The set-up: This series features a couple of interesting match ups on the mound and this is one of them. The visitors go with Trevor Bauer, while the home side goes with Kyle Gibson.

The pitchers: Bauer is so far 9-6 with a 2.32 ERA. He most recently went seven scoreless against the Pirates on Wednesday, giving up two hits and striking out ten in the commanding performance. Bauer hasn't been perfect this season, but he's been very consistent and note that he has to be feeling confident in this spot as he's 7-3 with a 2.31 ERA in all "night" games.

Gibson is so far 5-7 with a 3.42 ERA. He most recently allowed one run off four hits over eight innings in a victory over the Red Sox on Thursday. It's hard to say too many negative things about Gibson, who is easily putting together the best campaign of his career to this point, I simply feel that he's in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The pick: As note that Cleveland is 36-18 (+4.2 units) this year against teams with losing records, while Minnesota is a terrible 24-33 (-4.1 units) this season against clubs with winning records. I think Bauer matches Gibson inning for inning and I look for the Indians' hard-hitting line-up to do the rest. Lay the price, play on the Tribe.