T.M. Selection: Cleveland Guardians.

I like the Cleveland Guardians to win this game against the San Francisco Giants on Friday. The Guardians just had Thursday off and I expect them to come out on Friday with some big hits since their bats have been really hot lately. The Guardians have won 4 games in a row now, sweeping the Reds in their last series, and they have been putting up a ton of runs in the process too. Their pitching has slipped up in some spots but they've also had really good pitching in some of their games too and their bats have put up 7+ runs in 4 games in a row now. I think having Thursday off will help them recharge for this game and I like the pitching matchup with them going against Rodon here. Rodon had a good 1st start this year but he was just acquired this offseason from the White Sox and these batters on the Guardians have had plenty of experience going against him. I think he is going to get rocked in this game and I expect Plesac to keep the Giants from bringing in any runs in this game. Plesac had a great 1st start this year, giving up no runs and only 3 hits, almost making it to the 7th inning in his start. I think the Giants will struggle to get hits on him here since they haven't been scoring a lot of runs this year anyway. They have won 4/6 of their games so far and they had 1 game where they put up 13 runs in but other than that 1 game, they have only put up more than 3 runs on 1 other occasion. I think the Guardians have the better pitching matchup here and I like the rhythm their batters have been in, I expect them to stay hot here. I like the Guardians to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 5-1 Guardians.