Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 8/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Saturday, August 2, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

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

Progressive Field is the location where the Cleveland Guardians (54-54) will play the Minnesota Twins (51-57) on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Twins at +162 while the Guardians are at -196. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Bailey Ober and Tanner Bibee.

The Twins have tallied 168 doubles as a squad and have smacked 125 balls out of the park. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .399 and have been rung up 884 times, while being walked on 322 occasions. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are earning 4.2 runs per game, which has them at 21st in MLB. They have recorded 432 RBI's in addition to 870 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is at .241. They have accounted for 451 runs while holding a team OBP of .313.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.26 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27. Twins pitchers have given up 121 long balls in addition to 484 runs in total (20th in the league). Minnesota has given up 923 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 452 earned runs. The Twins have an ERA of 4.29 this year (23rd in the league), and the staff has rung up 919 hitters. They have walked 282 batters and their FIP is 3.85 as a unit this year.

Twins bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 77 times as well as having 130 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 73 holds for the season (6th in baseball). The Twins relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 57.1% and stepped onto the hill in 110 save situations. They have recorded 20 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 15 of their 35 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 110 runners for the season with 36.4% of those players earned a run for their team. The Twins have sent 373 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Twins have converted 68.7% of balls in play into outs out of 8,529 innings, which has them ranked 26th in professional baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have amassed 2,843 putouts on the campaign, as well as 797 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .986 which has them ranked 16th in professional baseball, and have accumulated 55 double plays.

Ober has taken the hill for 563 frames and has accounted for 558 strikeouts so far in his career. Ober (29-27 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.95 and he has faced 2,298 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.01 (251 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.124. He has conceded 509 hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) with 124 walks.

Cleveland is sitting with 114 HRs on the season and 408 runs batted in. They have recorded 162 two-baggers, while taking a walk 350 times and putting up 424 runs. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with an on-base percentage of .301 in addition to a team batting average of .228 on the year. The Guardians hold a team SLG% of .377 and they score 3.93 runs per game (26th in the league). They have struck out on 883 occasions (18th in baseball) and have tallied 805 base knocks.

The Cleveland pitching staff have conceded 453 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.90 (416 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 119 homers and they allow 4.25 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.312 with a FIP of 4.14 as a team on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.40 (899 strikeouts against 383 walks). They come in at 12th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 875.

Cleveland has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 44 save chances and they have walked away with 30 saves. They sit at 7th in the league holding a save rate of 68.2%, and they have sent 360 relievers onto the diamond over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 121 times in high leverage situations and also on 92 occasions with base runners. Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 36.7% of 128 inherited runners. Sitting with 123 save situations, the Guardians have 76 holds and also 14 blown saves.

The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 85 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .982 (28th in MLB). The Guardians have racked up 891 assists, 70 errors and have amassed 2,879 putouts this year. Out of their 8,637 innings on the field, the Guardians have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (19th in baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Bibee has allowed 387 hits while tallying 435 strikeouts in 436 innings. Bibee (29-21 record in his career) has a 3.57 earned run average while conceding 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 173 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.167 and having a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.57 and he has faced 1,800 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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

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

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