Cleveland Guardians vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 6/20/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Friday, June 20, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-196) Sacramento (+162)

The Sacramento Athletics (30-46) will play the Cleveland Guardians (37-35) at Sutter Health Park on Friday. The moneyline on this game has Cleveland at -196 while Sacramento is coming in at +162. The over/under comes in at 9. The starting pitchers will be Tanner Bibee and Jeffrey Springs.

As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians are scoring 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 25th in the league. They have 277 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .303. The Guardians have earned 99 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 74 balls out of the stadium. They have 262 RBI's and 541 hits on the year, and their batting average is sitting at .231. Cleveland is slugging .374 and have been rung up 586 times, while drawing a walk on 225 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.28 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.38. Guardians pitchers have allowed 77 home runs and 300 runs (14th in MLB). Cleveland has surrendered 608 base knocks (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 277 earned runs. The Guardians are sitting with a team ERA of 3.93 on the year (19th in the league), and the staff has struck out 603 batters. They have walked 265 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.11 as a unit so far this season.

The Guardians have sent 245 relievers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 81 runners so far this season with 35.8% of those runners crossed home plate. They have accumulated 21 saves for the season and have not converted 6 of their 27 chances to save the game. The Guardians relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 77.8% and have stepped onto the mound in 83 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 55 holds for the season (3rd in the league). Guardians relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 58 times as well as having 70 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Guardians have converted 68.3% of balls hit into play into outs in their 5,709 innings on the field, ranking them 24th in MLB. The Cincinnati Reds have accumulated 1,903 putouts thus far, in addition to 561 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which puts them in 26th in pro baseball, and have a total of 57 double plays.

Bibee has taken the hill for 395 innings and has earned 393 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Bibee (26-18 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.32 and he has faced 1,629 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.37 (148 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.161. He has conceded 344 base hits (7.8 hits per nine innings) with 115 walks.

The Athletics hold a team SLG% of .415 and they earn 4.24 runs per game (16th in the league). They have put up 129 doubles, while getting a free base 247 times as well as scoring 322 runs. Sacramento has a total of 93 home runs over the course of the season and 312 runs batted in. They have struck out on 621 occasions (13th in baseball) and have tallied 654 base knocks. The Sacramento Athletics hold a team on-base percentage of .320 and a batting average of .252 this season.

The Sacramento pitching staff have conceded 450 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 5.55 (416 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 113 dingers and they give up 6.01 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.515 and have a FIP of 4.94 as a squad over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.00 (601 strikeouts vs 289 bases on balls). They rank 29th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 732.

Sacramento bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.3% of 131 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 83 times in high leverage situations in addition to 91 occasions with runners on base. With 66 save situations, the Athletics have earned 35 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. They rank 27th in the league holding a save percentage of 51.6%, and they have sent 252 relievers to the hill on the year. Sacramento has had relief pitchers enter the game in 31 save opportunities and they have come away with 16 saves.

In 6,066 innings played, the Athletics hold a efficiency on defense of 67.4% (28th in MLB). The Sacramento Athletics have turned 48 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in pro baseball). The Athletics have accrued 568 assists, 46 errors and have accumulated 2,022 putouts so far this year.

In his career, Springs has allowed 359 hits while totaling 425 strikeouts in 392 frames. He has allowed 158 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.259 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.15 and he has faced 1,663 batters in his pro baseball career. Springs (28-17 career mark) has earned a 3.62 ERA while surrendering 8.2 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+162)

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