Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 9/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

The Baltimore Orioles (69-61) host the Oakland Athletics (49-83) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Saturday. The expected starting pitchers will be Adam Oller and Austin Voth.

Oakland is slugging .345 and have been called out on strikes 1,109 times, while taking a walk on 350 occasions. They have accrued 422 RBI's and 935 hits for the season, and their average at the plate is at .216. The Athletics have accounted for 206 doubles as a unit and have smacked 111 balls out of the park. They have racked up 449 runs and have an OBP of .281. As a unit, the Oakland Athletics are putting up 3.4 runs per game, which is 29th in baseball.

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The Athletics have a team earned run average of 4.29 this season (24th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 979 hitters. They have walked 423 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.34 as a squad over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.31 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.31. Athletics pitchers have allowed 150 home runs and 601 total runs (23rd in the league).

The Athletics have sent 437 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 220 base runners over the course of the season with 29.1% of them crossed home plate. They have tallied 29 saves for the season and have blown 21 of their 50 save chances. The Athletics relievers have a save percentage of 58.0% and has entered the game in 147 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 95 holds over the course of the season (1st in MLB). Athletics bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 153 times as well as having 144 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Athletics have converted 70.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,479 innings on the diamond, ranking them 10th in the majors. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with 3,493 putouts on the year, as well as 1,189 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which has them ranked 21st in professional baseball, and they have turned 105 double plays.

Oller has thrown 68 innings and has totaled 40 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 5.66 (43 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.522. He has given up 70 base knocks (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 34 free passes. Oller (2-6 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 6.00 while he has faced 303 hitters in the major leagues.

Baltimore has tallied 137 home runs for the season to go along with 517 RBIs. They have recorded 227 doubles, while taking a walk 371 times as well as earning 546 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .303 in addition to a batting average of .236 this year. The Orioles hold a team SLG% of .390 and they are earning 4.20 runs per game (21st in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 1,134 occasions (10th in MLB) and have a total of 1,029 hits.

The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 529 runs for the year while holding an ERA of 3.79 (485 earned runs given up). They have conceded 138 homers and they allow 4.14 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Orioles are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.274 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.02 as a squad for the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.81 (982 strikeouts vs 349 bases on balls). They are sitting at 23rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,116.

Sitting with 122 save situations, the Orioles have 70 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. Baltimore has had relievers step onto the hill in 49 save chances and they have converted 38 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 152 times in high leverage situations and also on 174 occasions with runners on base. Baltimore bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 29.3% out of their 246 inherited base runners. They rank 1st in the league holding a save percentage of 77.6%, and they have sent 438 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Baltimore Orioles have turned 119 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in professional baseball). The Orioles have recorded 1,214 assists, 78 errors and have amassed 3,452 putouts so far this year. In their 10,356 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.1% (20th in MLB).

During his career, Voth has surrendered 242 base hits while earning 227 strikeouts in 241 innings pitched. Voth (13-10 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.96 ERA and has allowed 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 133 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.376 and having a FIP of 4.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.52 and he has gone up against 1,042 opposing batters thus far in his career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oakland

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