Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/12/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Detroit SportsNet

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

Comerica Park is where the Detroit Tigers (58-60) will compete against the Cleveland Guardians (58-61) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Cleveland at +125 while Detroit is at -145. The total has been set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Foster Griffin and Framber Valdez.

As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are earning 4.0 runs per outing, which ranks them 28th in the league. They are sitting with 473 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .313. The Guardians have tallied 174 doubles as a squad and have hit 114 balls out of the park. They have earned 454 runs batted in and 917 base knocks on the campaign, while their team batting average is sitting at .232. Cleveland is slugging .369 and have been rung up 990 times, while taking a walk on 433 occasions.

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The Guardians are sitting with a team ERA of 3.84 for the season (9th in baseball), and they have rung up 1,106 batters. Guardians pitchers have allowed 137 home runs and also 500 runs in total (9th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 392 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.92 as a unit this season. Cleveland has surrendered 953 base knocks (8.1 per 9 innings) and 450 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.82 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28.

The Guardians relief pitchers have a save rate of 70.8% and stepped onto the hill in 138 save situations. They have accumulated 34 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 14 out of their 48 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 190 base runners on the campaign and 27.4% of those runners ended up scoring. Guardians relief pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 122 times as well as having 140 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have dispatched 407 relievers to the hill for the season. The relievers have 88 holds on the season (2nd in baseball).

The Guardians have converted 69.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,492 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 25th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated 3,164 putouts thus far, as well as 928 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which has them ranked 19th in baseball, and they have turned 79 double plays.

Griffin has taken the mound for 12 innings and has 11 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Griffin (1-1 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 8.13 while he has faced 59 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 8.25 (11 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.750. He has surrendered 14 hits (10.5 hits per 9 innings) and has had 7 walks.

The Tigers hold a slugging % of .409 and they score 4.57 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have 179 doubles, while getting a free base 423 times and putting up 539 runs. Detroit has accumulated 144 HRs this season to go along with 514 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,018 occasions (11th in MLB) and have tallied 972 base knocks. The Detroit Tigers have compiled an on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a team batting average of .244 so far this season.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.198 in addition to having a FIP of 3.77 as a staff on the season. They are currently ranked 6th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 897. The Detroit pitching staff have relinquished 452 runs so far this year while having a team ERA of 3.49 (405 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.50 (984 strikeouts against 355 free passes). They have allowed 113 home runs and they surrender 3.89 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball).

They are ranked 29th in the league holding a save rate of 46.9%, and they have dispatched 364 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this season. Their relievers have come in 95 times in high leverage situations and also on 127 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 103 save situations, the Tigers have 52 holds and 26 blown saves. Detroit has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 49 save opportunities and they have tallied 23 saves. Detroit relievers have an inherited score percentage of 27.1% out of their 188 inherited runners.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 91 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in MLB). The Tigers have 1,029 assists, 52 errors and have notched a total of 3,137 putouts on the season. In 9,411 innings on the diamond, the Tigers hold a defensive efficiency of 71.4% (5th in professional baseball).

So far in his career, Valdez has given up 1,041 base hits and he has 1,156 K's in 1,207 innings. Valdez (88-59 career record) has a 3.45 ERA while giving up 7.8 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 463 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.222 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.66 and he has faced 5,041 batters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland (+125)

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