Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 9/22/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Friday, September 22, 2023

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-120) Oakland (+100)

The Detroit Tigers (71-81) are on their way to Oakland Coliseum on Friday where they will meet the Oakland Athletics (46-106). The moneyline on this contest has the Tigers at -120 while the Athletics are sitting at +100. The total has been set at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Sawyer Gipson-Long and Ken Waldichuk.

Detroit is slugging .377 and have struck out 1,390 times, while drawing a walk on 466 occasions. They have 588 runs batted in as well as 1,206 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is at .234. The Tigers have hit 223 doubles as a squad and have hit 155 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 610 runs and have an OBP of .302. As a unit, the Detroit Tigers are scoring 4.0 runs per game, which puts them at 29th in MLB.

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The Tigers have a team earned run average of 4.35 for the season (19th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,285 hitters. Tigers pitchers have given up 179 home runs and 710 total runs (19th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 450 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.18 as a team on the year. Detroit has surrendered 1,249 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 654 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.86 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.25.

Tigers relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with opponents on base 162 times and also have had 157 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 98 holds for the year (4th in the league). The Tigers relievers have a save percentage of 65.0% and has entered the game in 163 save situations. They have tallied 39 saves this year and have blown 21 out of their 60 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 231 base runners so far this year with 30.7% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Tigers have sent 504 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Tigers have turned 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 12,189 innings, which has them sitting at 10th in baseball. The Detroit Tigers have accounted for 4,063 putouts this season, in addition to 1,316 assists and 95 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which ranks 27th in MLB, and they have turned 121 double plays.

Gipson-Long has pitched in 10 innings and has totaled 16 K's during his MLB career. His ERA is 2.70 (3 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 0.900. He has allowed 6 base knocks (5.4 hits per nine innings) with 3 walks. Gipson-Long (1-0 career mark) has earned a FIP of 2.26 and he has faced 39 opposing hitters in the majors.

The Oakland Athletics have accumulated an OBP of .299 in addition to a team batting average of .224 over the course of the season. They have been rung up on 1,395 occasions (7th in MLB) and have earned a total of 1,117 hits. Oakland has compiled 162 long balls this year and 530 RBIs. The Athletics hold a team slugging percentage of .371 and they tally 3.62 runs per game (30th in the league). They have put up 211 doubles, while getting a free base 470 times as well as scoring 550 runs.

The Oakland pitching staff have conceded 879 runs for the year while having an ERA of 5.56 (824 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 203 home runs and they allow 5.93 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.530 in addition to having a FIP of 5.10 as a squad this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.20 (1,212 strikeouts vs 654 walks). They are sitting at 27th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,386.

Oakland relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 39.5% out of their 271 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 163 times in high leverage situations and on 173 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 111 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 56 holds in addition to 25 blown saves. They sit at 26th in the league with a save rate of 51.9%, and they have dispatched 504 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the season. Oakland has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 52 save opportunities and they have converted 27 saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 116 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (28th in pro baseball). The Athletics have racked up 1,201 assists, 92 errors and have earned 4,001 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 12,003 innings on the field, the Athletics are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 67.8% (26th in MLB).

During his pro baseball career, Waldichuk has allowed 170 hits while tallying 155 punch outs in 164 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 97 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.506 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.1. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.99 and he has faced 737 hitters in his career. Waldichuk (5-10 career record) is the owner of a 5.30 ERA while allowing 9.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-120)

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