Cincinnati Reds vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 5/18/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+100) Cleveland (-120)

Progressive Field is where the Cleveland Guardians (16-17) will take on the Cincinnati Reds (9-26) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Reds at +100 and the Guardians are priced at -120. The total is 7.5. The expected starting pitchers are Tyler Mahle and Cal Quantrill.

Cincinnati has a slugging % of .350 and have struck out 318 times, while taking a walk on 106 occasions. They have amassed 137 RBI's and 244 hits over the course of the season, while their batting average is at .216. The Reds have accounted for 61 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 29 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 141 runs while holding a team OBP of .291. As a unit, the Cincinnati Reds are compiling 4.0 runs per game, which has them at 19th in the league.

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Reds pitchers have conceded 49 long balls and 206 runs (30th in baseball). They have walked 157 players from the other team and their FIP is 5.00 as a squad this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.94 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.55. The Reds have compiled a team ERA of 6.04 for the year (30th in the league), and the staff has rung up 304 batters.

The Reds relievers have earned a save percentage of 60.0% and has entered the game in 12 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 70 base runners for the year and 45.7% of them ended up scoring. Reds pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 41 times as well as having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The Reds have sent 135 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen have 7 holds for the season (30th in the league). They have recorded 3 saves this season and have blown 2 of 5 save chances.

The Reds have converted 67.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 2,682 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 27th in professional baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have 894 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 256 assists and 12 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .990 which has them sitting 4th in the majors, and have 25 double plays.

Mahle has thrown 526 innings and is sitting with 563 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Mahle (28-35 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.31 and he has faced 2,278 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.45 (260 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.348. He has given up 508 hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 201 free passes.

The Guardians have a team SLG% of .401 and they are scoring 4.76 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have hit 58 doubles, while walking 104 times as well as recording 157 runs. Cleveland has hit 31 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 154 RBIs. They have been rung up on 250 occasions (27th in baseball) and are sitting with 284 hits. The Cleveland Guardians have an on-base percentage of .317 and a team batting average of .251 on the campaign.

The Guardians have a WHIP of 1.216 in addition to having a FIP of 4.04 as a staff so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.53 (263 strikeouts vs 104 walks). They come in at 2nd in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 249. They have given up 34 homers and they give up 4.71 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league). The Cleveland pitching staff have allowed 152 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.19 (135 earned runs relinquished).

Cleveland has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 11 save chances and they have tallied 8 saves. They sit at 7th in the league with a save percentage of 72.7%, and they have sent 109 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 39 times in high leverage situations and also on 32 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 24.4% out of their 41 inherited runners. With 21 save situations, the Guardians have 9 holds in addition to 3 blown saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 20 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in MLB). The Guardians have racked up 286 assists, 18 errors and have accumulated 872 putouts for the season. In their 2,616 innings on the field, the Guardians are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 71.7% (7th in the majors).

In his pro baseball career, Quantrill has conceded 295 hits while totaling 261 punch outs in 319 innings. He has given up a total of 130 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.232 and having a FIP of 4.1. His K/BB ratio is 2.66 and he has faced 1,337 hitters during his MLB career. Quantrill (17-13 mark in his career) has earned a 3.67 ERA while conceding 8.3 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (-120)

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