Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 10/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

The Seattle Mariners (87-72) will try to beat the Detroit Tigers (66-93) at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday. The men taking the mound are Tyler Alexander and Logan Gilbert.

Detroit has a slugging percentage of .345 and have been called out on strikes 1,385 times, while taking a walk on 373 occasions. They have amassed 515 runs batted in and 1,214 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is at .230. The Tigers have tallied 231 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 106 balls out of the park. They have 541 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .286. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are notching 3.4 runs per contest, which has them at 30th in MLB.

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The Tigers have a team ERA of 4.00 over the course of the season (20th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,166 hitters. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.33 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.29. Tigers pitchers have given up 160 long balls and also 692 runs in total (19th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 500 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.12 as a team this season.

Tigers relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 117 times in addition to having 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 93 holds this year (8th in baseball). The Tigers bullpen have earned a save percentage of 70.4% and has come into the game in 151 save situations. They have tallied 38 saves on the year and have blown 16 out of their 54 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 189 base runners on the season with 28.6% of them crossed the plate. The Tigers have sent 570 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Detroit Tigers have earned a total of 4,182 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,380 assists and 91 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which ranks 22nd in MLB, and have 134 double plays. The Tigers have turned 70.2% of baseballs in play into outs in their 12,546 innings, which has them sitting 13th in baseball.

Alexander has taken the mound for 291 innings and has totaled 224 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Alexander (9-22 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 4.58 and he has gone up against 1,240 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.32 (140 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.310. He has given up 314 hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) with 68 walks.

Seattle has a total of 190 home runs this season to go along with 643 runs batted in. They have notched 229 two-baggers, while getting a free base 585 times as well as racking up 669 runs. The Seattle Mariners hold a team on-base percentage of .313 in addition to a team batting average of .228 this season. The Mariners have a team SLG% of .387 and they score 4.21 runs per outing (19th in the league). They have struck out on 1,368 occasions (14th in MLB) and have totaled 1,203 base hits.

The Mariners have a WHIP of 1.192 in addition to having a FIP of 3.90 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 3.10 (1,363 strikeouts against 440 free passes). They have a ranking of 11th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,251. They have surrendered 182 HR's and they yield 3.85 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Seattle pitching staff have relinquished 607 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.57 (563 earned runs relinquished).

Sitting with 145 save situations, the Mariners have earned 90 holds and also 15 blown saves. Seattle has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 54 save chances and they have come away with 39 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 171 times in high leverage situations and on 125 occasions with runners on base. Seattle bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 27.6% of 163 inherited runners. They are ranked 5th in MLB with a save rate of 72.2%, and they have sent 527 relievers onto the diamond on the campaign.

Out of their 12,771 innings played, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (4th in MLB). The Seattle Mariners have turned 113 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in baseball). The Mariners have recorded 1,293 assists, 65 errors and have 4,257 putouts on the campaign.

During his pro baseball career, Gilbert has given up 282 hits while he has accumulated 302 K's in 305 frames. He has surrendered a total of 128 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.177 and having a FIP of 3.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.92 and he has faced 1,269 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. Gilbert (19-11 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a 3.78 earned run average while allowing 8.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle

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