Seattle Mariners vs Washington Nationals Prediction, 7/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Washington Nationals

Date: Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Location: Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.

TV: MASN

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (-115) Washington (-105)

The Washington Nationals (30-58) are hosting the Seattle Mariners (45-42) at Nationals Park on Tuesday. The line on this contest has Seattle at -115 and Washington opens at -105. The over/under is set at 10.5. The starting pitchers will be Chris Flexen and Jon Gray.

Seattle has a slugging % of .386 and have been called out on strikes 743 times, while drawing a walk on 312 occasions. They have earned 338 RBI's in addition to 679 hits for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .234. The Mariners have accounted for 138 doubles as a squad and have knocked 93 balls out of the park. They have tallied 354 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .317. As a team, the Seattle Mariners are earning 4.1 runs per contest, which ranks them 24th in MLB.

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The Mariners have an ERA of 3.58 this year (6th in the league), and their staff has rung up 731 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.98 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.21. Mariners pitchers have relinquished 109 long balls in addition to 332 total runs (4th in the league). They have walked 245 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.11 as a unit over the course of the season.

The Mariners have dispatched 281 relievers to the hill for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 85 base runners on the year and 29.4% of those runners earned a run for their team. They have compiled 19 saves on the campaign and have missed out on 7 of 26 save opportunities. The Mariners relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 73.1% and has come into the game in 66 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 39 holds on the season (23rd in baseball). Mariners bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 65 times in addition to having 88 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Mariners have transformed 71.5% of balls in play into outs out of their 6,945 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 5th in baseball. The Seattle Mariners have amassed 2,315 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 712 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .990 which has them ranked 1st in MLB, and have accumulated 60 double plays.

Flexen has taken the mound for 337 frames and has 240 K's so far in his pro baseball career. Flexen (22-25 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 4.61 while he has faced 1,471 batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.61 (173 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.469. He has conceded 370 hits (9.9 hits per nine innings) and has 126 walks.

The Nationals hold a team slugging % of .374 and they score 3.88 runs per game (27th in MLB). They have notched 148 doubles, while getting a free base 275 times as well as racking up 341 runs. Washington has accumulated 68 home runs this season and 326 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 634 occasions (28th in MLB) and have tallied 733 base knocks. The Washington Nationals hold a team on-base percentage of .317 and a team batting average of .248 on the campaign.

The Nationals have a WHIP of 1.479 in addition to having a FIP of 4.85 as a squad on the campaign. They come in at 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 817. The Washington pitching staff have relinquished 483 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 5.16 (443 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.10 (683 strikeouts against 326 walks). They have yielded 125 home runs and they surrender 5.62 runs per 9 innings (30th in baseball).

Washington has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 24 save chances and they have tallied 15 saves. They rank 16th in MLB holding a save rate of 62.5%, and they have sent 321 bullpen pitchers to the mound this year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 67 times in high leverage situations and also on 88 occasions with base runners. Washington bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.0% out of their 142 inherited runners. Sitting with 57 save situations, the Nationals have recorded 33 holds and also 9 blown saves.

In their 6,957 innings played, the Nationals have a defensive efficiency of 67.9% (27th in MLB). The Washington Nationals have turned 61 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (24th in the majors). The Nationals have accrued 784 assists, 56 errors and have notched a total of 2,319 putouts on the season.

So far in his MLB career, Gray has surrendered 903 base hits while he has accumulated 940 punch outs in 912 innings. Gray (58-53 career win-loss mark) has earned a 4.54 earned run average and has conceded 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 460 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.327 and a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.06 and he has faced 3,900 hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Washington (-105)

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