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New York Mets vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 5/20/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: New York Mets vs Cleveland Guardians
Date: Monday, May 20, 2024
Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH
TV: Sportsnet New York
Odds/Point Spread: New York (+108) Cleveland (-126)
The Cleveland Guardians (30-17) will compete against the New York Mets (21-25) at Progressive Field on Monday. The odds on this game have the Mets at +108 while the Guardians are coming in at -126. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Tylor Megill and Ben Lively.
As a squad, the New York Mets are scoring 4.3 runs/g, which ranks them 16th in baseball. They have 192 runs scored and have an OBP of .307. The Mets have accrued 69 two-baggers as a team and have hit 43 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accounted for 181 runs batted in and 365 base knocks on the year, while their average at the plate is at .235. New York is slugging .364 and have struck out 347 times, while being walked on 143 occasions.
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The Mets are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.01 so far this year (15th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 401 batters. Mets pitchers have allowed 33 long balls in addition to 209 runs in total (19th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 203 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.90 as a squad this season. New York has surrendered 345 base hits (7.6 per 9 innings) and 181 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 1.98 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35.
Mets relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 49 times in addition to having 69 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 32 holds so far this season (7th in MLB). The Mets relievers have a save rate of 57.9% and has entered the game in 51 save situations. They have compiled 11 saves this year and have blown 8 out of their 19 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 59 runners so far this year and 28.8% of those runners crossed home plate. The Mets have sent 154 relief pitchers to the hill this year.
The New York Mets have a tally of 1,219 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 381 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .982 which ranks 25th in the majors, and have 38 double plays. The Mets have converted 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 3,657 innings on the field, which has them sitting 19th in pro baseball.
Megill (17-17 career record) has earned a FIP of 4.65 and he has faced 1,164 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 278 hits (9.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 101 walks. His ERA is 4.68 (139 ER’s allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.418. Megill has taken the ball for 267 innings and is sitting with 259 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.
The Cleveland Guardians hold a team OBP of .314 in addition to a batting average of .240 this year. They have struck out on 343 occasions (27th in the league) and have totaled 369 base hits. Cleveland has knocked in 49 home runs for the year as well as 205 runs batted in. The Guardians hold a team slugging percentage of .393 and they have an average of 4.85 runs per contest (5th in the league). They have hit 72 doubles, while taking a walk 137 times and scoring 223 runs.
The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.203 in addition to having a FIP of 3.67 as a staff this season. They are sitting at 8th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 353. The Cleveland pitching staff have surrendered 167 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 3.35 (154 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.00 (412 strikeouts vs 145 free passes). They have yielded 42 home runs and they give up 3.63 runs per 9 innings (6th in the league).
With 55 save situations, the Guardians have accumulated 32 holds and 7 blown saves. Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 22 save opportunities and they have come away with 15 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 67 times in high leverage situations in addition to 47 occasions with runners on base. Cleveland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 23.6% out of their 55 inherited base runners. They rank 11th in MLB with a save rate of 68.2%, and they have sent 171 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.
The Cleveland Guardians have turned 41 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (20th in MLB). The Guardians have racked up 398 assists, 28 errors and are sitting with 1,242 putouts so far this year. In their 3,726 innings played, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (18th in professional baseball).
Lively (10-19 record in his career) is the owner of a 4.78 ERA and has allowed 9.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.50 and he has faced 1,040 hitters so far in his career. He has conceded 128 ER’s while holding a WHIP of 1.390 and a FIP of 5.1. In his career, Lively has conceded 259 base knocks while accumulating 190 punch outs in 241 innings pitched.
Who will win tonight’s MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Josh Schonwald’s Pick: Take New York (+108)
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The Cleveland Cavaliers host the Miami Heat on Friday night, in the second game of a back-to-back between these Eastern Conference rivals.
The Miami Heat go for their 40th win of the season and the series victory against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road on Friday. This is the second game of a back-to-back for these teams, fighting for positioning in the Eastern Conference standings. Both of these games will be played in Cleveland, with the Heat pulling off the upset in Game 1 on Wednesday, winning 120-103. The win ended Miami’s five-game losing streak, and the loss ended the Cavaliers’ four-game winning streak. The win gave the Heat a 2-1 series lead, with Friday’s game serving as the finale. Miami is back in the eighth seed, but is only a half-game above the Charlotte Hornets and Orlando Magic. Cleveland is sitting comfortably in fourth place, but is three games back of the New York Knicks for third. The biggest name sitting out of this rematch is Jarrett Allen, who is dealing with a knee injury but is expected to return on Friday. The Cavaliers should be the favorite at home to tie this season series at two games apiece in this rematch.
