San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 8/6/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Saturday, August 6, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (-225) Oakland (+190)

The San Francisco Giants (51-55) are headed to Oakland Coliseum on Saturday where they will try to defeat the Oakland Athletics (41-66). The moneyline on this contest has San Francisco at -225 while Oakland is at +190. The total comes in at 7.5. The starting pitchers will be Carlos Rodon and Adam Oller.

As a squad, the San Francisco Giants are knocking in 4.5 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 9th in baseball. They have racked up 481 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .317. The Giants have tallied 171 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 121 baseballs out of the park. They have 460 RBI's in addition to 823 hits this year, and their batting average comes in at .234. San Francisco has a slugging rate of .391 and have struck out 925 times, while drawing a walk on 381 occasions.

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The Giants have an ERA of 3.94 for the season (17th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 887 batters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.04 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.27. Giants pitchers have surrendered 87 home runs and also 465 runs (18th in baseball). They have walked 292 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.47 as a squad on the season.

Giants relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 92 times and also have had 108 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 43 holds so far this season (25th in the league). The Giants relievers have compiled a save rate of 61.8% and has entered the game in 80 save situations. They have compiled 21 saves for the year and have blown 13 of their 34 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 137 base runners so far this season with 36.5% of those players crossed home plate. The Giants have sent 376 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Giants have converted 67.8% of balls in play into outs in their 8,433 innings, which ranks them 28th in MLB. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with 2,811 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,012 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .983 which is 26th in baseball, and have 79 double plays.

Rodon (51-44 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.68 and he has faced 3,352 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 693 base hits (7.9 hits per nine innings) with 306 free passes. His earned run average is 3.67 (323 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.261. Rodon has thrown 792 innings and has earned 868 punch outs so far in his career.

The Oakland Athletics have a team OBP of .276 and a batting average of .215 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 904 instances (14th in baseball) and are sitting with 753 hits. Oakland has 93 home runs so far this year to go along with 343 runs batted in. The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .347 and they are recording 3.43 runs per outing (29th in the league). They have recorded 169 doubles, while getting a free base 265 times and putting up 367 runs.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.293 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.31 as a pitching staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.41 (804 strikeouts vs 333 walks). They are sitting at 21st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 879. They have surrendered 123 dingers and they give up 4.59 runs per 9 innings (22nd in the league). The Oakland pitching staff have given up 478 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.24 (442 earned runs conceded).

Oakland has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 44 save opportunities and they have recorded 27 saves. They rank 19th in MLB with a save percentage of 61.4%, and they have dispatched 361 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Their relievers have come in 121 times in high leverage situations in addition to 122 occasions with base runners. Oakland relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.1% out of their 185 inherited runners. With 127 save situations, the Athletics have 81 holds in addition to 17 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have gotten 86 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (23rd in pro baseball). The Athletics have recorded 958 assists, 65 errors and have notched a total of 2,813 putouts this year. Out of their 8,439 innings on the field, the Athletics have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.3% (9th in baseball).

So far in his career, Oller has surrendered 46 base hits and he has 28 strikeouts in 38 frames. Oller (1-4 career win-loss record) has a 7.68 earned run average while conceding 10.7 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 33 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.733 and a FIP of 7.2. His K/BB ratio is 1.33 and he has faced 183 opposing hitters during his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (-225)

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