Sacramento Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 7/18/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Friday, July 18, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+132) Cleveland (-160)

The Sacramento Athletics (41-57) are en route to Progressive Field on Friday where they will attempt to defeat the Cleveland Guardians (46-49). The moneyline on this contest has Sacramento at +132 and Cleveland is coming in at -160. The total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Luis Severino and Slade Cecconi.

Sacramento owns a slugging percentage of .417 and have been called out on strikes 841 times, while drawing a walk on 316 occasions. They have recorded 403 RBI's as well as 830 base knocks on the season, while their team batting average is .249. The Athletics have tallied 158 doubles as a team and have knocked 127 balls out of the stadium. They have tallied 417 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .317. As a squad, the Sacramento Athletics are earning 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 19th in baseball.

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The Athletics have an earned run average of 5.20 on the year (28th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 784 hitters. Athletics pitchers have conceded 146 home runs and also 551 total runs (29th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 358 hitters and their FIP is 4.89 as a team over the course of the season. Sacramento has yielded 901 hits (9.3 per 9 innings) as well as 503 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.19 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.45.

The Athletics relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 57.5% and have entered the game in 83 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 154 base runners on the campaign with 31.2% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Athletics relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 110 times as well as having 96 appearances in high leverage situations. The Athletics have sent 312 relief pitchers to the hill this year. The relievers have recorded 43 holds on the season (24th in baseball). They have recorded 23 saves so far this year and have not converted 17 of their 40 save opportunities.

The New York Yankees have 2,613 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 722 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .981 which ranks 27th in professional baseball, and have a total of 63 double plays. The Athletics have converted 68.4% of balls hit into play into outs in their 7,839 innings, which has them sitting at 27th in MLB.

Severino has taken the mound for 1,022 innings and has earned 1,030 punch outs during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.96 (450 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.221. He has given up 935 hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 313 free passes. Severino (67-55 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.90 and he has gone up against 4,291 batters during his time in the major leagues.

The Guardians hold a team slugging percentage of .366 and they tally 3.72 runs per game (26th in the league). They have 135 doubles, while taking a walk 297 times as well as scoring 353 runs. Cleveland has compiled 98 home runs so far this year as well as 338 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 781 occasions (18th in baseball) and have accounted for 690 base hits. The Cleveland Guardians have earned a team OBP of .294 as well as a batting average of .222 on the campaign.

The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 398 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.92 (367 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 100 homers and they allow 4.25 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league). The Guardians have a WHIP of 1.340 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.60 (803 strikeouts vs 352 bases on balls). They are sitting at 15th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 778.

Cleveland relievers have an inherited score rate of 37.1% of 116 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 107 times in high leverage situations and on 83 occasions with runners on base. With 108 save situations, the Guardians have accrued 69 holds in addition to 12 blown saves. They sit at 6th in the league with a save rate of 68.4%, and they have sent 321 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the year. Cleveland has had relievers take the mound in 38 save opportunities and they have earned 26 saves.

Out of their 7,590 innings played, the Guardians have a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (24th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 75 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .980 (28th in professional baseball). The Guardians have recorded 760 assists, 66 errors and have accumulated 2,530 putouts this year.

So far in his MLB career, Cecconi has given up 171 base knocks while accumulating 140 strikeouts in 159 innings pitched. He has conceded a total of 91 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.321 and having a FIP of 5.1. His K/BB ratio is 3.59 and he has faced 681 batters so far in his MLB career. Cecconi (6-12 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 5.15 ERA while giving up 9.7 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (-160)

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