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The Cleveland Guardians are moneyline favorites (-145) to begin their season with a road win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday at 10:07 PM ET, live on NBCS-CA.
Shane Bieber will get the ball for Cleveland while Oakland will counter with Alex Wood.
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Guardians and Athletics Betting Trends (2023)
The Guardians won 40 of the 79 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite last season (50.6%).
Cleveland had a record of 18-16 in games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -145 or shorter last year (52.9%).
The Athletics won 49, or 30.8%, of the 159 games they played as underdogs last season.
Last season, Oakland won 39 of its 135 games, or 28.9%, when it was the underdog by at least +121 on the moneyline.
The Guardians played in 160 games with a set over/under, and combined with their opponents to go over the total 68 times (68-88-4).
The Athletics and their opponents hit the over in 87 of their 162 games with a total last season.
Guardians Stats & Insights (2023)
Last season the Guardians had the No. 27 offense in MLB play scoring 4.1 runs per game (662 total runs).
Cleveland hit 124 home runs last season, the lowest total in baseball.
The Guardians’ .250 batting average ranked 13th in the majors.
The club struck out seven times per game, the fewest Ks in MLB.
The 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff last season ranked 25th in the majors.
Cleveland’s 3.97 team ERA ranked ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Athletics Stats & Insights (2023)
The Athletics scored the fewest runs in the league last season with just 585 (3.6 per game).
Oakland ranked 20th in Major League Baseball with 171 home runs.
The Athletics ranked last in MLB with a team batting average of just .223.
Oakland had the 25th-ranked strikeouts per game rate (9.2) among MLB offenses.
The Athletics averaged the 25th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the big leagues last season.
Oakland had the 29th-ranked ERA (5.49) in the majors last season.
Guardians Key Players to Watch (2023)
Bieber will take the mound to start for the Guardians, his first of the season.
Last season, Jose Ramirez hit .282 with 24 home runs and 80 RBI.
Steven Kwan collected 171 hits, posted an OBP of .340, and a .370 SLG.
Josh Naylor drove in 97 runs while batting .308 last season.
Andres Gimenez collected 140 hits, posted an OBP of .314 and a .399 SLG.
Athletics Key Players to Watch (2023)
Wood gets the nod for the Athletics and will make his first start of the season.
Brent Rooker hit 30 home runs and had 69 runs batted in last season.
Esteury Ruiz hit .254 with 24 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 20 walks.
J.D. Davis had 69 runs batted in while racking up a batting average of .248 last season.
Shea Langeliers had 19 doubles, four triples, 22 home runs and 34 walks while hitting .205.
Guardians and Athletics Injuries
Guardians: Angel Martinez: 10 Day IL (Foot), Sam Hentges: 15 Day IL (Finger), Xzavion Curry: 15 Day IL (Illness), Ben Lively: 15 Day IL (Illness), Gavin Williams: 15 Day IL (Elbow), James Karinchak: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Trevor Stephan: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Athletics: Miguel Andújar: 10 Day IL (Knee), Freddy Tarnok: 15 Day IL (Hip), Scott Alexander: 15 Day IL (Rib), Luis Medina: 15 Day IL (Knee), Ken Waldichuk: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Trevor Gott: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Sean Newcomb: 60 Day IL (Knee), Aledmys Díaz: 60 Day IL (Calf)
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