Los Angeles Angels vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 5/31/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Angels vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Saturday, May 31, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (+220) Cleveland (-275)

The Los Angeles Angels (25-30) are traveling to Progressive Field on Saturday where they will take on the Cleveland Guardians (30-25). The moneyline on this contest has Los Angeles at +220 while Cleveland opens at -275. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Kyle Hendricks and Slade Cecconi.

Los Angeles has a slugging % of .404 and have struck out 542 times, while being walked on 136 occasions. They have 217 RBI's in addition to 408 base knocks on the year, and their batting average is at .224. The Angels have recorded 78 doubles as a unit and have smacked 79 baseballs out of the park. They have racked up 224 runs and hold an OBP of .284. As a team, the Los Angeles Angels are notching 4.1 runs per game, which has them sitting at 21st in baseball.

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Their K/BB ratio is 1.80 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.51. Angels pitchers have yielded 73 home runs and 280 runs in total (24th in the league). Los Angeles has given up 503 base hits (9.4 per 9 innings) and 260 earned runs. The Angels hold a team earned run average of 4.84 for the season (25th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 407 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 226 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.86 as a team on the campaign.

The Angels relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 56.5% and have entered the game in 53 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 85 runners this season and 37.6% of those runners crossed the plate. Angels relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 51 times as well as having 58 appearances in high leverage situations. The Angels have sent 173 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The relief pitchers are sitting with 28 holds on the year (24th in baseball). They have earned 13 saves for the year and have blown 10 out of their 23 save opportunities.

The Kansas City Royals have accounted for 1,449 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 501 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which has them sitting 27th in MLB, and they have turned 66 double plays. The Angels have converted 67.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of 4,347 innings, ranking them 26th in baseball.

Hendricks (99-87 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.68 while he has faced 6,741 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 1,552 hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 380 walks. His ERA is 3.74 (678 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.183. Hendricks has thrown 1,633 innings and has 1,292 punch outs thus far in his career.

Cleveland has knocked in 57 long balls on the year to go along with 211 RBIs. They have hit 79 two-baggers, while getting a free base 173 times and racking up 223 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have earned an OBP of .305 in addition to a batting average of .233 so far this season. The Guardians have a SLG% of .378 and they are scoring 4.05 runs per outing (22nd in MLB). They have struck out on 443 occasions (19th in baseball) and are sitting with 419 base hits.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.394 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a squad over the course of the season. They rank 20th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 470. The Cleveland pitching staff have conceded 240 runs this season while holding an ERA of 4.13 (222 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio is 8.80 (472 strikeouts against 205 walks). They have given up 60 homers and they yield 4.46 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB).

Cleveland has had relief pitchers take the mound in 21 save chances and they have earned 16 saves. They rank 2nd in MLB with a save rate of 76.2%, and they have dispatched 188 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 52 times in high leverage situations and also on 44 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 30.2% out of their 63 inherited base runners. Sitting with 64 save situations, the Guardians have accrued 42 holds and also 5 blown saves.

Out of their 4,362 innings on the field, the Guardians hold a efficiency on defense of 67.7% (27th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 42 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (26th in baseball). The Guardians have recorded 410 assists, 34 errors and have accounted for 1,454 putouts so far this year.

Thus far in his career, Cecconi has surrendered 129 base knocks while accumulating 98 punch outs in 115 innings. Cecconi (3-9 record in his career) is the owner of a 5.79 earned run average while giving up 10.1 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 74 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.322 and having a FIP of 5.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.26 and he has gone up against 494 opposing batters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Los Angeles (+220)

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