Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 9/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Friday, September 23, 2022

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Kauffman Stadium is where the Kansas City Royals (60-89) will try to defeat the Seattle Mariners (81-67) on Friday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Marco Gonzales and Brady Singer.

The Mariners have tallied 209 two-baggers as a team and have hit 180 baseballs out of the stadium. Seattle owns a slugging percentage of .389 and have been called out on strikes 1,259 times, while drawing a walk on 533 occasions. As a unit, the Seattle Mariners are recording 4.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 19th in the league. They have accounted for 589 runs batted in and 1,111 hits for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .228. They have racked up 614 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .311.

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The Mariners have a team ERA of 3.47 on the season (6th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,271 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 402 batters and their FIP is 3.87 as a unit so far this year. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.16 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.19. Mariners pitchers have given up 167 home runs and 546 runs in total (4th in baseball).

The Mariners relief pitchers have a save percentage of 74.0% and has come into the game in 132 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 145 base runners for the year and 24.1% of them ended up crossing the plate. Mariners pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 114 times in addition to having 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mariners have dispatched 484 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The bullpen have notched 81 holds over the course of the season (12th in the league). They have 37 saves for the year and have missed out on 13 of 50 save opportunities.

The Mariners have turned 71.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,808 innings, which has them sitting 4th in professional baseball. The Seattle Mariners have earned 3,936 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,196 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding rate is at .988 which has them sitting 2nd in pro baseball, and have accumulated 105 double plays.

Gonzales has taken the ball for 826 frames and has 620 K's so far in his career. His ERA is 4.05 (372 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.275. He has surrendered 836 base hits (9.1 hits per nine innings) and has 217 walks. Gonzales (61-47 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.40 and he has gone up against 3,478 hitters in the majors.

The Royals hold a team SLG% of .377 and they are scoring 3.89 runs per outing (24th in MLB). They have put up 224 two-baggers, while walking 424 times as well as scoring 576 runs. Kansas City has recorded 124 home runs for the season as well as 554 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,188 occasions (23rd in MLB) and are sitting with 1,201 base hits. The Kansas City Royals have an OBP of .306 and a team batting average of .242 on the year.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.478 in addition to having a FIP of 4.47 as a unit over the course of the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.00 (1,083 strikeouts against 541 bases on balls). They sit at 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,372. They have given up 164 homers and they concede 5.16 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have allowed 742 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 4.72 (679 earned runs relinquished).

With 126 save situations, the Royals have earned 74 holds in addition to 19 blown saves. Kansas City has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 48 save chances and they have come away with 29 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 160 times in high leverage situations and also on 165 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relievers have an inherited score rate of 29.5% out of 268 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 19th in the league holding a save rate of 60.4%, and they have sent 511 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 136 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (15th in the majors). The Royals have accrued 1,387 assists, 75 errors and have a total of 3,883 putouts this season. Out of their 11,649 innings on the field, the Royals hold a defensive efficiency of 67.5% (29th in the majors).

During his pro baseball career, Singer has allowed 326 base knocks and he has 328 punch outs in 333 innings pitched. He has allowed 147 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.302 and having a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.04 and he has gone up against 1,417 hitters thus far in his career. Singer (18-19 career mark) has earned a 3.97 earned run average and has conceded 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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