36th in slugging.
- Josh Naylor leads Cleveland in home runs with 12 while driving in 34 runs and slugging .518.
- Brandon Nimmo has collected a team-high 29 runs batted in.
- Among all batters in MLB, Nimmo’s home run total puts him 43rd, and his RBI total ranks 26th.
- Pete Alonso’s 10 home runs pace his team.
Guardians vs. Mets Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.23 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined 1.182 WHIP as a pitching staff, eighth-lowest in MLB.
- The Mets pitching staff is fourth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- New York has the 14th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.96).
- The Mets average MLB’s 22nd-ranked WHIP (1.335).