Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 5/9/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Monday, May 9, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Chicago White Sox (13-13) will take on the Cleveland Guardians (13-14) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday. The expected starting pitchers are Zach Plesac and Michael Kopech.

As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are scoring 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 4th in MLB. They have tallied 128 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .321. The Guardians have hit 49 doubles as a squad and have knocked 22 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 126 RBI's as well as 234 hits on the year, and their team batting average sits at .255. Cleveland is slugging .396 and have struck out 203 times, while drawing a walk on 86 occasions.

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The Guardians hold a team earned run average of 4.04 for the year (21st in MLB), and the staff has struck out 220 hitters. They have walked 84 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.76 as a squad this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.62 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21. Guardians pitchers have given up 24 long balls and 119 total runs (24th in baseball).

Guardians pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 24 times as well as having 31 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 9 holds this year (29th in the league). The Guardians relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 71.4% and has entered the game in 17 save situations. They have earned 5 saves over the course of the season and have blown 2 of 7 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 34 base runners on the season with 23.5% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Guardians have dispatched 91 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Cleveland Guardians have a tally of 710 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 228 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which is 12th in pro baseball, and have 17 double plays. The Guardians have converted 71.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 2,130 innings, which has them ranked 12th in baseball.

Plesac (23-17 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 4.59 and he has gone up against 1,394 batters in the majors. He has surrendered 306 hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 88 free passes. His earned run average is 3.97 (150 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.159. Plesac has taken the ball for 340 innings and has earned 261 strikeouts in his MLB career.

The White Sox have a slugging percentage of .356 and they average 3.31 runs per game (28th in baseball). They have 39 doubles, while taking a walk 57 times and recording 86 runs. Chicago has 23 home runs for the season to go along with 81 RBIs. They have struck out on 183 instances (29th in the league) and have earned 192 base hits. The Chicago White Sox have tallied an OBP of .280 in addition to a team batting average of .226 on the year.

The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 100 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.39 (87 earned runs allowed). They have surrendered 17 dingers and they concede 3.90 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.290 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.40 as a staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.33 (252 strikeouts vs 108 bases on balls). They come in at 6th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 190.

Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 16 save chances and they have converted 11 saves. They rank 21st in baseball with a save rate of 68.8%, and they have sent 104 relievers onto the diamond this season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 34 times in high leverage situations in addition to 32 occasions with runners on base. Chicago relievers have an inherited score rate of 25.0% of 48 inherited runners. With 45 save situations, the White Sox have accrued 29 holds and also 5 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have turned 20 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .976 (29th in MLB). The White Sox have racked up 210 assists, 22 errors and have notched a total of 693 putouts on the campaign. In their 2,079 innings played, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (26th in MLB).

Kopech (5-4 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.21 earned run average while conceding 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.81 and he has gone up against 444 batters in his career. He has given up a total of 38 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.163 and having a FIP of 3.3. In his MLB career, Kopech has conceded 87 base hits while tallying 141 punch outs in 106 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Chicago

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