Pittsburgh Pirates vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 5/28/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, May 28, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+145) Seattle (-170)

The Pittsburgh Pirates (26-24) are en route to T-Mobile Park on Sunday where they will compete against the Seattle Mariners (26-25). The moneyline on this game has Pittsburgh at +145 and Seattle is coming in at -170. The total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Vince Velasquez and Marco Gonzales.

Pittsburgh has a slugging rate of .408 and have been called out on strikes 412 times, while drawing a walk on 182 occasions. They have recorded 213 RBI's as well as 409 base knocks for the season, and their batting average is .247. The Pirates have recorded 95 two-baggers as a team and have hit 50 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 223 runs scored and have an OBP of .325. As a squad, the Pittsburgh Pirates are notching 4.5 runs per contest, which puts them at 16th in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.56 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.30. Pirates pitchers have allowed 47 long balls and 205 runs (6th in the league). Pittsburgh has conceded 404 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 187 earned runs. The Pirates have an ERA of 3.81 for the season (8th in the league), and they have rung up 436 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 170 opposing batters and their FIP is 3.93 as a team this season.

The Pirates relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 68.4% and has come into the game in 45 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 52 base runners for the year with 21.2% of those runners crossed the plate. Pirates bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 34 times in addition to having 37 appearances in high leverage situations. The Pirates have sent 144 relievers to the hill so far this year. The relievers have accumulated 25 holds for the year (22nd in MLB). They have recorded 13 saves for the year and have missed out on 6 of 19 save opportunities.

The Pirates have converted 68.9% of balls hit into play into outs in their 3,975 innings, which has them ranked 17th in pro baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates have notched a total of 1,325 putouts this season, as well as 404 assists and 32 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .982 which ranks 27th in MLB, and they have twisted 42 double plays.

Velasquez has pitched in 761 frames and has 819 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.84 (410 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.365. He has given up 734 base hits (8.7 hits per 9 innings) with 306 walks. Velasquez (38-50 career mark) sits with a FIP of 4.50 while he has gone up against 3,281 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

Seattle has recorded 57 long balls so far this season to go along with 222 RBIs. They have recorded 84 two-baggers, while walking 174 times and notching 231 runs. The Seattle Mariners hold a team OBP of .310 as well as a batting average of .229 for the year. The Mariners hold a team slugging percentage of .383 and they score 4.53 runs per outing (14th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 489 occasions (4th in the league) and have earned 390 base hits.

The Seattle pitching staff have allowed 202 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 3.60 (183 earned runs conceded). They have surrendered 41 home runs and they concede 3.98 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.159 with a FIP of 3.38 as a unit this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.80 (450 strikeouts against 124 walks). They have a ranking of 7th in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 406.

Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 30.0% out of their 60 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 57 times in high leverage situations in addition to 47 occasions with runners on base. With 53 save situations, the Mariners have earned 30 holds and 8 blown saves. They rank 14th in the league with a save percentage of 63.6%, and they have dispatched 175 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the season. Seattle has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 22 save chances and they have earned 14 saves.

The Seattle Mariners have gotten 32 double plays and have a fielding rate of .991 (2nd in the majors). The Mariners have recorded 452 assists, 17 errors and have a tally of 1,373 putouts on the campaign. In 4,119 innings played, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (9th in pro baseball).

Gonzales (65-49 career record) has earned a 4.16 earned run average while allowing 9.2 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.81 and he has gone up against 3,746 batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has conceded a total of 410 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.290 and having a FIP of 4.4. In his pro baseball career, Gonzales has conceded 910 base knocks while totaling 661 strikeouts in 887 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (-170)

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