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USA Today
05-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: May 5, Guardians vs. Nationals
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: May 5, Guardians vs. Nationals After he had two hits in his last game (going 2-for-3), Kyle Manzardo and the Cleveland Guardians will see Jake Irvin starting for the Washington Nationals on Monday at 6:45 p.m. ET on MASN and CLEG. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Kyle Manzardo player prop bets. Manzardo paces the Guardians with eight home runs and 20 runs batted in. In MLB action, Manzardo ranks 17th in home runs and 36th in RBI. Watch tonight's Guardians game on Fubo! Kyle Manzardo Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -189) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +333) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +333) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +130) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +130) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +110) Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +125) 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +125) Stolen Bases Prop: 0.5 stolen bases (Over odds: +1500) How to Watch Cleveland Guardians vs. Washington Nationals Matchup: Cleveland Guardians vs. Washington Nationals Cleveland Guardians vs. Washington Nationals Time: 6:45 p.m. ET 6:45 p.m. ET Date: Monday, May 5, 2025 Monday, May 5, 2025 TV Channel: MASN and CLEG MASN and CLEG Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Kyle Manzardo vs. Jake Irvin Kyle Manzardo prop bet insights Manzardo has reached base with a hit 17 times this year in 31 games played (54.8%), including multiple hits in 16.1% of them (five times). He has hit a home run in eight of 31 games in 2025 (25.8%), which is 6.3% of his trips to the plate. Manzardo has scored at least once 13 times this year in 31 games played (41.9%), including one multi-run effort. He has picked up an RBI in 13 of 31 games this season, with multiple RBI in four of them. He has also plated three or more of his team's runs in two contests. Manzardo has struck out at least once in 23 out of 31 games this season (74.2%), with more than one punchout in seven of those games (22.6%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Monday at 1:25 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Kyle Manzardo stats against the Nationals Nationals starter: Jake Irvin
USA Today
04-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: May 4, Guardians vs. Blue Jays
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: May 4, Guardians vs. Blue Jays Kyle Manzardo will try for a more productive showing after striking out four times in his last game. He and the Cleveland Guardians face the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, who will send Bowden Francis to the hill, at 1:37 p.m. ET on SNET and CLEG. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Kyle Manzardo player prop bets. Manzardo leads the Guardians in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (20). Among all hitters in MLB, Manzardo's home run total ranks 17th and his RBI tally ranks 34th. Watch tonight's Guardians game on Fubo! Kyle Manzardo Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -167) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +375) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +130) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -175) How to Watch Cleveland Guardians vs. Toronto Blue Jays Matchup: Cleveland Guardians vs. Toronto Blue Jays Cleveland Guardians vs. Toronto Blue Jays Time: 1:37 p.m. ET 1:37 p.m. ET Date: Sunday, May 4, 2025 Sunday, May 4, 2025 TV Channel: SNET and CLEG SNET and CLEG Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Kyle Manzardo vs. Bowden Francis Kyle Manzardo prop bet insights Manzardo has reached base with a hit 16 times this year in 30 games played (53.3%), including multiple hits on four occasions (13.3%). He has gone yard in eight games this season (30 opportunities, 26.7%), leaving the ballpark in 6.6% of his trips to the plate. In 12 of 30 games this season, Manzardo has scored a run, including one game with multiple runs scored. He has plated at least one run 13 times this year in 30 games played (43.3%), including four multi-RBI outings (13.3%). He has also accounted for three or more of his team's runs in two contests. In 76.7% of his 30 games this season, Manzardo has gone down on strikes (23 times). He's also had seven games with multiple punchouts in 2025 (23.3%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 1:26 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Kyle Manzardo stats against the Blue Jays Blue Jays starter: Bowden Francis
USA Today
03-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: May 3, Guardians vs. Blue Jays
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: May 3, Guardians vs. Blue Jays Kyle Manzardo will try for a better performance after going hitless in his last game (0-for-4). He and the Cleveland Guardians face the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, who will send out Kevin Gausman to start, at 3:07 p.m. ET on SN1 and CLEG. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Kyle Manzardo player prop bets. Manzardo paces the Guardians in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (20). Among all hitters in baseball, Manzardo's home run total ranks 14th and his RBI tally ranks 28th. Watch tonight's Guardians game on Fubo! Kyle Manzardo Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -161) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -161) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +400) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +170) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) Total Bases Prop: 0.5 total bases (Over odds: -167) How to Watch Cleveland Guardians vs. Toronto Blue Jays Matchup: Cleveland Guardians vs. Toronto Blue Jays Cleveland Guardians vs. Toronto Blue Jays Time: 3:07 p.m. ET 3:07 p.m. ET Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025 Saturday, May 3, 2025 TV Channel: SN1 and CLEG SN1 and CLEG Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Kyle Manzardo vs. Kevin Gausman Kyle Manzardo prop bet insights Manzardo has reached base with a hit 16 times this season in 29 games played (55.2%), including multiple hits on four occasions (13.8%). Out of the 29 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he's homered in eight contests (27.6%), leaving the ballpark in 6.8% of his trips to the plate. In 12 of 29 games this year, Manzardo has scored a run, including one game with multiple runs scored. In 44.8% of his 29 games this season, he has driven in a run (13 times). He's also notched four games with multiple RBI in 2025 (13.8%) and produced three or more of his team's runs in two contests. Manzardo has gone down on strikes one or more times 22 times this year in 29 tries (75.9%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 20.7% of games (six times). