MLB Odds: Guardians-Mariners prediction, odds and pick

Cleveland Guardians are in first place in the AL Central with a 66-56 record. Seattle owns a 67-57 record and are 12.5 games behind Houston in AL West.

Cleveland will send Triston McKenzie to the mound Thursday. McKenzie has pitched to a 3.11 ERA in 23 appearances (22 starts) this season. The curveball is McKenzie's best weapon. Cleveland's bullpen ranks sixth with a third-lowest ERA. Jose Ramirez is red hot recently, hitting .308 with three home runs in his last seven games. Andres Gimenez paces the team with 15 stolen bases and a .309 batting average. Steven Kwan is hitting. 298 with more walks than strikeouts on the season, and has hit .328 with 2 home Runs in last 30 games, while Jose Ramon has a batting .285 with 25 homeruns and 103 RBI.

The Mariners have scored 11 runs in their last four games. Eugenio Suarez paces the team with 23 home runs and 71 RBI. Julio Rodriguez has 20 home run and has stolen 23 bases. Ty France leads the Seattle team batting average with .278. Marco Gonzales will be the starting pitcher this afternoon. The team has a lot of potential on the offensive side. Their 448 walks rank fourth in the league. The bullpen has been pretty good. It includes Penn Murfee, Erik Swanson, Andres Munoz and Paul Sewald.

McKenzie is expected to continue his recent hot streak.

Cleveland is favored to beat Seattle.