Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 7/1/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, July 1, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

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

The Seattle Mariners (36-41) will compete against the Oakland Athletics (25-52) at T-Mobile Park on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Oakland at -140 and Seattle is opening at +120. The total has been set at 7.5. The starting pitchers are James Kaprielian and Marco Gonzales.

The Athletics have hit 122 doubles as a team and have hit 51 balls out of the park. Oakland has a slugging rate of .327 and have struck out 637 times, while being walked on 192 occasions. As a unit, the Oakland Athletics are recording 3.2 runs per game, which has them at 29th in the league. They have 222 runs batted in and 521 hits on the season, while their team batting average is .210. They are sitting with 241 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .273.

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The Athletics have compiled a team earned run average of 4.42 for the year (24th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 573 batters. They have walked 258 hitters and their FIP is 4.35 as a team this season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.22 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.36. Athletics pitchers have allowed 83 home runs and 353 total runs (23rd in MLB).

Athletics relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 97 times and also have had 80 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 46 holds so far this season (11th in the league). The Athletics bullpen have a save rate of 55.2% and has come into the game in 77 save situations. They have earned 16 saves on the year and have not converted 13 out of their 29 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 150 base runners this year with 30.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Athletics have sent 264 relief pitchers to the hill this year.

The Athletics have converted 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,988 innings on the field, which ranks them 18th in professional baseball. The Oakland Athletics have 1,996 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 698 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which puts them in 25th in pro baseball, and have a total of 66 double plays.

Kaprielian has pitched in 175 innings and is sitting with 163 K's so far in his career. Kaprielian (8-10 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.98 and he has gone up against 747 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 4.68 (91 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.297. He has allowed 159 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 68 free passes.

The Mariners hold a team SLG% of .378 and they are scoring 3.91 runs per game (26th in the league). They have recorded 118 doubles, while walking 280 times and putting up 297 runs. Seattle has compiled 79 home runs so far this season as well as 286 runs batted in. They have been called out on strikes on 652 occasions (7th in the league) and have recorded 591 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have earned an on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a team batting average of .232 over the course of the season.

The Mariners are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.215 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.26 as a staff so far this season. They rank 13th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 595. The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 303 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.76 (280 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.89 (632 strikeouts vs 219 free passes). They have allowed 99 dingers and they relinquish 4.07 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 32.4% out of their 74 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 74 times in high leverage situations and also on 58 occasions with runners on. With 57 save situations, the Mariners have amassed 34 holds in addition to 7 blown saves. They rank 11th in baseball with a save percentage of 68.2%, and they have dispatched 248 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season. Seattle has called on relievers to take the mound in 22 save opportunities and they have recorded 15 saves.

Out of their 6,036 innings on the diamond, the Mariners are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.7% (5th in MLB). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 53 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .990 (2nd in pro baseball). The Mariners have accrued 612 assists, 27 errors and have a total of 2,012 putouts so far this year.

During his career, Gonzales has given up 740 hits and he has 575 K's in 741 innings pitched. Gonzales (55-41 mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.98 ERA and has given up 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 328 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.269 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.4. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.86 and he has gone up against 3,119 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (+120)

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