Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/11/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, August 11, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (+105) Seattle (-125)

The Seattle Mariners (62-52) will play the Baltimore Orioles (70-44) at T-Mobile Park on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Orioles at +105 while the Mariners open at -125. The total comes in at 7.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Kyle Gibson and Luis Castillo.

The Orioles have hit 217 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 132 balls out of the park. Baltimore has a slugging % of .423 and have been called out on strikes 950 times, while taking a walk on 371 occasions. As a unit, the Baltimore Orioles are putting up 4.9 runs per game, which is 6th in baseball. They have amassed 545 RBI's as well as 973 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is sitting at .253. They have earned a total of 562 runs and have an on-base percentage of .321.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.90 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. Orioles pitchers have relinquished 127 home runs in addition to 494 total runs (11th in baseball). Baltimore has yielded 953 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 466 earned runs. The Orioles have a team ERA of 4.10 this year (14th in the league), and their staff has rung up 1,041 batters. They have walked 359 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.04 as a unit on the season.

Orioles bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 140 times in addition to having 149 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 84 holds so far this year (1st in the league). The Orioles relief pitchers have a save percentage of 60.0% and has entered the game in 146 save situations. They have compiled 36 saves on the year and have blown 24 out of their 60 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 212 runners on the year and 37.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Orioles have dispatched 388 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Baltimore Orioles have earned 3,066 putouts thus far, as well as 987 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which is 3rd in professional baseball, and have accumulated 99 double plays. The Orioles have turned 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,198 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 18th in baseball.

Gibson (100-97 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 4.24 and he has gone up against 7,055 opposing hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 1,685 base knocks (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 577 walks. His earned run average is 4.52 (825 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.376. Gibson has pitched in 1,644 innings and has earned 1,319 strikeouts during his pro baseball career.

The Mariners have a team SLG% of .402 and they are scoring 4.55 runs per game (15th in the league). They have put up 200 two-baggers, while walking 383 times as well as recording 519 runs. Seattle has compiled 138 home runs so far this year to go along with 501 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,128 occasions (2nd in the league) and have totaled 905 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have earned an on-base percentage of .315 in addition to a team batting average of .236 on the season.

The Seattle pitching staff have allowed 465 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 3.74 (424 earned runs given up). They have given up 124 home runs and they yield 4.10 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Mariners are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.172 with a FIP of 3.76 as a unit over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.20 (1,046 strikeouts vs 294 bases on balls). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 902.

Seattle has had relief pitchers enter the game in 46 save opportunities and they have tallied 31 saves. They sit at 9th in baseball holding a save percentage of 67.4%, and they have sent 383 relievers to the mound on the season. Their relievers have taken the field 122 times in high leverage situations and on 101 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 26.0% out of their 131 inherited base runners. Sitting with 115 save situations, the Mariners have earned 68 holds in addition to 15 blown saves.

In 9,183 innings played, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (6th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 84 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (12th in baseball). The Mariners have 963 assists, 53 errors and have accumulated 3,061 putouts during this campaign.

Castillo (55-62 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.54 ERA while giving up 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.23 and he has gone up against 4,113 opposing batters so far in his career. He has allowed 391 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.176 and having a FIP of 3.7. During his MLB career, Castillo has surrendered 832 base hits while he has earned 1,092 punch outs in 995 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (+105)

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