Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction: Guardians to bounce back to winning ways

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction and Odds on the Match on August 25, 2025

Major League Baseball for the 25th of August 2025 at Progressive Field will see the Cleveland Guardians take on Tampa Bay Rays. This will be the opener of a three-game series. Prior to this game, the Cleveland Guardians are finding it hard to find their footing as the Tampa Bay Rays bounce back to winning ways. Can the Cleveland Guardians end their run of defeats? Let’s preview this game in the next sections as the Tampa Bay Rays eye another series victory.

Cleveland Guardians: Form and Statistics

The Cleveland Guardians are finding it hard to find their rhythm as they enter this game on a poor run. In their last series, the Cleveland Guardians struggled to win any, losing to the Miami Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks while being swept by the Texas Rangers. Against the Rangers the previous time out, this team started the series with a one-run defeat which ended 4-3. However, they failed to score in the last two games while conceding 15. Ahead of this opener, the Cleveland Guardians have a 64-65 record in the American League as they sit 3rd in the Central Division with a 0.497 PCT. 

Cleveland Guardians: Team News

Jose Ramirez has been key to Cleveland Guardians success this season with 24 doubles, two triples and 26 home runs. Also, Steven Kwan is 10 for 40 with a double over the last 10 games and could be important in this game. 

For this opener, the Cleveland Guardians are expected to go with Tanner Bibee on the mound. In the current year, Tanner has a 9-9 record with an average earned runs of 4.62 and a 1.29 WHIP over 142.1 innings pitched.

Tampa Bay Rays: Form and Statistics

The Tampa Bay Rays avoided another series defeat following a sweep against the New York Yankees. In that series, the Tampa Bay Rays lost 7-1 in the opener and failed to respond in the last two games where they scored seven runs and conceded 19. Meanwhile, they went on to defeat the St. Louis Cardinals despite starting the series with a 4-7 defeat. However, their 10-6 win in game two gave them a good advantage before pulling off a 5-run win in the finale. Prior to this series, the Tampa Bay Rays have won three of their last four series which extended their record to 63-67 after 130 matches in this 2025. 

Tampa Bay Rays: Team News

Junior Caminero has been impressive for the Tampa Bay Rays this season and will be a player to watch in this game. The Dominican has 58 extra base hits, 21 being doubles and 37 home runs. Meanwhile, Christopher Morel is 8 for 25 this season with a double, three home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

The Tampa Bay Rays will send Ian Seymour on the mound in this opener. Seymour is 1-0 with a 3.86 average earned runs and a 1.16 WHIP over 23.1 innings pitched this season.

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Betting Tips & Odds

• The Cleveland Guardians won the last two games of this matchup and the bookies have them slightly favoured at home. However, despite their recent struggles and run of defeats, they are on a redeeming path with home turf advantage. A moneyline bet on the Cleveland Guardians is available on Betway with odds at 1.71.
• Each of the last seven encounters between the Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays have now produced less than eight runs. However, with the two teams not at their best lately, history might repeat itself with under 9 runs at 1.54 on 1Xbet.
• Meanwhile, only one of Tampa Bay Rays’ last nine games have ended with less than eight or more runs. While the visiting team has averaged five runs per game, a combined eight runs is a possibility with odds at 1.82 on 1Xbet.

Cleveland Guardians vs Tampa Bay Rays Match Prediction 25 August 2025

The Cleveland Guardians and Tampa Bay Rays have been playing at the same level this season and will have to display high level performance to win here. While the Cleveland Guardians have fallen off in the past weeks, the Tampa Bay Rays have been much better compared to how they started their season. In the meantime, this is the first meeting between the two teams this year and it can definitely go either ways. Yet, I feel the Cleveland Guardians are more pressured to deliver after dropping eight of their last nine games. Also, Tampa Bay Rays have been productive in offense with most of their games prior to this opener ending with many runs as the same is expected. 

Our match prediction is a moneyline win for the Cleveland Guardians with odds at 1.71 on Betway bookmaker. 

Our betting tip is over 8.0 runs with odds at 1.95 on Bet365 bookmaker. 

Our final betting tip is first to happen (strike) with odds at 2.00 on 1Xbet bookmaker.