New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-140) Seattle (+120)

The Seattle Mariners (59-52) will go up against the New York Yankees (71-39) at T-Mobile Park on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Yankees at -140 and the Mariners are opening at +120. The over/under is set at 8. The men taking the mound are Nestor Cortes Jr and Robbie Ray.

New York has a slugging percentage of .447 and have struck out 921 times, while taking a walk on 436 occasions. They have earned 562 runs batted in in addition to 912 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average comes in at .247. The Yankees have recorded 164 doubles as a team and have knocked 188 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 588 runs and have an OBP of .332. As a squad, the New York Yankees are earning 5.4 runs per game, which puts them at 1st in the league.

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The Yankees hold a team ERA of 3.34 on the campaign (3rd in baseball), and they have struck out 1,001 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 295 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.57 as a squad so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.39 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.11. Yankees pitchers have surrendered 111 long balls and 382 runs (3rd in the league).

The Yankees relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 69.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 112 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 149 runners this season and 30.9% of those players crossed the plate. Yankees pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 110 times and also have had 121 appearances in high leverage situations. The Yankees have sent 338 relievers to the hill for the year. The relievers have a total of 59 holds this year (15th in the league). They have accumulated 34 saves for the year and have blown 15 of their 49 chances to get a save.

The New York Yankees have 2,955 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 998 assists and 47 errors. Their fielding rate is at .988 which puts them in 4th in pro baseball, and they have turned 65 double plays. The Yankees have turned 72.0% of balls in play into outs in their 8,865 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 3rd in baseball.

Cortes Jr (16-8 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.43 while he has faced 1,188 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 258 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) with 91 walks. His earned run average is 3.83 (121 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.229. Cortes Jr has taken the ball for 284 innings and has 298 strikeouts in his career.

Seattle has a total of 124 home runs for the season and 431 runs batted in. They have 166 doubles, while taking a walk 398 times and putting up 449 runs. The Seattle Mariners hold a team OBP of .315 as well as a team batting average of .232 for the season. The Mariners hold a slugging % of .385 and they earn 4.05 runs per contest (23rd in the league). They have struck out on 943 instances (11th in baseball) and have 856 base hits.

The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 436 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.72 (408 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 140 homers and they concede 3.98 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball). The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.219 in addition to having a FIP of 4.14 as a pitching staff on the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.94 (930 strikeouts against 316 free passes). They are sitting at 17th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 887.

With 100 save situations, the Mariners have tallied 60 holds and also 10 blown saves. Seattle has called on relief pitchers to enter the contest in 39 save chances and they have converted 29 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 121 times in high leverage situations and also on 88 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 27.4% out of their 117 inherited base runners. They rank 3rd in MLB with a save rate of 74.4%, and they have dispatched 369 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season.

In their 8,883 innings on the field, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (4th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 79 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .990 (1st in professional baseball). The Mariners have recorded 898 assists, 39 errors and have accumulated 2,961 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his career, Ray has allowed 1,025 base hits while he has tallied 1,439 K's in 1,165 innings pitched. Ray (70-66 career record) has a 3.99 ERA and has conceded 7.9 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 517 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.306 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.90 and he has faced 4,950 hitters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York (-140)

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