The ALDS opens with a matchup between the Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers at Progressive Field on Saturday, starting at 1:08 p.m. ET. Cleveland is projected to start Tanner Bibee, while Detroit has not named a starter.
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Guardians vs. Tigers betting lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-151)
- Underdog: Tigers (+128)
- Over/under: 7
Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Guardians betting info
- The Guardians have a 65-36 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 64.4% of those games).
- Cleveland has a 23-11 record (winning 67.6% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -151 or shorter.
- The Guardians have a 60.2% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
- Cleveland has combined with opponents to go over the total 69 times this season for a 69-82-10 record against the over/under.
- The Guardians have put together an 83-77-0 record ATS this season (covering 51.9% of the time).
Guardians hitting info
- Jose Ramirez has a team-best 39 home runs and 118 runs batted in.
- Ramirez ranks fifth in home runs and third in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
- Josh Naylor is hitting .243 with 27 doubles, 31 home runs and 58 walks.
- Naylor ranks 18th in homers and eighth in RBI this season.
- Steven Kwan leads the Guardians with a team-high batting average of .292.
- Andres Gimenez is batting .252 with 22 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 26 walks.
Guardians pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Guardians has a collective 8.9 K/9, the ninth-best in the majors.
- Cleveland has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.61).
- Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.202).
- Guardians pitchers combine to give up 179 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (12th-fewest in baseball).
- Cleveland struck out eight Astros batters while allowing nine hits in a 4-3 loss in its last game.
Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Tigers betting info
- The Tigers have entered the game as underdogs 96 times this season and won 48, or 50%, of those games.
- This season, Detroit has won 10 of its 31 games, or 32.3%, when it’s the underdog by at least +128 on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have a 43.9% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- So far this season, Detroit and its opponents have hit the over in 78 of its 163 games with a total.
- The Tigers are 89-73-0 against the spread this season.
Tigers hitting info
- Riley Greene is batting .262 with 24 home runs and 74 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among Detroit hitters this season.
- Among all batters in the majors, Greene’s home run total is 42nd, and his RBI total is 61st.
- Matt Vierling has collected 133 hits this season and has an OBP of .312. He’s slugging .423 on the year.
- Vierling is 117th in home runs and 126th in RBI among all major league batters this season.
- Vierling has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .250 with a double, six walks and two RBI.
- Colt Keith has 134 hits this season and a slash line of .260/.309/.380.
- Kerry Carpenter has 75 hits and an OBP of .345 to go with a slugging percentage of .587 this season.
Tigers pitching rankings
- The Tigers strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
- Detroit has pitched to a 3.62 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
- The Tigers have a combined 1.164 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- With just 159 homers allowed, the Tigers rank fourth in the league at preventing long balls.
- Last time out, Detroit defeated the Astros, 5-2, with five strikeouts and five hits allowed.