Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 9/30/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, September 30, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

T-Mobile Park is the site where the Seattle Mariners (84-70) will meet the Oakland Athletics (56-99) on Friday. The starting pitchers are Ken Waldichuk and Logan Gilbert.

As a team, the Oakland Athletics are recording 3.5 runs per game, which ranks them 29th in baseball. They have accumulated 544 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .282. The Athletics have tallied 244 doubles as a unit and have smacked 131 balls out of the park. They have accrued 514 runs batted in in addition to 1,106 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .217. Oakland has a slugging percentage of .348 and have struck out 1,332 times, while taking a walk on 411 occasions.

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The Athletics have a team earned run average of 4.61 on the year (25th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,138 hitters. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.35 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.34. Athletics pitchers have conceded 189 home runs and also 749 runs in total (24th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 484 opposing players and their FIP is 4.46 as a unit on the year.

Athletics relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 179 times in addition to having 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 104 holds for the season (2nd in baseball). The Athletics bullpen have accumulated a save percentage of 57.9% and stepped onto the hill in 163 save situations. They have accumulated 33 saves over the course of the season and have blown 24 of their 57 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 254 base runners so far this season and 28.3% of them earned a run for their team. The Athletics have sent 509 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Oakland Athletics are sitting with 4,091 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,406 assists and 88 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .984 which ranks 21st in the majors, and have earned 129 double plays. The Athletics have turned 69.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,273 innings, ranking them 15th in the majors.

Waldichuk has taken the hill for 22 innings and has racked up 21 strikeouts so far in his career. His ERA is 7.15 (18 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.456. He has given up 26 base knocks (10.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 7 walks. Waldichuk (1-2 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 5.45 and he has gone up against 102 hitters in the major leagues.

The Seattle Mariners have accounted for an OBP of .313 as well as a batting average of .228 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 1,310 occasions (16th in the league) and have totaled 1,165 base knocks. Seattle has 184 home runs for the season and 621 runs batted in. The Mariners have a slugging percentage of .387 and they score 4.19 runs per contest (20th in MLB). They have hit 223 doubles, while walking 567 times as well as putting up 646 runs.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.193 in addition to having a FIP of 3.86 as a team on the year. They are sitting at 9th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,214. The Seattle pitching staff have surrendered 582 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 3.55 (541 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.12 (1,318 strikeouts vs 423 free passes). They have conceded 171 dingers and they concede 3.82 runs per 9 innings (6th in MLB).

Seattle has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 53 save chances and they have earned 39 saves. They rank 3rd in baseball with a save percentage of 73.6%, and they have dispatched 511 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 165 times in high leverage situations in addition to 121 occasions with runners on base. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.1% out of their 160 inherited runners. Sitting with 139 save situations, the Mariners have accumulated 85 holds in addition to 14 blown saves.

In 12,348 innings played, the Mariners have a defensive efficiency of 70.8% (5th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 110 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in the majors). The Mariners have recorded 1,249 assists, 63 errors and have accumulated 4,116 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his pro baseball career, Gilbert has given up 279 hits while he has accumulated 298 punch outs in 297 frames. He has surrendered 127 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.192 and having a FIP of 3.5. His K/BB ratio is 3.97 and he has faced 1,242 opposing batters thus far in his career. Gilbert (19-11 career record) has earned a 3.85 ERA and has allowed 8.5 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle

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