Detroit Tigers vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 7/5/24, 4:16 PM  by Will Chace | Modified on 7/5/24 at 4:18 PM in MLB Picks

The Cincinnati Reds host the Detroit Tigers in a Midwestern baseball affair on the night after Independence Day for the USA. Cincinnati enters this weekend series as winners of their last 3, completing an impressive sweep of the Yankees at their stadium in New York. Such good recent memories are not shared by the visiting Tigers, who were upended in a rain-shortened 12-3 dismantling by the Minnesota Twins in their last game. Two pitchers of similar statistics but vastly different records will meet Friday, with Carson Spiers getting the nod for Cincinnati and Reese Olson for Detroit. Spiers is 2-1 on the year with a 3.13 ERA, while Olson is 2-8 with a 3.32 ERA. Spiers, along with teammate Graham Ashcraft, engaged in a post-national anthem standoff with Yankees players. Neither side budged for more than five minutes, ignoring requests from umpires to step off the field. The Reds players eventually won the duel, potentially setting the tone for their win to complete the series sweep.