Boston Red Sox vs Cleveland Gaurdians Matchup Preview - June 8th, 2023

Boston Red Sox Insights

• Triston Casas has primarily hit in the back-half of the lineup this year (79% of the time), but he is projected to bat 5th on the lineup card in this game.

• The Boston Red Sox bullpen profiles as the 4th-worst in the game, per The Sharp Model.

Cleveland Gaurdians Insights

• The Cleveland Guardians infield defense grades out as the 3rd-best on the slate today.

• The Boston Red Sox have just 1 same-handed RP in their bullpen, so Andres Gimenez has a strong chance of holding the platoon advantage against every reliever all game.

• Myles Straw has a 100th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (48.2%) and will have a big advantage hitting them in the direction of MLB's 6th-shallowest RF fences today.

Betting Trends

• The Cleveland Guardians have hit the Game Total Under in 25 of their last 37 games (+14.20 Units / 34% ROI)

• The Boston Red Sox have hit the Game Total Over in 29 of their last 52 games (+5.50 Units / 10% ROI)