Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 5/27/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Friday, May 27, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-165) Detroit (+145)

The Cleveland Guardians (18-22) are on their way to Comerica Park on Friday where they will go up against the Detroit Tigers (15-28). The moneyline on this game has the Guardians at -165 and the Tigers are opening at +145. The betting total is set at 7. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Shane Bieber and Alex Faedo.

The Guardians have compiled 67 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 36 balls out of the park. Cleveland is slugging .386 and have struck out 297 times, while drawing a walk on 124 occasions. As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are earning 4.5 runs/g, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB. They have 175 runs batted in as well as 328 hits for the year, and their batting average sits at .242. They have earned 181 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .308.

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Guardians pitchers have given up 39 long balls and 176 total runs (13th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 121 hitters and their FIP is 3.93 as a unit on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.63 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.18. The Guardians hold a team ERA of 3.96 for the season (19th in the league), and they have rung up 318 batters.

Guardians bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 37 times and also have had 41 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 10 holds so far this year (30th in the league). The Guardians relievers have a save rate of 72.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 22 save situations. They have recorded 8 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 3 of their 11 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 47 runners so far this year with 23.4% of them crossed the plate. The Guardians have dispatched 127 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Guardians have transformed 71.7% of balls in play into outs out of 3,174 innings, which has them sitting 8th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have amassed 1,058 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 360 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which is 19th in the majors, and have accumulated 32 double plays.

Bieber has pitched in 548 innings and has accumulated 679 strikeouts so far in his career. Bieber (42-21 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 3.07 while going up against 2,237 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.31 (202 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.130. He has surrendered 489 hits (8.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 131 free passes.

Detroit has tallied 25 long balls for the season to go along with 115 runs batted in. They have hit 54 doubles, while walking 112 times as well as scoring 118 runs. The Detroit Tigers have accounted for a team OBP of .283 as well as a batting average of .219 this year. The Tigers have a SLG% of .319 and they score 2.74 runs per game (30th in the league). They have been rung up on 369 instances (15th in baseball) and are sitting with 305 base hits.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.198 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.91 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.48 (323 strikeouts against 130 walks). They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 317. They have allowed 41 dingers and they surrender 4.00 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Detroit pitching staff have given up 166 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.59 (149 earned runs given up).

Detroit has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 14 save opportunities and they have earned 10 saves. They are currently ranked 10th in MLB with a save rate of 71.4%, and they have sent 156 relievers to the mound for the season. Their relievers have come in 47 times in high leverage situations and on 34 occasions with runners on. Detroit bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 17.0% out of their 53 inherited runners. Sitting with 38 save situations, the Tigers have compiled 23 holds in addition to 4 blown saves.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 36 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .985 (15th in baseball). The Tigers have accrued 372 assists, 22 errors and have accounted for 1,121 putouts during this campaign. In their 3,363 innings on the field, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 72.1% (7th in baseball).

Faedo (1-1 career record) has a 3.00 ERA while surrendering 9.4 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.33 and he has faced 86 hitters thus far in his career. He has given up 7 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.333 and having a FIP of 4.5. So far in his career, Faedo has allowed 22 base knocks while he has tallied 14 punch outs in 21 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Detroit (+145) and under 7 runs

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