Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 8/27/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: CLEGuardians.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+110) Cleveland (-132)

Progressive Field is where the Cleveland Guardians (64-66) will take on the Tampa Bay Rays (64-67) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Rays at +110 and the Guardians are at -132. The total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Drew Rasmussen and Slade Cecconi.

Tampa Bay is slugging .403 and have been called out on strikes 1,120 times, while being walked on 384 occasions. They have accumulated 561 RBI's in addition to 1,117 base knocks on the season, while their batting average is at .252. The Rays have tallied 199 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 148 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 593 runs and hold an OBP of .315. As a squad, the Tampa Bay Rays are notching 4.5 runs per outing, which has them at 12th in MLB.

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The Rays have a team earned run average of 3.97 on the season (16th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,122 hitters. Rays pitchers have conceded 176 home runs and 551 total runs (12th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 372 opposing players and their FIP is 4.26 as a team on the season. Tampa Bay has conceded 1,036 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and also 512 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.02 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.21.

The Rays have dispatched 412 relievers to the mound on the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 133 base runners on the year and 33.1% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have tallied 28 saves so far this year and have blown 21 of their 49 save opportunities. The Rays relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 57.1% and have come into the game in 121 save situations. The relievers have accumulated 71 holds over the course of the season (19th in MLB). Rays bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 91 times in addition to having 120 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 3,479 putouts this season, in addition to 1,164 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which is 12th in baseball, and they have turned 122 double plays. The Rays have transformed 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 10,437 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 5th in pro baseball.

Rasmussen has taken the hill for 433 innings and has earned 409 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 2.87 (138 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.061. He has surrendered 351 base hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 109 walks. Rasmussen (30-17 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 2.82 while facing 1,732 opposing batters in the majors.

Cleveland has compiled 132 HRs for the year as well as 482 RBIs. They have put up 189 doubles, while getting a free base 401 times as well as scoring 501 runs. The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .296 in addition to a team batting average of .224 for the season. The Guardians have a team SLG% of .368 and they score 3.85 runs per outing (27th in the league). They have struck out on 1,073 occasions (18th in the league) and have totaled 955 base hits.

The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 560 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.97 (509 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 144 home runs and they allow 4.36 runs per 9 innings (15th in MLB). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.319 in addition to having a FIP of 4.17 as a squad on the year. Their K/BB ratio is 8.40 (1,081 strikeouts against 459 free passes). They rank 13th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,065.

Sitting with 148 save situations, the Guardians have earned 90 holds and also 18 blown saves. Cleveland has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 55 save opportunities and they have earned 37 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 150 times in high leverage situations in addition to 120 occasions with base runners. Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.9% out of their 168 inherited base runners. They sit at 7th in MLB with a save rate of 67.3%, and they have dispatched 435 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

In their 10,395 innings on the diamond, the Guardians are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (20th in MLB). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 93 double plays and have a fielding rate of .981 (28th in professional baseball). The Guardians have 1,058 assists, 86 errors and have a tally of 3,465 putouts over the course of the season.

In his MLB career, Cecconi has surrendered 216 hits while he has earned 163 strikeouts in 200 innings. Cecconi (7-14 career mark) is the owner of a 5.27 ERA while conceding 9.7 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 117 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.315 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.47 and he has gone up against 856 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-132)

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