Guardians vs. Angels Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 31, 2025

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The Los Angeles Angels (26-30) visit the Cleveland Guardians (30-26) on Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET. The Angels are moneyline underdogs (+154) against the favored Guardians (-186). Slade Cecconi takes the mound first for Cleveland, and Kyle Hendricks is Los Angeles’ choice to start.

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Guardians to win vs Angels -186

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Guardians vs. Angels betting lines

  • Favorite: Guardians (-186)
  • Underdog: Angels (+154)
  • Over/under: 8

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

  • The Guardians are 12-8 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60% of those games).
  • Cleveland has played as moneyline favorites of -186 or shorter in only two games this season, which it won both.
  • The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 65% in this contest.
  • In the 54 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for Cleveland, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 24 times (24-27-3).
  • The Guardians are 24-30-0 against the spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

  • Jose Ramirez leads the Guardians with a .314 batting average.
  • Among hitters in MLB action, Ramirez ranks 47th in homers and 74th in RBI.
  • Steven Kwan has 12 doubles, four home runs and 17 walks while batting .309.
  • Among all MLB hitters, Kwan ranks 162nd in home runs and 158th in RBI.
  • Carlos Santana has driven in a team-best 28 runs batted in.
  • Santana heads into this game on a nine-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .400 with two doubles, two home runs, eight walks and seven RBIs.
  • Kyle Manzardo’s 10 home runs and 28 RBI are both team-highs.

Guardians pitching rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 8.8 K/9, the 10th-best in MLB.
  • Cleveland’s 4.12 team ERA ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Guardians average baseball’s 24th-ranked WHIP (1.401).
  • Guardians pitchers combine to give up 61 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (16th-fewest in MLB).
  • Cleveland its 4-1 loss the last time out, the team struck out 10 Angels batters while allowing 13 hits.

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

  • The Angels have been underdogs in 45 games this season and won 21 (46.7%) of those contests.
  • Los Angeles has a record of 5-7 in games where bookmakers have it as underdogs of at least +154 on the moneyline.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Angels, based on the moneyline, is 39.4%.
  • Games involving Los Angeles have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 29 of 56 chances this season.
  • The Angels are 27-29-0 ATS in their 56 games with a spread this season.

Angels hitting info

  • Taylor Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs (15) and runs batted in (37) this season while batting .220.
  • Ward’s home run total ranks seventh in the majors, and he is 18th in RBI.
  • Nolan Schanuel is batting .277 to lead Los Angeles, while adding three homers and 14 runs batted in this season.
  • Schanuel ranks 201st in home runs and 219th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
  • Zach Neto has collected 42 base hits, an OBP of .317 and a slugging percentage of .523 this season.
  • Neto enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .222 with a home run and an RBI.
  • Logan O’Hoppe has collected 46 hits this season and has an OBP of .299. He’s slugging .517 on the year.

Angels pitching rankings

  • The Angels strike out just 7.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 27th in MLB.
  • Los Angeles pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.77 ERA this year, which ranks 24th in MLB.
  • The Angels have a combined WHIP of 1.508 as a pitching staff, which is third-worst in baseball this season.
  • The Angels have allowed the 24th-fewest home runs this season with 73, or 1.3 per game.
  • Last time out, Los Angeles defeated the Guardians, 4-1, with five strikeouts and six hits allowed.
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