Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/27/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, August 27, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+135) Seattle (-155)

T-Mobile Park is where the Seattle Mariners (67-57) will try to defeat the Cleveland Guardians (66-56) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Cleveland at +135 and Seattle is opening at -155. The total comes in at 7. The men taking the mound will be Zach Plesac and Luis Castillo.

The Guardians have accounted for 219 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 99 baseballs out of the stadium. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .385 and have struck out 852 times, while drawing a walk on 342 occasions. As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are knocking in 4.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 15th in the league. They have 507 runs batted in and 1,056 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .252. They have racked up 532 runs scored and have an OBP of .314.

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The Guardians have an ERA of 3.70 on the season (8th in the league), and their staff has struck out 1,031 batters. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.04 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.20. Guardians pitchers have conceded 127 home runs in addition to 495 total runs (9th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 339 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.81 as a squad this year.

The Guardians relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 71.7% and has entered the game in 89 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 141 base runners on the year with 30.5% of those players ended up scoring. Guardians relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 97 times as well as having 115 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have sent 373 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have earned 39 holds for the year (30th in baseball). They have earned 33 saves on the campaign and have blown 13 of 46 chances to get a save.

The Guardians have transformed 70.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,813 innings on the diamond, ranking them 11th in professional baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated 3,271 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,099 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .984 which has them ranked 19th in baseball, and have accumulated 94 double plays.

Plesac has taken the mound for 433 innings and has 338 strikeouts thus far in his career. His ERA is 4.07 (196 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.199. He has surrendered 403 hits (8.4 hits per 9 innings) and has 117 free passes. Plesac (24-25 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.51 and he has gone up against 1,801 batters in the majors.

Seattle has 140 home runs for the season and 493 RBIs. They have hit 182 doubles, while getting a free base 453 times and recording 516 runs. The Seattle Mariners have earned an on-base percentage of .315 as well as a team batting average of .231 so far this season. The Mariners have a team slugging % of .383 and they are scoring 4.13 runs per contest (23rd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,063 occasions (14th in the league) and are sitting with 962 base hits.

The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.210 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.00 as a staff on the season. They are sitting at 14th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 995. The Seattle pitching staff have surrendered 481 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 3.63 (449 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.02 (1,067 strikeouts against 353 walks). They have relinquished 148 HR's and they surrender 3.89 runs per 9 innings (7th in the league).

Seattle has had relief pitchers enter the game in 42 save opportunities and they have earned 32 saves. They are currently ranked 1st in MLB with a save rate of 76.2%, and they have sent 413 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. Their relievers have taken the field 141 times in high leverage situations and on 99 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 25.6% out of 129 inherited runners. Sitting with 113 save situations, the Mariners have accumulated 70 holds and 10 blown saves.

Out of their 10,026 innings played, the Mariners are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (6th in pro baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 92 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .990 (1st in baseball). The Mariners have recorded 1,015 assists, 46 errors and have notched a total of 3,342 putouts on the season.

Castillo (45-54 career record) has earned a 3.61 earned run average and has given up 7.6 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.02 and he has faced 3,394 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has given up a total of 328 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.202 and a FIP of 3.7. So far in his pro baseball career, Castillo has surrendered 689 hits while accumulating 889 strikeouts in 818 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle (-155)

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