Guardians vs. Pirates Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 1, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (77-58) will play the Pittsburgh Pirates (62-72) on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET. Josh Naylor will be looking for his 99th RBI of the season for the favored Guardians (-147) when the game gets underway at Progressive Field, live on SportsNet PT. Cleveland’s Alex Cobb gets the start, and he’ll go against Pittsburgh’s Mitch Keller.

Here is our betting primer for this game, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. Pirates Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-147)
• Underdog: Pirates (+124)
• Over/under: 8.5

Guardians vs. Pirates Betting Insights

• The Guardians have won in 55, or 65.5%, of the 84 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This year Cleveland has won 18 of 29 games when listed as at least -147 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 59.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Pirates have won 40.7% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (33-48).
• Pittsburgh is 14-24 (winning just 36.8% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +124 or longer.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Pirates have an implied win probability of 44.6%.

Guardians vs. Pirates Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (33) and runs batted in (104) this season while batting .276.
• Of all MLB hitters, Ramirez is 29th in batting average, 51st in on-base percentage, and 12th in slugging.
• Naylor is batting .240 with an OBP of .322 and a slugging percentage of .464 this season.
• Bryan Reynolds has a team-best batting average of .284, while pacing the Pirates in home runs (21) and runs batted in (74).
• Among all batters in the majors, Reynolds’ home run total puts him 37th, and his RBI total ranks 33rd.
• Oneil Cruz has 31 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 38 walks while hitting .274.

Guardians vs. Pirates Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the majors.
• The Guardians have the 10th-best ERA (3.87) in the majors this season.
• Guardians pitchers have a 1.230 WHIP this season, eighth-best in the majors.
• The Pirates pitching staff is 19th in the majors with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Pittsburgh’s 4.16 team ERA ranks 18th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Pirates have the 23rd-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.312).