Free MLB Pick: Guardians vs. Reds Odds
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2022 MLB Handicapping
(2-2) Cleveland Guardians vs. Cincinnati Reds (2-2)
Date: Tuesday, 4/12/2022
Time: 4:10 ET
Venue: Great American Ballpark, Cincinnati
Projected Pitchers: Shane Bieber vs. Tyler Mahle (CIN)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Guardians -125 / Reds +105
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: Guardians -1.5 (+135) / Reds +1.5 (-160)
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: 8.5
Cleveland will head to Cincinnati on Tuesday for game 1 of a short 2 game series. Shane Bieber will be getting the start for Cleveland, while Tyler Mahle gets the ball for Cincinnati.
Cleveland is sitting at -125 favorites on the ML while Cincinnati are slight underdogs at +105. The total is sitting at 8.5.
Cleveland Guardians
The Guardians finished off their series with the Royals winning the last 2 games on Monday. They scored 1 run in the first 2 games of the series, but came back to score 27 runs in the last 2 games. Oscar Mercado hit a home run in each of the final 2 games, along with driving in 8 runs.
Shane Bieber will look to bounce back to 2020 form here in the early season. Bieber pitched opening day for the Guardians, going 4.2 innings, giving up 3 hits and 1 earned run. Bieber is one of the best strikeout pitchers in baseball, ranking in the top 20 each of the last 2 seasons in K%.
The early season surprise for the Guardians has been the lefty Steven Kwan. Through the first 4 games on the season, Kwan is 9-13 and has scored 6 runs. Including spring training, Kwan hasn’t struck out in his last 53 plate appearances, which is incredible to think about in the new age of baseball. By the way, he is doing all this as a rookie!
Cincinnati Reds
The Reds will come into this game fresh since they have a day off Monday. The Reds are coming off a 2-2 split series with the Braves, winning the last game of the set on Sunday 6-3. In Sunday’s game, rookie Hunter Greene made his major league debut going 5 innings, giving up 4 hits, and 3 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Like his counterpart Bieber, Tyler Mahle also pitched the opening game of the season. Mahle was the winning pitcher, going 5 innings, giving up 3 hits, and 0 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
Last season, Mahle was 5-4 with a 5.63 ERA in his home starts vs 8-2 with a 2.30 ERA in his away starts. This will be his first chance this season to turn around his home/away splits and become a better home pitcher.
So far this season, Kyle Farmer has provided the offense for the Reds. Farmer is 5-14, scoring 2 runs and driving in 4. The Reds will look for Jonathan India and Joey Votto to get in a groove and start producing for this new look Reds offense.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Under is 3-0-1 in Guardians last 4 interleague road games vs. a right-handed starter.
- Under is 3-0-1 in Guardians last 4 interleague road games.
- Guardians are 4-0 in Biebers last 4 Tuesday starts.
- Guardians are 7-0 in Biebers last 7 interleague starts.
- Guardians are 8-0 in Biebers last 8 starts vs. National League Central.
- Over is 4-0 in Mahles last 4 interleague starts.
- Over is 4-0 in Reds last 4 home games.
- Guardians are 12-4 in the last 16 meetings in Cincinnati.
- Over is 5-2 in the last 7 meetings.
Cleveland Guardians vs. Cincinnati Reds MLB Prediction:
Even with Shane Bieber on the mound, I will be locking in this game to go over 8.5 runs. Tyler Mahle is a solid pitcher, but based on the numbers from 2021 at home, I don’t trust Mahle pitching well at home until he proves otherwise.
Lock in this over and win some cash!
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