Atlanta Braves vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 9/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, September 10, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Atlanta (-150) Seattle (+130)

The Atlanta Braves (86-51) are en route to T-Mobile Park on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Seattle Mariners (77-60). The moneyline on this game has Atlanta at -150 while Seattle is sitting at +130. The total has been set at 7.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Max Fried and George Kirby.

Atlanta has a slugging % of .446 and have been called out on strikes 1,266 times, while drawing a walk on 405 occasions. They have earned 652 RBI's and 1,187 hits so far this year, while their average at the plate is at .254. The Braves have tallied 257 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 206 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 683 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .319. As a unit, the Atlanta Braves are putting up 5.0 runs per game, which is 2nd in baseball.

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The Braves are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.48 for the year (6th in the league), and they have rung up 1,323 batters. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.14 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.19. Braves pitchers have given up 122 home runs in addition to 523 runs in total (7th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 422 batters and their FIP is 3.41 as a squad for the season.

The Braves bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 64.8% and has come into the game in 161 save situations. The relievers have inherited 170 runners on the year and 32.4% of those players ended up scoring. Braves relief pitchers have come into the game with players on base 115 times as well as having 157 appearances in high leverage situations. The Braves have dispatched 429 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers are sitting with 87 holds for the year (5th in the league). They have tallied 46 saves so far this season and have not converted 25 of their 71 chances to save the game.

The Braves have converted 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 11,049 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 13th in professional baseball. The Atlanta Braves have earned 3,683 putouts this year, as well as 1,184 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which is 4th in baseball, and they have turned 95 double plays.

Fried has taken the hill for 610 innings and has earned 596 strikeouts thus far in his career. His earned run average is 3.11 (211 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.173. He has conceded 549 base knocks (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 167 free passes. Fried (53-23 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.27 while he has gone up against 2,502 hitters during his time in the majors.

The Seattle Mariners have accumulated a team OBP of .313 and a team batting average of .230 so far this year. They have struck out on 1,168 instances (14th in MLB) and have 1,050 base hits. Seattle has knocked in 160 home runs this season as well as 549 RBIs. The Mariners hold a slugging % of .386 and they are recording 4.19 runs per game (21st in MLB). They have hit 199 doubles, while getting a free base 498 times and recording 574 runs.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.190 and have a FIP of 3.86 as a squad on the campaign. They have a ranking of 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,082. The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 509 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.46 (471 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.10 (1,167 strikeouts vs 377 free passes). They have relinquished 152 dingers and they relinquish 3.74 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball).

Seattle has had relievers enter the contest in 48 save chances and they have earned 36 saves. They rank 3rd in baseball holding a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have sent 453 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season. Their relievers have come in 159 times in high leverage situations and also on 107 occasions with base runners. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.4% out of their 134 inherited runners. Sitting with 128 save situations, the Mariners have 79 holds in addition to 12 blown saves.

The Seattle Mariners have gotten 100 double plays and have a fielding rate of .989 (2nd in MLB). The Mariners have accrued 1,127 assists, 53 errors and have accumulated 3,678 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 11,034 innings on the diamond, the Mariners have a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (4th in professional baseball).

Kirby (6-3 career record) holds a 3.15 ERA while allowing 9.4 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 7.79 and he has gone up against 440 opposing hitters thus far in his career. He has conceded a total of 37 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.174 and a FIP of 3.1. During his career, Kirby has given up 110 base hits and he has 109 strikeouts in 105 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (+130)

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