San Diego Padres vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Diego Padres vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

T-Mobile Park is the site where the Seattle Mariners (60-52) will go up against the San Diego Padres (55-56) on Tuesday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Nick Martínez and Logan Gilbert.

San Diego has a slugging % of .415 and have struck out 918 times, while drawing a walk on 460 occasions. They have accrued 494 runs batted in in addition to 890 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average sits at .241. The Padres have compiled 190 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 144 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 516 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .329. As a unit, the San Diego Padres are compiling 4.7 runs per game, which ranks them 13th in the league.

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The Padres have a team ERA of 3.72 on the campaign (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 986 batters. Padres pitchers have allowed 121 home runs and also 441 runs in total (2nd in the league). They have walked 378 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.17 as a team so far this season. San Diego has given up 866 hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 408 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.61 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.26.

Padres bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 79 times as well as having 110 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 65 holds this season (10th in baseball). The Padres bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 57.1% and has stepped onto the mound in 115 save situations. They have recorded 28 saves so far this year and have not converted 21 of 49 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 123 base runners this season and 37.4% of them ended up scoring. The Padres have sent 354 relievers to the hill on the year.

The San Diego Padres have a tally of 2,964 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 994 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which has them ranked 5th in baseball, and have 93 double plays. The Padres have converted 70.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of 8,892 innings, which ranks them 6th in professional baseball.

Martinez (26-38 career mark) has a FIP of 5.03 while he has gone up against 2,608 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 622 base knocks (9.3 hits per 9 innings) with 216 walks. His earned run average is 4.39 (294 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.391. Martinez has thrown 602 innings and is sitting with 406 K's in his MLB career.

The Seattle Mariners hold an OBP of .315 as well as a batting average of .236 on the year. They have struck out on 1,102 occasions (2nd in MLB) and have 879 hits. Seattle has hit 135 long balls on the campaign to go along with 490 runs batted in. The Mariners hold a team slugging percentage of .401 and they score 4.58 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They have hit 196 doubles, while walking 374 times and racking up 508 runs.

The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.186 with a FIP of 3.81 as a team on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.20 (1,011 strikeouts against 288 walks). They rank 7th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 889. They have allowed 123 homers and they give up 4.19 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Seattle pitching staff have given up 462 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.82 (421 earned runs yielded).

Seattle has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 44 save opportunities and they have walked away with 30 saves. They rank 7th in baseball with a save rate of 68.2%, and they have sent 372 relievers to the mound on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have come in 116 times in high leverage situations in addition to 100 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 26.4% out of their 129 inherited base runners. Sitting with 112 save situations, the Mariners have accrued 67 holds in addition to 14 blown saves.

In their 8,931 innings on the diamond, the Mariners hold a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (8th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 84 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in the majors). The Mariners have recorded 944 assists, 53 errors and have notched a total of 2,977 putouts on the season.

Gilbert (28-16 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.80 ERA while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.24 and he has gone up against 1,797 batters in his pro baseball career. He has conceded 184 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.145 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. So far in his pro baseball career, Gilbert has allowed 398 base hits while he has totaled 428 strikeouts in 435 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle

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