Miami Marlins vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 8/13/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Miami Marlins vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Miami (+125) Cleveland (-145)

Progressive Field is where the Cleveland Guardians (61-56) will try to defeat the Miami Marlins (57-61) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Marlins at +125 and the Guardians are priced at -145. The betting total comes in at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Eury Perez and Gavin Williams.

Miami has a slugging rate of .394 and have been called out on strikes 930 times, while drawing a walk on 356 occasions. They have compiled 486 RBI's as well as 1,011 hits this season, and their team batting average is .251. The Marlins have hit 196 doubles as a team and have knocked 113 baseballs out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 505 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .315. As a squad, the Miami Marlins are notching 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 19th in MLB.

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The Marlins have an earned run average of 4.52 so far this year (24th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 931 batters. Marlins pitchers have given up 129 home runs and also 565 runs (24th in MLB). They have walked 369 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.14 as a unit this season. Miami has allowed 1,003 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) in addition to 526 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.52 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.31.

Marlins relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 89 times as well as having 123 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 66 holds over the course of the season (15th in the league). The Marlins relief pitchers have a save percentage of 60.4% and have stepped onto the mound in 115 save situations. They have tallied 29 saves on the year and have blown 19 of 48 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 129 runners this season with 31.0% of them ended up scoring. The Marlins have sent 365 relievers to the mound this season.

The Marlins have turned 69.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,426 innings on the field, which has them ranked 18th in the majors. The Los Angeles Dodgers are sitting with 3,142 putouts on the year, as well as 1,016 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which puts them in 18th in pro baseball, and have a total of 83 double plays.

Perez has taken the mound for 146 frames and has accounted for 160 K's in his career. Perez (9-9 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.15 while he has gone up against 593 opposing hitters in the majors. His ERA is 3.20 (52 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.088. He has conceded 108 base hits (6.6 hits per nine innings) with 51 walks.

Cleveland has accumulated 123 HRs on the campaign to go along with 448 runs batted in. They have hit 178 two-baggers, while walking 375 times and earning 466 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have compiled a team on-base percentage of .301 and a batting average of .228 this year. The Guardians hold a team slugging percentage of .377 and they score 3.98 runs per contest (26th in the league). They have been rung up on 957 instances (18th in the league) and have totaled 879 base knocks.

The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.297 with a FIP of 4.08 as a squad on the year. They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 938. The Cleveland pitching staff have conceded 485 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 3.83 (443 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.50 (987 strikeouts against 412 walks). They have given up 126 long balls and they give up 4.19 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league).

Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.9% of 142 inherited base runners. Their relievers have come in 137 times in high leverage situations in addition to 102 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 137 save situations, the Guardians have compiled 83 holds and also 16 blown saves. They are currently ranked 4th in baseball with a save percentage of 68.6%, and they have dispatched 390 relievers onto the field on the campaign. Cleveland has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 51 save opportunities and they have recorded 35 saves.

In 9,375 innings on the field, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (15th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 88 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (28th in the majors). The Guardians have recorded 961 assists, 77 errors and are sitting with 3,125 putouts so far this season.

Williams (13-19 career mark) has a 3.66 earned run average and has surrendered 7.4 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.10 and he has gone up against 1,202 batters in his MLB career. He has given up a total of 115 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.304 and a FIP of 3.6. During his MLB career, Williams has given up 234 base knocks while accumulating 283 strikeouts in 283 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-145)

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