Data Skrive:
The Cleveland Guardians (13-6) are favorites (-179) on the moneyline when they square off against the Oakland Athletics (8-11) Friday at 7:10 PM ET, live on BSGL. Triston McKenzie will get the ball for Cleveland while Oakland will counter with Joseph Boyle.
Check out our preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $31.17
Guardians to win vs Athletics -179
Guardians vs. Athletics Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-179)
- Underdog: Athletics (+150)
- Over/under: 8
Guardians vs. Athletics Betting Insights
- The Guardians have won in six of the 10 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- This season Cleveland has been victorious two times in three chances when named as a favorite of at least -179 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 64.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Athletics have gone 6-11 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 35.3% of those games).
- When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +150 or longer, Oakland has gone 3-2 (60%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 40%.
Guardians vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders
- Josh Naylor is batting .323 this season with a team-high four home runs.
- Naylor ranks 26th in homers and 26th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Jose Ramirez is a key run producer for Cleveland with a .238 average, three homers and 16 RBI.
- Shea Langeliers leads the Athletics in home runs (four) and runs batted in (nine).
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Langeliers is 26th in homers and 82nd in RBI.
- Zachary Gelof is batting .205 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs and six walks.
Guardians vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Guardians have pitched to a 3.14 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined 1.233 WHIP as a pitching staff, 10th-lowest in MLB.
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 7.9 K/9, which ranks 25th in MLB.
- Oakland has a 3.72 team ERA that ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Athletics have the 23rd-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.343).