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 1:25 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Kyle Manzardo stats against the Blue Jays Blue Jays starter: Kevin Gausman
New York Times
02-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Guardians takeaways: Kyle Manzardo, Triston McKenzie, Gavin Williams and more
This Guardians homestand had everything. For 10 games in 11 days, the Guardians took a series from the Yankees, suffered consecutive drubbings against the Red Sox and Twins, had position players pitch on back-to-back days, sat through a three-hour, rain-free rain delay and cycled through a slew of relievers. And after all that, they still managed to go 6-4. Advertisement Remember Zak Kent, Cody Bolton and Doug Nikhazy? They each came and went after one appearance during the homestand. José Ramírez became the league's first third baseman to record 250 home runs and 250 stolen bases (and, no, not all of them came during this homestand). The last time the Guardians played a road game, Triston McKenzie and Lane Thomas were members of the active roster. Anyway, let's examine some Guardians trends as they head to Toronto. Kyle Manzardo is on pace for 42 home runs. He'd be the first Cleveland hitter with a 40-homer season since Travis Hafner in 2006. More than anything, Manzardo looks like a legitimate middle-of-the-order hitter, precisely what the Guardians were dreaming of when they flipped Aaron Civale to the Rays for him two years ago. Manzardo has healthy chase and walk rates, meaning he's patient enough to force the pitcher to throw him something in the zone that he can clobber. His strikeout rate (25.7 percent) isn't unbearable, either. Those qualities allow him to wiggle free from a funk quicker than an all-or-nothing type of slugger. And while the muscle is certainly welcome, it's also an encouraging sign when Manzardo can whack a belly button-high fastball up the middle for an RBI single, as he did in the first inning Thursday. Triston McKenzie can start fresh. The Guardians could have stuck with McKenzie in their bullpen, seeking opportunities for him to pitch in low-leverage situations. Or, once McKenzie cleared waivers, the Guardians could have stuck him on the staff at Triple-A Columbus and let him attempt to work through his struggles in the minors. Instead, they sent him to their complex in Arizona, where he can trigger a system reboot. 'We always talk about leverage, high-leverage,' said Cleveland pitching coach Carl Willis. 'Look, when you're in the major leagues, every hitter you face — it's leverage to you, because you're trying to get big-league hitters out. Maybe (this takes) away a little bit of the urgency to get the results you're looking for and (he'll) be able to focus on the process, how you're going to do it. (When) the results aren't as critical, hopefully that allows him, from a mental standpoint, to really attack what he needs to attack.' Advertisement McKenzie will be sweating because the temperature in Goodyear is approaching triple digits, not because he's standing atop the mound with the bases loaded and with a lack of confidence in his curveball and slider. The Guardians want him to spin those secondary pitches into the strike zone more often to keep hitters from sitting on — and feasting on — his fastball. This should provide him a low-pressure setting to take a deep breath and chart a path back to pitching with conviction in the big leagues. Luis Ortiz has shown flashes. Ortiz had a wretched spring and a nightmarish regular-season debut with the Guardians. However, he has submitted four solid-to-splendid outings in his last five starts. If you remove his first start, he has posted a 3.29 ERA, with 34 strikeouts and a .196 opponent average in 27 1/3 innings. His walk rate is a bit high. He's searching for consistency with his command and the right mix for his five pitches. Manager Stephen Vogt gushed about Ortiz's sinker after the righty blanked the Twins for 6 1/3 innings on Tuesday. That sinker induced a ton of weak contact, an average exit velocity of 86.1 mph, compared to 92.9 mph in his five previous starts. Ortiz has boosted his strikeout rate and ground ball rate this season, which are promising steps forward. His whiff rate has soared to the 78th percentile from the 13th percentile last year. There's a lot to build on for a guy settling in with a new team, new catchers and new pitching instructors, but it's easy to see why the Guardians targeted him on the trade market. We're waiting for Gavin Williams to get in a groove. There's a fine line between Ortiz and Williams this season. (How appropriate, then, that there's an actual fine line between their sections in this piece.) Williams' six starts this year have gone, to put it generally, good, bad, good, bad, good, bad. So why is he in this part of the article, while Ortiz is lounging, cocktail in hand, on the other side? Advertisement Well, Williams teased everyone with an electric spring. It wasn't just his Cactus League numbers, but the pure dominance, the data, the raving by anyone who watched him, whether blowing away hitters in live batting practice sessions or making quick work of hitters at Goodyear Ballpark. He has showcased that ability in certain starts this year, just, you know, only half of them. He fared well against the Royals in the club's second game of the year, but went only three innings against the Angels. He quieted the White Sox, but labored against the Orioles. He pitched brilliantly against the Yankees, but was yanked after two innings against the Twins. One of Williams' best starts as a big-leaguer came against the Royals last September, when he held Kansas City to one hit across seven innings. Five days later, he failed to escape the first inning at Dodger Stadium. A pursuit of consistency isn't new. For the Guardians to reach the heights they want to reach, they need Williams to emerge as a steady force. This doesn't apply only to him, either. Ortiz and Tanner Bibee must follow suit. 