Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 6/13/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Saturday, June 13, 2026

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: MLB.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-150) Cleveland (+125)

The Cleveland Guardians (37-33) will take on the Detroit Tigers (28-40) at Progressive Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Detroit at -150 and Cleveland is priced at +125. The betting total is set at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Tarik Skubal and Joey Cantillo.

The Tigers have tallied 108 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 68 balls out of the park. Detroit is slugging .385 and have been called out on strikes 583 times, while being walked on 257 occasions. As a unit, the Detroit Tigers are putting up 4.0 runs/g, which has them at 26th in the league. They have earned 262 runs batted in as well as 528 hits for the year, while their average at the plate is at .234. They have earned 274 runs and hold an OBP of .316.

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The Tigers hold a team ERA of 4.03 over the course of the season (14th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 546 batters. Tigers pitchers have conceded 67 home runs and also 294 total runs (14th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 225 opposing players and their FIP is 4.00 as a squad over the course of the season. Detroit has allowed 543 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 267 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.43 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.29.

Tigers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 85 times and also have had 63 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 31 holds so far this year (21st in baseball). The Tigers bullpen have earned a save rate of 42.9% and have entered the game in 60 save situations. They have 12 saves for the year and have not converted 16 out of their 28 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 135 runners this season with 28.9% of them crossing home plate. The Tigers have sent 213 relief pitchers to the hill for the season.

The Tigers have transformed 70.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 5,361 innings on the field, ranking them 13th in pro baseball. The Detroit Tigers have a tally of 1,787 putouts for the season, in addition to 583 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them sitting 12th in baseball, and they have turned 58 double plays.

Skubal (57-39 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.01 and he has gone up against 3,222 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 649 base hits (7.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 178 free passes. His earned run average is 3.06 (275 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.022. Skubal has pitched in 809 innings and has racked up 934 punch outs in his MLB career.

The Guardians have a slugging percentage of .370 and they are recording 4.04 runs per game (24th in MLB). They have tallied 115 doubles, while taking a walk 274 times as well as putting up 283 runs. Cleveland is sitting with 65 HRs on the year to go along with 270 runs batted in. They have struck out on 544 occasions (22nd in the league) and have a total of 530 hits. The Cleveland Guardians have accounted for an OBP of .316 and a batting average of .230 this season.

The Cleveland pitching staff have allowed 289 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 3.82 (263 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 81 dingers and they concede 4.19 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.272 and have a FIP of 3.98 as a staff over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.30 (639 strikeouts vs 234 walks). They sit at 18th in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 555.

They sit at 2nd in baseball with a save rate of 80.0%, and they have dispatched 228 relievers onto the field this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 83 times in high leverage situations and also on 63 occasions with base runners. With 90 save situations, the Guardians have 59 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 30 save opportunities and they have earned 24 saves. Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 26.8% of 97 inherited base runners.

Out of their 5,583 innings on the field, the Guardians are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (16th in MLB). The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 53 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in professional baseball). The Guardians have recorded 546 assists, 32 errors and have notched a total of 1,861 putouts on the season.

In his MLB career, Cantillo has surrendered 178 hits while he has earned 215 punch outs in 201 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 89 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.348 and a FIP of 3.9. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.31 and he has gone up against 855 batters in his MLB career. Cantillo (11-10 career record) has a 3.99 ERA while surrendering 8.0 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-150)

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