Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/1/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

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

The Cleveland Guardians (92-70 last year) are en route to T-Mobile Park on Saturday where they will attempt to defeat the Seattle Mariners (90-72 last season). The odds on this game have Cleveland at +105 while Seattle is at -125. The total comes in at 7. The starting pitchers will be Aaron Civale and Logan Gilbert.

As a team, the Cleveland Guardians put up 4.3 runs per contest, which ranked them 15th in MLB. They earned a total of 698 runs and held an OBP of .316. The Guardians hit 273 two-baggers as a team and hit 127 balls out of the park. They had 662 RBI's and 1,410 hits last season, and their average at the plate came in at .254. Cleveland had a slugging percentage of .383 and were called out on strikes 1,122 times, while taking a walk on 450 occasions.

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Guardians pitchers conceded 172 home runs in addition to 634 runs in total (8th in the league). Their pitching staff walked 435 batters and their FIP came in at 3.75 as a squad last season. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.20 and the pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.16. The Guardians had a team ERA of 3.46 in the prior season (6th in the league), and the staff rung up 1,390 hitters.

Guardians bullpen pitchers entered the game with runners on 135 times and also had 168 games in high leverage situations. The bullpen notched 62 holds for the previous season (27th in MLB). The Guardians relief pitchers earned a save percentage of 73.9% and stepped onto the hill in 135 save situations. They compiled 51 saves during the previous year and blew 18 of their 69 save opportunities. The relief pitchers inherited 181 runners for the previous season and 28.7% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Guardians sent 507 relievers to the mound for the prior year.

The Cleveland Guardians earned a total of 4,368 putouts for the previous season, in addition to 1,443 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding rate finished at .984 which put them in 25th in baseball, and had a total of 127 double plays. The Guardians converted 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 13,104 innings on the diamond, which had them sitting at 6th in MLB.

Civale has taken the ball for 353 frames and is sitting with 312 K's so far in his career. Civale (24-21 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.16 and he has gone up against 1,444 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 4.08 (160 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.167. He has given up 327 hits (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 85 free passes.

The Mariners had a team slugging % of .390 and they earned 4.26 runs per contest (18th in baseball). They recorded 229 doubles, while taking a walk 596 times and recording 690 runs. Seattle recorded 197 home runs during the previous year to go along with 664 RBIs. They were called out on strikes on 1,397 occasions (11th in MLB) and notched a total of 1,237 base knocks. The Seattle Mariners had an OBP of .315 as well as a team batting average of .230 in the prior season.

The Seattle pitching staff yielded 623 runs for the previous season while having a team ERA of 3.59 (577 earned runs surrendered). They conceded 186 home runs and they relinquished 3.87 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Mariners had a WHIP of 1.191 with a FIP of 3.90 as a pitching staff last season. They earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.11 (1,391 strikeouts against 447 bases on balls). They finished at 11th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,277.

Seattle called on relievers to step onto the mound in 55 save opportunities and they walked away with 40 saves. They were sitting at 5th in the league holding a save rate of 72.7%, and they dispatched 536 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond last season. Their relief pitchers came in 175 times in high leverage situations and also on 126 occasions with base runners. Seattle bullpen pitchers held an inherited score percentage of 27.6% of 163 inherited runners. Wrapping up the year with 148 save situations, the Mariners amassed 92 holds in addition to 15 blown saves.

Seattle Mariners twisted 114 double plays and had a fielding percentage of .988 (5th in the majors). The Mariners recorded 1,317 assists, 69 errors and notched a total of 4,341 putouts for the previous season. In 13,023 innings on the diamond, the Mariners earned a efficiency on defense of 71.0% (4th in the majors).

In his career, Gilbert has given up 282 base hits while he has earned 302 punch outs in 305 frames. Gilbert (19-11 career mark) holds a 3.78 ERA while conceding 8.3 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 128 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.177 and a FIP of 3.6. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.92 and he has faced 1,269 batters during his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland (+105)

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