Guardians vs. Tigers Odds & Betting Predictions - May 18, 2026

Guardians at Tigers

10:40 pm • Fox Sports 1

Cleveland Guardians

41-39

8 - 2

Detroit Tigers

34-45

pitcher		team	era	w-l
F.Valdez			3.91	4-5
S.Cecconi			4.48	3-6

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Guardians 41-39	+1.5	+1.5-166	o8-111	+129
Tigers 34-45	u8.5	-1.5+134	u8-109	-156

Monday 10:40 p.m.

May 18, 2026

Comerica ParkDetroit

J.Ramirez o0.5 HR+490

$4.90

CLE u3.5-115

1.15u

CLE +135

1.35u

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Under 8-105

0.5u

7 of the L8 meetings have had eight runs or less. Additionally, the Tigers’ bats have been dreadful in May

Over 0.5 (1st Inn)+108

1.08u

J.Ramirez o1.5 Total Bases-103

$1.00

R.Greene o1.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs-124

CLE +130

0.65u

(FD) Valdez (4.01 SIERA/4.24 xERA) hasn't really been Ace-like in 2 years, but still 1/2 run better than Cecconi. However, CLE in their better split (108 wRC+ v LHP this year, proj. LU 111 v LHP since LY, DET 102, 105 - CLE better defense & comparable pen estimators L30 days.

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MLB Public Betting

Tigers are 4-1 in their last 5 games.
Tigers are 3-2 in their last 5 games against the spread
Tigers are 15-25 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Tigers' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 16 of Tigers' 39 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Tigers	38-41	23-16	15-25	18-23	20-15
Guardians	42-38	19-17	23-21	18-24	24-13

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Tigers	34-42-3	16-21-2	18-21-1	19-20-2	14-20-1
Guardians	39-41	18-18	21-23	21-21	17-20

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Tigers	34-45	22-17	12-28	21-20	13-22
Guardians	41-39	19-17	22-22	22-20	19-18

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
May 17th	TOR	L 1-4	+1.5 L	U 7.5	TOR -102
May 16th	TOR	L 1-2	+1.5 W	U 8	TOR -115
May 15th	TOR	W 3-2	+1.5 W	U 8	DET +105
May 14th	@NYM	L 4-9	+1.5 L	O 7.5	NYM +136
May 13th	@NYM	L 2-3	-1.5 L	U 8	NYM +100

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PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
RS.Cecconi, P	96	7.1	4	2
RM.Festa, P	6	0.2	1	0
RP.Pallette, P	29	1	0	0

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1A.Martinez, LF	2-5	1	0	1
2J.Ramirez, 3B	3-4	1	1	3
3C.DeLauter, RF	0-4	1	0	2
3P.Halpin, PR	0-0	0	0	0
3P.Halpin, RF	0-0	0	0	0
4R.Hoskins, 1B	1-4	0	0	2
5D.Fry, DH	0-5	0	0	0
6T.Bazzana, 2B	2-5	1	0	0
7S.Kwan, CF	0-1	1	0	0
8A.Hedges, C	0-3	0	0	0
9B.Rocchio, SS	1-2	3	0	0

PITCHER	PC	IP	K	ER
LF.Valdez, P	89	5	3	4
LB.Hurter, P	13	0.1	0	3
RC.Seabold, P	36	2.2	2	0
LE.De Jesus, P	26	1	2	1

HITTERS	H-AB	R	HR	RBI
1C.Keith, DH	1-4	0	0	0
2K.McGonigle, 3B	1-3	0	0	0
2K.McGonigle, SS	1-3	0	0	0
3D.Dingler, C	0-3	1	0	0
4R.Greene, LF	2-2	0	0	1
5S.Torkelson, 1B	0-4	0	0	0
6Z.McKinstry, 2B	0-4	0	0	0
7M.Vierling, CF	1-3	1	1	1
8W.Perez, RF	0-3	0	0	0
9Z.Short, SS	0-2	0	0	0
9G.Workman, PH	0-1	0	0	0
9G.Workman, 3B	0-1	0	0	0