Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros Prediction, 9/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros

Date: Saturday, September 17, 2022

Location: Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX

TV: AT&T SportsNet Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+215) Houston (-255)

Minute Maid Park is where the Houston Astros (94-50) will compete against the Oakland Athletics (52-92) on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has Oakland at +215 while Houston is coming in at -255. The over/under has been set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Cole Irvin and Jose Urquidy.

The Athletics have accounted for 225 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 123 balls out of the park. Oakland has a slugging % of .347 and have been rung up 1,235 times, while drawing a walk on 378 occasions. As a team, the Oakland Athletics are scoring 3.5 runs per game, which puts them at 29th in MLB. They have 474 RBI's and 1,024 base knocks on the year, while their batting average is sitting at .217. They have notched a total of 503 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .281.

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Athletics pitchers have surrendered 172 home runs and 683 total runs (24th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 459 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.43 as a squad over the course of the season. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.33. The Athletics have a team earned run average of 4.51 over the course of the season (25th in the league), and they have struck out 1,061 hitters.

The Athletics have dispatched 477 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relief pitchers have inherited 238 base runners this season and 28.6% of them ended up scoring. They have earned 30 saves for the season and have missed out on 23 of their 53 chances to save the game. The Athletics relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 56.6% and has come into the game in 153 save situations. The relievers have racked up 98 holds on the campaign (2nd in the league). Athletics pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 167 times in addition to having 151 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Oakland Athletics have accumulated 3,806 putouts on the campaign, as well as 1,299 assists and 81 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .984 which puts them in 20th in MLB, and have a total of 116 double plays. The Athletics have converted 69.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,418 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 14th in the majors.

Irvin has thrown 383 frames and is sitting with 273 punch outs so far in his MLB career. Irvin (20-28 career mark) holds a FIP of 4.25 while he has faced 1,614 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.32 (184 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.261. He has surrendered 394 base hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) with 89 walks.

The Houston Astros hold a team on-base percentage of .320 in addition to a team batting average of .246 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,063 occasions (28th in MLB) and have earned 1,182 hits. Houston has hit 188 long balls for the season to go along with 632 RBIs. The Astros have a slugging percentage of .420 and they tally 4.53 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have tallied 252 doubles, while getting a free base 487 times as well as scoring 652 runs.

The Astros have a WHIP of 1.094 in addition to having a FIP of 3.35 as a team on the season. They have a ranking of 2nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 995. The Houston pitching staff have surrendered 464 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 2.93 (417 earned runs given up). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.25 (1,326 strikeouts vs 408 free passes). They have allowed 120 long balls and they surrender 3.26 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB).

Houston has called on relievers to enter the game in 61 save chances and they have come away with 47 saves. They sit at 2nd in MLB holding a save rate of 77.0%, and they have sent 421 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 145 times in high leverage situations in addition to 92 occasions with runners on base. Houston relievers have an inherited score rate of 28.0% out of their 132 inherited base runners. Sitting with 153 save situations, the Astros have 92 holds in addition to 14 blown saves.

In their 11,541 innings played, the Astros hold a defensive efficiency of 72.1% (2nd in professional baseball). The Houston Astros have turned 110 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in baseball). The Astros have accrued 1,134 assists, 65 errors and have accounted for 3,847 putouts so far this year.

So far in his MLB career, Urquidy has allowed 289 base hits while he has earned 268 K's in 328 innings. He has allowed 133 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.083 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 4.00 and he has faced 1,330 batters thus far in his career. Urquidy (24-11 career win-loss mark) has a 3.64 ERA and has surrendered 7.9 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Oakland (+215)

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