Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+170) Seattle (-205)

The Seattle Mariners (71-56) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (41-88) at T-Mobile Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Royals at +170 while the Mariners are priced at -205. The betting total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers are Jordan Lyles and Logan Gilbert.

Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .393 and have been rung up 1,098 times, while taking a walk on 312 occasions. They have earned 498 runs batted in and 1,051 hits so far this year, while their batting average sits at .243. The Royals have tallied 210 two-baggers as a team and have hit 124 balls out of the park. They have a total of 517 runs while holding a team OBP of .300. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 4.0 runs per outing, which is 27th in baseball.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.30 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.41. Royals pitchers have conceded 161 home runs and 682 runs in total (28th in the league). Kansas City has yielded 1,135 base hits (9.1 per 9 innings) and also 640 earned runs. The Royals hold a team ERA of 5.13 on the season (28th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,015 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 442 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.67 as a team for the season.

The Royals relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 50.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 88 save situations. The relievers have inherited 142 base runners so far this year with 38.0% of those runners crossed home plate. Royals pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 88 times in addition to having 109 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 419 relievers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers are sitting with 50 holds over the course of the season (28th in MLB). They have earned 19 saves so far this year and have blown 19 out of their 38 chances to save the game.

The Kansas City Royals have amassed 3,366 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,096 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding rate is at .986 which puts them in 12th in baseball, and they have twisted 94 double plays. The Royals have turned 68.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,098 innings on the field, which has them sitting 23rd in professional baseball.

Lyles has thrown 1,465 innings and has racked up 1,115 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 5.21 (848 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.413. He has given up 1,588 hits (9.8 hits per nine innings) and has 483 free passes. Lyles (69-104 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.76 and he has gone up against 6,407 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Mariners hold a team slugging percentage of .411 and they are recording 4.74 runs per outing (12th in the league). They have hit 229 doubles, while taking a walk 435 times and putting up 602 runs. Seattle has accounted for 160 long balls this season to go along with 580 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,261 occasions (2nd in MLB) and have earned 1,044 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have recorded a team OBP of .323 as well as a batting average of .242 for the year.

The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.176 in addition to having a FIP of 3.71 as a staff this year. They come in at 8th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,022. The Seattle pitching staff have given up 516 runs this season while having a team ERA of 3.69 (467 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.10 (1,156 strikeouts against 318 walks). They have allowed 136 dingers and they yield 4.08 runs per 9 innings (3rd in the league).

Seattle has had relief pitchers take the mound in 55 save opportunities and they have walked away with 37 saves. They rank 8th in MLB with a save rate of 67.3%, and they have dispatched 429 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 142 times in high leverage situations in addition to 116 occasions with base runners. Seattle bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 25.2% of 147 inherited runners. With 136 save situations, the Mariners have accumulated 78 holds in addition to 18 blown saves.

In 10,257 innings on the diamond, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (8th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 100 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (11th in MLB). The Mariners have recorded 1,082 assists, 62 errors and have a tally of 3,419 putouts on the season.

Gilbert (30-16 career record) is the owner of a 3.77 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.31 and he has gone up against 1,865 hitters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 190 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.143 and a FIP of 3.6. During his pro baseball career, Gilbert has given up 414 hits while tallying 448 strikeouts in 453 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+170)

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