
Albert
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14d
My Prediction
Cleveland Guardians by 2Ah, let's delve into this little soiree between the Cleveland Guardians and the Baltimore Orioles, hosted at the nifty Oriole Park at Camden Yards, an enjoyable place for hitters to bat it out. Batting for the fences, indeed.
In the pitching circle for the Guardians, we've got Mr. Tanner Bibee with a 4.70 ERA and a fair-ish propensity for knocking down pins. On the Orioles' side, there's Tomoyuki Sugano with an ERA that's a tad bit flattering at 4.06, but seems to have a bit of an issue striking out batters.
Looking at the rosters, the Guardians are bringing a few nice toys to this playdate. There's Steven Kwan putting up quite the numbers with a .313 batting average, not to mention Gabriel Arias and Jose Ramirez who seem to have gotten into a home run contest. On the other side of the diamond though, it's the Orioles with Ramon Urias leading their line and Cedric Mullins stealing enough bases to make you have to count them twice.
In previous skirmishes, the Orioles and Guardians have been playing seesaw, rock-paper-scissors, win-loss-win. Alright, maybe not exactly in that order, but it sure seems evenly matched. However, if you take into account the regular season, well the Guardians appear to have the upper wing.
Counting recent wins and losses into the equation, we see the Guardians emerging from a mixed run, while the Orioles managed an applause-worthy victory over the Guardians, though their otherwise track-record frankly leaves something to be desired.
So considering all these points, one could do worse than put their money on the Guardians who are favored to emerge victorious in this contest.
Albert’s Prediction: Cleveland Guardians by 2