Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Picks, Odds & Player Props

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Comerica Park, Detroit

Cleveland Guardians logo
FINAL
Detroit Tigers logo

Cleveland Guardians
8

Detroit Tigers
2

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Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers MLB Picks and Predictions: May 18, 2026

Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers MLB Picks and Predictions: May 18, 2026 - Nate Hornung

Consensus Picks

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Projected Winner

Cleveland Guardiansto win
Confidence
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54.99%(Slight edge)
Rating edge
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Rating edge describes the gap between the teams based on the model's rating inputs, including pitching, bullpen, offense and defense.
Clear edge
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Cleveland Guardians

55%

BN Fair Odds

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-122

Starting Pitcher

Slade Cecconi

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Detroit Tigers

45%

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+122

Starting Pitcher

Framber Valdez

Team Ratings

CLE (Away)vsDET (Home)

Weak24

Pitcher

Average45
Average52

Bullpen

Below Avg38
Strong72

Defense

Above Avg58
Average49

Offense

Below Avg35
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

CLE

CLE

DET

DET

27 - 22(9th)

12 - 12

Wins

Away/Home

(26th)19 - 28

12 - 9

26 - 23 - 0(11th)

11 - 13 - 0

ATS

Away/Home

(21st)21 - 26 - 0

12 - 9 - 0

25 - 21 - 3(17th)

14 - 9 - 1

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(26th)22 - 20 - 5

9 - 9 - 3

Batting Stats

CLE

CLE

DET

DET
3.94
Runs / Game
4.29
0.990
Stolen Bases / Game
0.310
0.970
Home Runs / Game
1.210
0.230
Batting Average
0.237
0.679
On Base %
0.715
0.370
Slugging %
0.401
1.050
OBPS
1.120

Fielding Stats

CLE

CLE

DET

DET
0.53
Errors / Game
0.46
0.985
Fielding %
0.987

Pitching Stats

CLE

CLE

DET

DET
0.239
Batting Average Against
0.233
0.393
Slugging % Against
0.379
0.973
On Base % Against
0.982
0.274
Strike Out %
0.252
0.639
Strike %
0.644
0.361
Ball %
0.356

Last 5 Games

CLECLE

Result

ATS

Total

@ DET

W8 - 2

W+1.5

8

vs CIN

W3 - 10

W-1.5

8

vs CIN

W4 - 7

W-1.5

8

vs CIN

L7 - 6

L0

P13

vs LAA

W2 - 4

W-1.5

7

DETDET

Result

ATS

Total

vs CLE

L8 - 2

L-1.5

8

vs TOR

L4 - 1

L+1.5

8

vs TOR

L2 - 1

L-1.5

8

vs TOR

W2 - 3

W+1.5

8

@ NYM

L4 - 9

L+1.5

7

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