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2022 MLB Handicapping
(14-14) Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox (14-13)
Date: Monday, April 9, 2022
Time: 8:10 PM ET
Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL
Projected Pitchers: Plesac (CLE), Kopech (CHI)
MLB Moneyline Odds: CLE +150, CHI -170
MLB run line Betting Odds: CLE -135, CHI +115
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U: 7.5
Cleveland Guardians
Cleveland beat Toronto on Sunday, 4–3, to take three out of four in the series.
Owen Miller’s solo home run in the eighth inning tied the game. Oscar Mercado singled in the game-winning run some batters later to win the game for Bryan Shaw, who threw a scoreless top.
Emmanuel Clase shut the door on the Blue Jays on just nine pitches in a 1-2-3 ninth inning.
Franmil Reyes had three hits and scored a run. Cleveland’s 2-8 hitters all had at least one hit, including Steven Kwan, who is hitting .316 with a .407 on-base percentage this season.
Zach Plesac’s numbers are down a bit to start 2022. Through five starts he’s given up an earned run every two innings and is just 1–3.
Home runs aren’t necessarily hurting Plesac any more this year than in the past but he’s giving up many more hits, perhaps as a result of his lower strikeout rate.
Chicago White Sox
The White Sox only scored 10 runs in their three-game sweep at Fenway Park over the weekend after a 3–2 win on Sunday.
Dallas Keuchel went six strong for his second win of the season. He gave up eight hits but walked just one and benefitted from two double-plays to end innings.
Without Liam Hendriks, who had saved the last five games for Chicago, Jose Ruiz and Bennett Sousa combined to get the last three outs with Sousa earning the save.
Chicago got all three of its runs in the third. Jose Abreu drove in two with a double after Leury Garcia got the scoring started.
Danny Mendick played shortstop to give Tim Anderson a routing day off. Anderson will be back in the lineup in this game.
Michael Kopech has been Chicago’s best starting pitcher thus far in 2022. He’s made five starts and only permitted three earned runs. He has gone five innings three times and two innings twice.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Guardians are 5-0 in their last 5 vs. American League Central.
- White Sox are 6-0 in their last 6 overall.
- Over is 7-1 in Guardians last 8 games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Head to Head: Guardians are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Chicago White Sox MLB Prediction:
Chicago is a healthy favorite here but this could be a spot for Plesac to get back on track.
He’s not throwing poorly and the White Sox lineup, which is missing some important bats, has not been setting the world on fire.
Don’t necessarily expect Cleveland to win this game but it certainly has a fair enough shot to take this one on the road.
The Guardians have the value here at +150.
4* Free MLB Betting Pick: Cleveland +150
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