Cleveland Guardians vs. Texas Rangers odds, tips and betting trends | August 23

A series opener between the Cleveland Guardians (73-54) and Texas Rangers (59-69) is on deck Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET, at Progressive Field.

The Rangers (+117 underdog on the moneyline) visit the Guardians (-138). The Cleveland Guardians will hand the ball to Tanner Bibee (10-5, 3.33 ERA), who is looking for win No. 11 on the season, and the Rangers will turn to Nathan Eovaldi (8-7, 3.76 ERA).

Before watching this Guardians vs. Rangers matchup, here is everything you need to know about Friday’s action on the diamond, including viewing options.

Cleveland Guardians vs. Texas Rangers odds and betting lines

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Friday at 9:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

• Favorite: Guardians (-138, bet $138 to win $100)
• Underdog: Rangers (+117, bet $100 to win $117)
• Over/under: 7.5

Guardians vs. Rangers: Live streaming info & game time

• Game Day: Friday, August 23, 2024
• Game Time: 7:10 p.m. ET
• Stadium: Progressive Field
• TV Channel: Bally Sports
• Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)

Guardians stats and trends

Guardians betting records

• The Guardians have been favorites in 77 games this season and won 51 (66.2%) of those contests.
• This season Cleveland has won 22 of its 35 games, or 62.9%, when favored by at least -138 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have a 58% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• So far this season, Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 60 of 127 games with a total.
• The Guardians are 63-63-0 ATS in their 126 games with a spread this season.

Tanner Bibee (Guardians probable starter)

• Bibee (10-5) takes the mound for the Guardians in his 25th start of the season. He has a 3.33 ERA in 132 1/3 innings pitched, with 144 strikeouts.
• The right-hander’s most recent time out was on Saturday against the Milwaukee Brewers, when he went five innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up three hits.
• The 25-year-old has an ERA of 3.33, with 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 24 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .225 batting average against him.
• Bibee has eight quality starts under his belt this season.
• Bibee is seeking his seventh straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 5.5 frames per appearance on the mound.
• He has had four appearances this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.
• He will take the hill against a Rangers offense that is batting .238 as a unit (20th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .379 (23rd in MLB) with 138 total home runs (17th in MLB).
• Bibee has thrown 5 1/3 innings without giving up an earned run on three hits, while striking out four against the Rangers this season.
• Among pitchers who qualify in MLB action this season, the 25-year-old ranks 18th in ERA (3.33), 15th in WHIP (1.081), and 15th in K/9 (9.8).

Guardians batting stats

• The Guardians have hit 144 homers this season, which ranks 14th in the league.
• Hitters for Cleveland have combined for a team rank of 17th in the majors with a .393 team slugging percentage.
• The Guardians have a team batting average of .236 this season, which ranks 21st among MLB teams.
• Cleveland has scored the 13th-most runs in the majors this season with 573 (4.5 per game).
• The Guardians have an OBP of .308 this season, which ranks 18th in MLB.
• Cleveland has shown patience at the plate this season with the fourth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.3) among MLB offenses.

Rangers stats and trends

Rangers betting records

• The Rangers have been chosen as underdogs in 54 games this year and have walked away with the win 17 times (31.5%) in those games.
• This year, Texas has won seven of 24 games when listed as at least +117 or worse on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Rangers have a 46.1% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• Texas and its opponents have gone over in 54 of its 127 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
• The Rangers have an against the spread mark of 54-72-0 in 126 games with a line this season.

Nathan Eovaldi (Rangers probable starter)

• Eovaldi (8-7) takes the mound first for the Rangers in his 23rd start of the season. He has a 3.76 ERA in 127 2/3 innings pitched, with 123 strikeouts.
• In his last appearance on Saturday against the Minnesota Twins, the right-hander threw seven innings, giving up three earned runs while surrendering six hits.
• In 22 games this season, the 34-year-old has amassed an ERA of 3.76, with 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .229 against him.
• Eovaldi has registered 11 quality starts this year.
• Eovaldi is looking to secure his 20th start of five or more innings this year in this matchup.
• In three of his 22 total appearances this season he has not surrendered an earned run.
• He will face a Guardians team that is batting .236 as a unit (21st in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .393 (17th in the league) with 144 total home runs (14th in MLB play).

Rangers batting stats

• The Rangers average 1.1 home runs per game to rank 17th in MLB play with 138 total home runs.
• So far this season, Texas ranks 23rd in baseball with a .379 slugging percentage.
• The Rangers have the 20th-ranked batting average in the majors (.238).
• Averaging 4.2 runs per game (536 total), Texas is the 21st-highest scoring team in MLB.
• The Rangers rank 21st in baseball with an on-base percentage of .306.