Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 5/6/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Friday, May 6, 2022

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-130) Cleveland (+110)

The Toronto Blue Jays (16-10) are headed to Progressive Field on Friday where they will try to beat the Cleveland Guardians (11-13). The moneyline on this contest has the Blue Jays at -130 while the Guardians are at +110. The over/under is set at 6.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Kevin Gausman and Shane Bieber.

Toronto has a slugging rate of .403 and have been rung up 214 times, while taking a walk on 64 occasions. They have accumulated 96 RBI's in addition to 207 base knocks for the year, while their average at the plate comes in at .241. The Blue Jays have compiled 43 doubles as a squad and have hit 32 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 97 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .300. As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 3.7 runs per outing, which puts them at 21st in MLB.

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Blue Jays pitchers have surrendered 24 home runs and also 104 runs in total (19th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 67 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.44 as a squad so far this year. Their K/BB ratio is 3.36 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.20. The Blue Jays are sitting with a team ERA of 3.57 over the course of the season (15th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 225 batters.

The Blue Jays have sent 102 relievers to the hill so far this year. The relievers have inherited 36 runners on the year and 30.6% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 13 saves for the season and have blown 5 of 18 chances to get a save. The Blue Jays relief pitchers have a save percentage of 72.2% and has entered the game in 41 save situations. The relievers have 22 holds this year (5th in the league). Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 24 times as well as having 46 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Blue Jays have converted 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 2,091 innings, which has them sitting at 20th in baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have accumulated 697 putouts thus far, in addition to 226 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which puts them in 12th in MLB, and they have turned 16 double plays.

Gausman (66-73 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.80 and he has gone up against 5,089 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has allowed 1,195 base knocks (8.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 346 free passes. His earned run average is 3.98 (534 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.275. Gausman has taken the mound for 1,209 innings and has totaled 1,202 K's so far in his pro baseball career.

The Guardians hold a slugging percentage of .396 and they are scoring 4.62 runs per contest (5th in MLB). They have tallied 44 two-baggers, while walking 76 times as well as notching 111 runs. Cleveland has hit 20 home runs so far this season as well as 109 RBIs. They have struck out on 191 occasions (24th in baseball) and are sitting with 206 base hits. The Cleveland Guardians have tallied an on-base percentage of .318 as well as a batting average of .252 for the year.

The Cleveland pitching staff have yielded 104 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.91 (91 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 22 home runs and they allow 4.47 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Guardians are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.190 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.78 as a pitching staff on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.73 (194 strikeouts vs 71 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 8th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 178.

Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.8% out of their 31 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 29 times in high leverage situations and on 22 occasions with runners on. With 14 save situations, the Guardians have compiled 7 holds and 2 blown saves. They are ranked 21st in baseball with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 81 relievers to the mound for the year. Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 6 save opportunities and they have earned 4 saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 15 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (17th in MLB). The Guardians have 199 assists, 13 errors and have a total of 629 putouts during this campaign. In their 1,887 innings on the diamond, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 71.2% (13th in professional baseball).

During his career, Bieber has allowed 468 base hits while he has accumulated 662 strikeouts in 532 frames. He has allowed 192 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.110 and a FIP of 3.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.38 and he has faced 2,160 opposing batters thus far in his career. Bieber (42-19 career mark) holds a 3.25 earned run average and has surrendered 7.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-130)

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