Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 9/20/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (-205) Oakland (+175)

Oakland Coliseum is where the Oakland Athletics (53-94) will take on the Seattle Mariners (80-65) on Tuesday. The moneyline on this game has Seattle at -205 while Oakland is opening at +175. The betting total is set at 6.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Luis Castillo and JP Sears.

As a squad, the Seattle Mariners are earning 4.2 runs per game, which puts them at 21st in MLB. They have accounted for 604 runs and hold an OBP of .312. The Mariners have hit 207 doubles as a team and have smacked 177 balls out of the park. They have tallied 579 runs batted in in addition to 1,101 hits so far this season, and their batting average is .229. Seattle is slugging .389 and have been rung up 1,237 times, while drawing a walk on 522 occasions.

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The Mariners have a team earned run average of 3.48 for the year (6th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,248 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 396 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.89 as a squad on the year. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.15 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.19. Mariners pitchers have conceded 166 home runs and also 541 runs in total (4th in MLB).

The Mariners relievers have a save rate of 74.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 132 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 141 base runners this year with 24.8% of those players ended up scoring. Mariners pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 112 times as well as having 160 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mariners have sent 478 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The bullpen have notched 81 holds on the season (11th in baseball). They have 37 saves so far this season and have blown 13 out of their 50 save opportunities.

The Mariners have turned 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 11,655 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 4th in MLB. The Seattle Mariners have notched a total of 3,885 putouts this year, in addition to 1,180 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .988 which has them ranked 2nd in MLB, and they have twisted 104 double plays.

Castillo (47-54 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.64 while he has gone up against 3,490 batters in the majors. He has surrendered 707 base hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) with 298 free passes. His ERA is 3.55 (332 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.194. Castillo has pitched in 841 frames and has accounted for 920 K's during his pro baseball career.

The Oakland Athletics hold a team on-base percentage of .280 as well as a team batting average of .216 this season. They have struck out on 1,273 occasions (11th in MLB) and have 1,042 hits. Oakland has 125 home runs for the season and 484 RBIs. The Athletics have a team slugging % of .346 and they are recording 3.49 runs per outing (29th in baseball). They have hit 227 two-baggers, while getting a free base 386 times as well as putting up 513 runs.

The Oakland pitching staff have given up 704 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.57 (656 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 181 home runs and they relinquish 4.90 runs per 9 innings (25th in MLB). The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.339 and have a FIP of 4.48 as a team so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.32 (1,078 strikeouts against 465 free passes). They rank 26th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,266.

Oakland bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.9% out of their 242 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 151 times in high leverage situations and also on 170 occasions with base runners. With 155 save situations, the Athletics have accrued 99 holds and also 23 blown saves. They sit at 21st in the league with a save rate of 57.4%, and they have dispatched 484 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season. Oakland has had relief pitchers take the mound in 54 save chances and they have earned 31 saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 120 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .984 (20th in pro baseball). The Athletics have racked up 1,331 assists, 83 errors and have earned 3,881 putouts on the campaign. In 11,643 innings on the field, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (15th in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Sears has conceded 56 base hits while earning 36 strikeouts in 55 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 24 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.301 and a FIP of 4.7. His K/BB ratio is 2.25 and he has faced 227 opposing batters in his career. Sears (5-2 mark in his career) has earned a 3.90 ERA while conceding 9.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle (-205)

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