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Game Date: Friday, March 27, 2026
Game Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
TV Channel: NBATV, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio 1 (Cleveland feed)
Location: Rocket Arena – Cleveland, OH
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Miami started off hot in the first half on Wednesday, but Cleveland came back in the third quarter, outscoring the Heat by 17. But Miami quickly returned the favor in the fourth, outscoring the Cavaliers by the same total in the final quarter. Donovan Mitchell led all scorers with 28, but the Heat were more balanced with Norman Powell leading the charge with 19 points, and Tyler Herro added 18. James Harden and Sam Merrill both scored 18 points apiece for the Cavs. Miami shot 52 percent from the field as a team and an impressive 40 percent from three. The Heat led by as much as 17 in the third but nearly squandered the sure win before the strong fourth quarter. Miami had eight players score in double figures in what turned out to be a comfortable victory. Expect a closer game tonight in the finale rematch.
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The Miami Heat vs Cleveland Cavaliers game will take place on Friday, March 27, 2026, at 7:30 p.m. ET. Tune in and catch some great NBA action.
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CLEVELAND — For Kyle Burnett, drag is more than just a hobby, discovering the art form after falling into a deep depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Burnett, who is nonbinary, has been living in Ohio for more than a decade and has performed as “Zoey Zegai” for five of those years.
“It was a tough time … I found drag not only as a way of entertainment, but embracing myself as a queer member of the LGBTQ+ community,” said Burnett, who uses he/they pronouns.
While Burnett has been met with substantial support, he said, he’s noticed a recent shift in societal attitudes toward the LGBTQ+ community over the last year.
“I had my purse and was wearing short shorts because Ohio gets hot in the summertime, and I had a beer bottle thrown at me from outside of someone’s car window,” Burnett said.
“Zoey Zegai,” which Burnett said, is influenced by old-school divas like Joan Crawford and newer divas like Jinkx Monsoons.
According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been proposed during the 2026 legislative session nationwide.
One of these bills is HB 249, or the “Indecent Exposure Modernization Act,” which would restrict drag performances to adult entertainment venues. The policy also changes the definition of public indecency to include “performers or entertainers who exhibit a gender identity that is different from the performer’s or entertainer’s biological sex using clothing, makeup, prosthetic or imitation genitals or breasts, or other physical markers.”
TransOhio Executive Director Dara Adkison said the bill uses broad language and could criminalize gender-diverse expression.
“It’s really making a statute that law enforcement professionals get to enforce their personal ideas about what is and isn’t appropriate gender representation, what is and isn’t performance. You know, is it singing karaoke? Is it being and drag queen? I know, is it a trans person walking down?” said Adkison, who uses they/them pronouns.
While many Ohioans are expressing concerns about the bill targeting transgender people and drag performers, nonprofit Equality Ohio said, the legislation’s impact expands to athletes and countless others.
The bill revises a previous code banning the exposure of “private parts” to now ban the exposure of “private areas,” said Dwayne Steward, Executive Director of Equality Ohio.
“Because the language they use is so vague, it really can apply to anyone, really. The language has been shifted from ‘obscenity’ … someone showing their genitals … to anyone showing their ‘genital area’, which could mean anyone who’s wearing a sports bra, a cheerleader who may be showing their midriff. “
Supporters of HB 249 said the bill is meant to protect children, while others have said this argument reinforces a harmful narrative surrounding drag performances.
“People, immediately when they see drag, they think that it is something that is sexual, something that is trying to indoctrinate children, to expose them to sexual content. And that’s not the case in any capacity,” Olivia Kowslowski.
Kowslowski is born and raised in northeast Ohio, now performing as “Monica Mod.”
Kowslowski, who started first started performing drag in Jan. 2022.
“I think that my perspective is important because it just shows that the bill is harmful to many people, including people that they were not expecting to be impacted by this,” she said. “… Most people don’t realize that when I’m in drag, I am, I’m a cisgender woman.”
While she’s become well known around her college campus’ drag scene, Kowslowski said, she and other performers are facing additional barriers.
“I have found that finding bookings is much more difficult because many venues are a lot more hesitant to host drag events at their spaces, or even support drag entertainers and their venues. Mainly from HB 249,” she said.
The Democratic Society of America’s Cleveland chapter recently announced it is launching a Gender Freedom Policy Petition that would go against “recent legislation calling to limit and ban drag performances,” calling it, “an injustice to not only the drag scene but also the broader Cleveland community.”
The petitions also includes provisions “that safeguard drag performers” and call for city-backed gender-affirming care services.
HB 249 now remains under review by the Ohio Senate and would require the governor’s signature before going into effect.
While the future remains uncertain, Burnett said, he and others in the drag community are hoping to build wider solidarity across all Ohio populations.
“We’re all just trying to live the same day-to-day life, get groceries, pay bills, drive to-and-from work. But there’s no room for hate,” Burnett said. “There’s no room for violence. We just want to feel like Ohio citizens.”
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