Dodgers vs. Guardians Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 26, 2025

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Freddie Freeman leads the Los Angeles Dodgers (32-21) into a matchup with Steven Kwan and the Cleveland Guardians (29-23) on Monday at 6:10 p.m. ET at Progressive Field. Freeman is batting .357, the second-best batting average in the majors, for the favored Dodgers (-176), and Kwan ranks ninth in MLB play with a .320 batting average this season for the underdog Guardians (+147). Los Angeles’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto starts against Cleveland’s Gavin Williams.

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Dodgers to win vs Guardians -176

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Dodgers vs. Guardians betting lines

  • Favorite: Dodgers (-176)
  • Underdog: Guardians (+147)
  • Over/under: 8

Dodgers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Dodgers betting info

  • The Dodgers have won 28 of the 44 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (63.6%).
  • In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -176 or shorter, Los Angeles has gone 20-10 (66.7%).
  • The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 63.8% in this game.
  • Los Angeles has played in 53 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 29 times (29-24-0).
  • The Dodgers have collected a 25-28-0 record against the spread this season (covering 47.2% of the time).

Dodgers hitting info

  • Shohei Ohtani has launched a team-high 18 home runs.
  • Among hitters in baseball, Ohtani ranks first in homers and 24th in RBI.
  • Mookie Betts is hitting .259 with five doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 24 walks.
  • Betts currently ranks 53rd in home runs and 35th in RBI in the majors.
  • Betts brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .227 with a walk.
  • Freeman paces the Dodgers with a team-high batting average of .357.
  • Teoscar Hernandez has racked up 41 runs batted in to lead his team.
  • Hernandez takes a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is hitting .313 with three doubles, a home run, a walk and six RBIs.

Dodgers pitching rankings

  • The Dodgers pitching staff is fourth in the majors with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Los Angeles has the 20th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.09).
  • The Dodgers average baseball’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.285).
  • Dodgers pitchers combine to surrender 67 total home runs at a clip of 1.3 per game (24th-fewest in MLB).
  • Los Angeles struck out eight Mets batters while giving up six hits in a 3-1 loss in its last game.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

  • The Guardians have won 16, or 51.6%, of the 31 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
  • Cleveland is 1-2 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +147 or more on the moneyline.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Guardians, based on the moneyline, is 40.5%.
  • Games involving Cleveland have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 21 of 50 chances this season.
  • In 50 games with a spread this season, the Guardians are 23-27-0 ATS.

Guardians hitting info

  • Jose Ramirez is batting .309 with nine home runs and 26 RBI for Cleveland this season.
  • Ramirez ranks 39th in homers and 72nd in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
  • Ramirez brings an 18-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 outings he is batting .357 with two doubles, a triple, two home runs, two walks and seven RBIs.
  • Kwan leads Cleveland in batting with a .320 average while slugging four homers and driving in 18 runs.
  • Kwan is 153rd in home runs and 145th in RBI among all hitters in the major leagues.
  • Kwan enters this game on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .391 with three doubles and an RBI.
  • Carlos Santana is among the top hitters for Cleveland with a .235 average, six homers and 27 RBI.
  • Santana takes a six-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last 10 outings he is batting .290 with two doubles, two home runs, eight walks and eight RBIs.
  • Kyle Manzardo leads Cleveland in home runs (10) and runs batted in (27) this season while batting .216.

Guardians pitching rankings

  • The Guardians strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
  • Cleveland has pitched to a 3.98 ERA this season, which ranks 16th in baseball.
  • The Guardians rank 24th in MLB with a combined 1.380 WHIP this season.
  • The Guardians have allowed the 15th-fewest home runs this season with 55, or 1.1 per game.
  • Cleveland pitchers struck out seven Tigers hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 5-0 loss its last time out.
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