Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Monday, August 14, 2023

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (-130) Kansas City (+110)

Kauffman Stadium is the location where the Kansas City Royals (38-81) will go up against the Seattle Mariners (63-53) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has Seattle at -130 while Kansas City is at +110. The total comes in at 9. The starting pitchers will be Logan Gilbert and Brady Singer.

The Mariners have hit 204 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 141 balls out of the park. Seattle is slugging .402 and have been called out on strikes 1,145 times, while being walked on 390 occasions. As a team, the Seattle Mariners are scoring 4.6 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 15th in MLB. They have accumulated 510 runs batted in as well as 921 base knocks for the year, and their average at the plate is sitting at .237. They have earned 528 runs scored while having a team OBP of .315.

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The Mariners have compiled a team ERA of 3.69 on the year (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,067 hitters. Mariners pitchers have conceded 125 long balls in addition to 468 runs in total (1st in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 298 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.73 as a squad on the season. Seattle has surrendered 910 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 426 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.58 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.16.

Mariners bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 102 times in addition to having 123 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 68 holds on the campaign (10th in MLB). The Mariners relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 67.4% and stepped onto the hill in 115 save situations. They have 31 saves over the course of the season and have blown 15 of 46 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 131 runners for the year with 26.0% of them crossed home plate. The Mariners have sent 387 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Mariners have turned 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,354 innings on the field, which has them sitting 5th in pro baseball. The San Francisco Giants have 3,118 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 981 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .987 which has them ranked 12th in the majors, and they have turned 85 double plays.

Gilbert has pitched in 442 innings and has earned 440 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Gilbert (29-16 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.52 while facing 1,819 batters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.74 (184 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.130. He has allowed 399 base knocks (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 101 free passes.

Kansas City is sitting with 115 home runs on the year to go along with 452 RBIs. They have hit 198 doubles, while taking a walk 289 times and racking up 470 runs. The Kansas City Royals have accumulated an on-base percentage of .299 and a batting average of .241 for the season. The Royals hold a team SLG% of .392 and they are recording 3.95 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,032 occasions (13th in baseball) and are sitting with 962 base hits.

The Royals have a WHIP of 1.409 and have a FIP of 4.65 as a squad this season. They rank 25th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,050. The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 630 runs this season while having a team ERA of 5.17 (595 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.90 (914 strikeouts vs 408 walks). They have allowed 145 long balls and they yield 5.48 runs per 9 innings (28th in MLB).

Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the game in 34 save opportunities and they have come away with 17 saves. They sit at 28th in the league with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 385 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 94 times in high leverage situations and on 76 occasions with runners on. Kansas City relievers have an inherited score rate of 39.0% of 123 inherited runners. Sitting with 79 save situations, the Royals have compiled 45 holds and also 17 blown saves.

In 9,315 innings on the diamond, the Royals are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (21st in baseball). The Kansas City Royals have turned 91 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (8th in MLB). The Royals have racked up 1,028 assists, 53 errors and have accounted for 3,105 putouts during this campaign.

Singer (27-28 career mark) holds a 4.29 ERA while allowing 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.98 and he has faced 2,026 opposing hitters thus far in his career. He has given up 226 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.318 and a FIP of 3.9. During his MLB career, Singer has surrendered 474 base knocks while he has totaled 450 K's in 474 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City (+110)

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