The Detroit Tigers (54-34) and the Cleveland Guardians (40-45) open a 3-game series at Progressive Field in Cleveland Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET (MLB.TV Free Game of the Day). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Tigers vs. Guardians odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Riley Greene, Tarik Skubal and the first-place Tigers come to Cleveland for a holiday weekend showdown with the Guardians.

The Detroit Tigers can activate righty Reese Olson on Friday, July 4 and will likely send him to the mound to open their series at Cleveland.

Detroit Tigers stars Riley Greene, Javier Báez and Gleyber Torres were named to the American League All-Star team after fan voting on Wednesday. It is the first time since 2007 that the Tigers have had three players elected to start.

Those comments, unsurprisingly, got picked apart, with the cities of Cleveland and Detroit responding, WNBA fans quickly reminding Cunningham of the history of the WNBA in those cities, and many pointing out the hypocrisy of complaints about Detroit and Cleveland from a player in Indianapolis.

The social media accounts for each city posted responses to Cunningham, who said Tuesday she wasn’t sure “how excited people are to be going to Detroit or (Cleveland).”

The cities of Cleveland and Detroit have pushed back at Sophie Cunningham after the Fever guard questioned the WNBA's plan to expand into those cities.