Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 7/19/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Sunday, July 19, 2026

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: MLB.TV

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

The Cleveland Guardians (51-46) will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates (50-47) at Progressive Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has the Pirates at -150 while the Guardians are sitting at +125. The total is set at 9. The pitchers expected to start will be Paul Skenes and Tanner Bibee.

The Pirates have hit 154 doubles as a team and have hit 125 balls out of the park. Pittsburgh has a slugging percentage of .426 and have struck out 907 times, while drawing a walk on 363 occasions. As a squad, the Pittsburgh Pirates are scoring 5.3 runs per outing, which puts them at 1st in the league. They have 495 runs batted in in addition to 886 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average is at .263. They are sitting with 516 runs while having a team OBP of .342.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.49 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.32. Pirates pitchers have relinquished 103 home runs and 472 total runs (23rd in baseball). Pittsburgh has allowed 787 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 416 earned runs. The Pirates have compiled a team ERA of 4.32 so far this year (20th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 883 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 355 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.03 as a squad on the season.

The Pirates relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 52.8% and have entered the game in 82 save situations. They have accumulated 19 saves for the year and have blown 17 of their 36 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 125 runners this season with 30.4% of them ended up scoring. Pirates pitchers have entered the game with runners on 88 times in addition to having 89 appearances in high leverage situations. The Pirates have dispatched 310 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The relievers have a total of 45 holds on the campaign (22nd in the league).

The Pirates have transformed 69.2% of balls in play into outs in their 7,800 innings, ranking them 23rd in pro baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates are sitting with 2,600 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 765 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which puts them in 21st in professional baseball, and they have turned 74 double plays.

Skenes (29-21 record in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 2.34 while he has faced 1,687 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 317 base hits (6.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 98 walks. His ERA is 2.37 (113 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 0.969. Skenes has taken the hill for 428 frames and has 516 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

The Cleveland Guardians have compiled an OBP of .310 in addition to a batting average of .229 so far this season. They have been rung up on 810 occasions (12th in the league) and have notched a total of 732 base hits. Cleveland has accumulated 93 home runs for the season to go along with 368 runs batted in. The Guardians have a team slugging percentage of .369 and they average 3.97 runs per contest (29th in baseball). They have recorded 147 doubles, while taking a walk 353 times as well as scoring 385 runs.

The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 387 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 3.71 (354 earned runs yielded). They have given up 110 home runs and they surrender 4.06 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league). The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.262 in addition to having a FIP of 3.97 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.10 (870 strikeouts against 321 walks). They sit at 10th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 762.

They are ranked 2nd in MLB holding a save percentage of 78.0%, and they have dispatched 326 relievers to the mound this year. Their relievers have taken the field 123 times in high leverage situations and on 92 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 125 save situations, the Guardians have recorded 83 holds in addition to 9 blown saves. Cleveland has had relievers take the mound in 41 save opportunities and they have converted 32 saves. Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 23.9% out of their 142 inherited base runners.

Out of their 7,728 innings on the diamond, the Guardians are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (15th in MLB). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 66 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (14th in baseball). The Guardians have recorded 776 assists, 47 errors and have accounted for 2,576 putouts on the campaign.

During his career, Bibee has conceded 538 base hits while tallying 577 strikeouts in 611 frames. He has conceded a total of 249 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.170 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 3.26 and he has faced 2,514 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Bibee (37-32 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.67 ERA while giving up 7.9 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (-150)

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