New York Mets vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 9/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Mets vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Friday, September 23, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The Oakland Athletics (55-94) will play the New York Mets (95-56) at Oakland Coliseum on Friday. The men taking the mound will be Chris Bassitt and Cole Irvin.

As a team, the New York Mets are putting up 4.7 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 6th in the league. They have tallied 709 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .331. The Mets have tallied 252 doubles as a squad and have knocked 155 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 675 RBI's as well as 1,305 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average comes in at .257. New York is slugging .409 and have been called out on strikes 1,130 times, while taking a walk on 477 occasions.

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The Mets have a team earned run average of 3.51 so far this season (7th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,451 batters. They have walked 402 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.46 as a team this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.61 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.18. Mets pitchers have conceded 151 home runs and 556 runs (6th in baseball).

The Mets have dispatched 442 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have inherited 174 runners for the season and 37.9% of those players earned a run for their team. They have recorded 40 saves so far this season and have blown 15 of their 55 save chances. The Mets relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 72.7% and has entered the game in 132 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 76 holds so far this year (16th in the league). Mets pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 128 times and also have had 121 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Mets have earned 4,004 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,256 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .988 which ranks 4th in the majors, and have 116 double plays. The Mets have transformed 69.2% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,012 innings on the diamond, ranking them 19th in MLB.

Bassitt has pitched in 726 innings and has 667 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.43 (277 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.196. He has conceded 645 hits (8.0 hits per nine innings) and has 224 walks. Bassitt (45-33 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.78 while he has faced 3,046 hitters in the major leagues.

The Athletics have a team slugging percentage of .346 and they average 3.49 runs per game (29th in the league). They have tallied 229 doubles, while walking 390 times and putting up 517 runs. Oakland has recorded 126 long balls on the year as well as 488 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,281 occasions (11th in baseball) and have tallied 1,049 hits. The Oakland Athletics have an OBP of .281 and a batting average of .216 for the season.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.334 and have a FIP of 4.47 as a team so far this year. They are sitting at 23rd in MLB as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,267. The Oakland pitching staff have conceded 705 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 4.53 (656 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.32 (1,089 strikeouts against 470 walks). They have allowed 181 homers and they allow 4.87 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league).

Oakland bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.9% of 242 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 151 times in high leverage situations and on 170 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 159 save situations, the Athletics have accumulated 102 holds and 23 blown saves. They are currently ranked 20th in baseball with a save rate of 58.2%, and they have sent 488 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. Oakland has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 55 save opportunities and they have converted 32 saves.

In their 11,724 innings on the diamond, the Athletics are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.9% (15th in MLB). The Oakland Athletics have turned 122 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 1,337 assists, 85 errors and have notched a total of 3,908 putouts for the year.

Irvin (21-28 career win-loss mark) has a 4.34 ERA while surrendering 9.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.08 and he has gone up against 1,641 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has given up 188 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.256 and a FIP of 4.3. So far in his MLB career, Irvin has surrendered 401 hits while earning 274 strikeouts in 390 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland

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