Seattle Mariners vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 4/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Saturday, April 8, 2023

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (+105) Cleveland (-125)

The Cleveland Guardians (5-2) are hosting the Seattle Mariners (2-5) at Progressive Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Seattle at +105 while Cleveland opens at -125. The betting total comes in at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Marco Gonzales and Cal Quantrill.

Seattle has a slugging percentage of .376 and have struck out 62 times, while being walked on 16 occasions. They have 27 runs batted in and 52 base knocks on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .222. The Mariners have hit 18 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 6 balls out of the park. They have tallied 29 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .286. As a team, the Seattle Mariners are putting up 4.1 runs per game, which puts them at 19th in MLB.

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The Mariners are sitting with a team ERA of 3.38 on the year (8th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 58 batters. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 1.87 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.33. Mariners pitchers have yielded 6 long balls and 30 total runs (14th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 31 hitters and their FIP is 4.14 as a unit on the year.

The Seattle Mariners are sitting with 192 putouts so far this season, as well as 65 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .981 which has them ranked 24th in MLB, and they have turned 3 double plays. The Mariners have turned 71.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 576 innings, ranking them 10th in pro baseball.

Gonzales has taken the mound for 848 frames and has racked up 632 punch outs so far in his career. His earned run average is 4.10 (386 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.281. He has given up 864 hits (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 222 walks. Gonzales (61-48 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.42 while he has faced 3,575 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

Cleveland has 5 HRs on the year and 33 RBIs. They have 11 doubles, while taking a walk 31 times and scoring 38 runs. The Cleveland Guardians have an OBP of .334 in addition to a batting average of .253 for the year. The Guardians have a SLG% of .372 and they have an average of 5.43 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have struck out on 54 occasions (15th in the league) and have notched a total of 64 base hits.

The Guardians have a team WHIP of 1.090 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.77 as a staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.05 (61 strikeouts vs 20 free passes). They are currently ranked 12th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 50. They have relinquished 7 homers and they give up 4.35 runs per 9 innings (14th in MLB). The Cleveland pitching staff have allowed 31 runs for the year while having an ERA of 4.07 (29 earned runs yielded).

In 582 innings played, the Guardians hold a defensive efficiency of 74.1% (4th in the majors). The Cleveland Guardians have gotten 3 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (14th in MLB). The Guardians have 54 assists, 3 errors and have a total of 194 putouts on the season.

So far in his MLB career, Quantrill has given up 452 base knocks while tallying 372 punch outs in 475 frames. He has given up a total of 189 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.228 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.1. His K/BB ratio is 2.82 and he has gone up against 1,988 batters during his pro baseball career. Quantrill (31-16 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.58 ERA while surrendering 8.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland (-125)

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