Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

The Seattle Mariners (90-72 last season) will compete against the Cleveland Guardians (92-70 last year) at T-Mobile Park on Sunday. The starting pitchers will be Cal Quantrill and Marco Gonzales.

The Guardians earned 273 two-baggers as a unit and hit 127 balls out of the stadium. Cleveland had a slugging percentage of .383 and were called out on strikes 1,122 times, while being walked on 450 occasions. As a squad, the Cleveland Guardians notched 4.3 runs per contest, which was 15th in the league. They tallied 662 runs batted in as well as 1,410 hits in the previous season, and their team batting average was .254. They had a total of 698 runs and held an on-base percentage of .316.

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The Guardians compiled a team ERA of 3.46 over the course of last season (6th in MLB), and their staff rung up 1,390 batters. Their pitching staff walked 435 opposing batters and their FIP came in at 3.75 as a unit over the course of last year. They earned a K/BB ratio of 3.20 and their pitching staff had a team WHIP of 1.16. Guardians pitchers conceded 172 long balls in addition to 634 total runs (8th in the league).

The Guardians sent 507 relievers to the hill last year. The relief pitchers inherited 181 runners last year with 28.7% of them crossed home plate. They accumulated 51 saves in the prior season and did not convert 18 of 69 save chances. The Guardians relief pitchers compiled a save rate of 73.9% and came into the game in 135 save situations. The relief pitchers racked up 62 holds during the previous year (27th in the league). Guardians bullpen pitchers came into the game with runners on 135 times in addition to having 168 outings in high leverage situations.

The Guardians turned 70.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 13,104 innings on the field, which had them sitting 6th in the majors. The Cleveland Guardians had 4,368 putouts over the course of last season, in addition to 1,443 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding rate was at .984 which had them ranked 25th in professional baseball, and they twisted 127 double plays.

Quantrill has taken the ball for 471 frames and is sitting with 369 punch outs during his MLB career. Quantrill (31-16 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.12 while he has faced 1,964 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.54 (185 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.219. He has conceded 444 hits (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has had 130 free passes.

The Seattle Mariners earned a team OBP of .315 in addition to a batting average of .230 for the prior year. They were called out on strikes on 1,397 occasions (11th in the league) and tallied 1,237 base hits. Seattle hit 197 home runs for the previous season in addition to 664 RBIs. The Mariners held a team slugging % of .390 and they tallied 4.26 runs per contest (18th in the league). They notched 229 doubles, while taking a walk 596 times as well as earning 690 runs.

The Mariners finished with a team WHIP of 1.191 and had a FIP of 3.90 as a staff for the previous season. They were ranked 11th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 1,277. The Seattle pitching staff conceded 623 runs last year while having an ERA of 3.59 (577 earned runs yielded). Their K/BB ratio sat at 3.11 (1,391 strikeouts against 447 walks). They yielded 186 homers and they allowed 3.87 runs per 9 innings (7th in baseball).

Finishing with 148 save situations, the Mariners had 92 holds and also 15 blown saves. Seattle had relievers enter the contest in 55 save opportunities and they came away with 40 saves. Their relief pitchers came in 175 times in high leverage situations and on 126 occasions with runners on base. Seattle bullpen pitchers had an inherited score rate of 27.6% of 163 inherited base runners. They ranked 5th in the league holding a save rate of 72.7%, and they sent 536 relief pitchers to the hill last year.

In their 13,023 innings on the field, the Mariners earned a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (4th in MLB). Seattle Mariners turned 114 double plays and had a fielding rate of .988 (5th in MLB). The Mariners racked up 1,317 assists, 69 errors and amassed 4,341 putouts for the prior year.

So far in his career, Gonzales has given up 858 hits and he has 631 punch outs in 843 frames. He has conceded 382 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.279 and having a FIP of 4.4. His K/BB ratio is 2.87 and he has faced 3,554 batters so far in his career. Gonzales (61-48 record in his career) has a 4.08 ERA while giving up 9.2 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Cleveland

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