'We've challenged those guys,' Willis said. 'We talked to Gavin after the Yankees start (and said), 'Listen, this should be the floor. This should be your expectation of yourself every fifth day.' Willis also stressed, 'You can't take a guy in one day and introduce a new pitch or totally clean up a delivery in one shot. There has to be some patience.' Vogt said a starting pitcher is equipped with his 'A stuff' for 20 percent of his outings and with 'nothing' for 20 percent of his outings, leaving him to figure out how to convert the 60 percent in the middle into quality efforts. 'That's the separator,' he said. 'We're looking for consistency,' Willis said, 'and with young guys, sometimes that takes a while to show itself.' Advertisement What happened to playoff Rocchio? Though Gabriel Arias started at shortstop Tuesday and Wednesday, Vogt insisted Brayan Rocchio is still the club's starter at the position. It's been a rough go for Rocchio, with listless offense, some base running gaffes and uncharacteristically subpar defense. Rocchio's 11-for-33 showing in the 2024 postseason seems like a distant memory. Rocchio's .240 slugging percentage ranks fifth-worst in the majors. Among players with at least 500 plate appearances since the start of the 2024 season, Rocchio ranks second-to-last in OPS (.599), slugging percentage (.305) and extra-base hits (29) and fourth-last in batting average (.206). He's probably fortunate that Juan Brito is sidelined for a couple of months following thumb surgery. But it's worth noting Vogt commended the recent play of Arias and Daniel Schneemann, and it's worth monitoring how the reps are divvied up moving forward. Nolan Jones pinch-hit for Rocchio (and not Austin Hedges, who was on deck) to lead off the seventh with the score tied on Thursday. Is it a typical Carlos Santana slow start, or is he showing his age? At 39, it's difficult enough to roll out of bed without a backache or knee soreness. So, imagine uncorking thousands of swings throughout a summer. Through the end of April, Santana posted a .219/.300/.295 slash line. The statistic that seems most worrisome? Four extra-base hits. He's had worse first acts. He logged a .280 slugging percentage through April in 2014, .276 in 2018 and .200 in 2022. But it's fair to wonder if this latest sluggish start is more habitual or age-related. He's appeared in more games than any active player, aside from Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen. He has totaled 8,900 plate appearances. Jake Westbrook started for Cleveland in Santana's big-league debut. Russell Branyan hit behind him. Trevor Crowe batted leadoff. You get the idea. He's been around a long time. We'll see if he can continue to defy Father Time. (Top photo of Kyle Manzardo: Ken Blaze / Imagn Images)
USA Today
28-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: April 28, Guardians vs. Twins
Kyle Manzardo Player Props: April 28, Guardians vs. Twins Kyle Manzardo's Cleveland Guardians play the Minnesota Twins on April 28 at 6:10 p.m. ET, and will see starter Bailey Ober on the mound. Manzardo had one hit in his previous game, going 1-for-4. Find odds, stats, and more below to make your Kyle Manzardo player prop bets. Manzardo leads the Guardians with seven home runs and 18 runs batted in. Among hitters in baseball, Manzardo ranks 13th in home runs and 23rd in RBI. Watch tonight's Guardians game on Fubo! Kyle Manzardo Prop Bets and Odds Hits Prop: 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175) 0.5 hits (Over odds: -175) Home Runs Prop: 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +350) 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +350) RBI Prop: 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145) 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +145) Runs Prop: 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) 0.5 runs (Over odds: +135) Total Bases Prop: 1.5 total bases (Over odds: +130) How to Watch Cleveland Guardians vs. Minnesota Twins Matchup: Cleveland Guardians vs. Minnesota Twins Cleveland Guardians vs. Minnesota Twins Time: 6:10 p.m. ET 6:10 p.m. ET Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 Monday, April 28, 2025 TV Channel: CLEG and MNNT CLEG and MNNT Live Stream: Fubo (Watch now! - Regional restrictions may apply) Kyle Manzardo vs. Bailey Ober Manzardo is 0-for-2 in his career against Bailey Ober. Against Bailey Ober last year, Manzardo went 0-for-2. Kyle Manzardo prop bet insights Manzardo has a hit in 13 out of 24 games this season (54.2%), with at least two hits in three of those games (12.5%). In seven of 24 games this season, he has hit a home run (29.2%). He's hit a round-tripper in 7.2% of his trips to the dish in 2025. In 11 of 24 games this season, Manzardo has scored a run, including one game with multiple runs scored. In 45.8% of his games this year (11 of 24), he has notched at least one RBI. In four of those games (16.7%) he recorded two or more RBI, while he was responsible for three or more of his team's runs in two contests. Manzardo has been set down on strikes at least once 19 times this year in 24 games played (79.2%), including five times punching out multiple times (20.8%). MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Monday at 1:25 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub. Kyle Manzardo stats against the Twins Twins starter: Bailey Ober
