Seattle Mariners vs New York Yankees Prediction, 6/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs New York Yankees

Date: Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

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

Yankee Stadium is the site where the New York Yankees (39-33) will play the Seattle Mariners (35-35) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has Seattle at -170 and New York opens at +145. The total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Luis Castillo and Randy Vasquez.

As a unit, the Seattle Mariners are scoring 4.4 runs per outing, which puts them at 18th in baseball. They have accounted for 308 runs and have an OBP of .310. The Mariners have tallied 118 doubles as a unit and have hit 76 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 296 runs batted in and 535 hits this season, while their team batting average is .229. Seattle has a slugging % of .382 and have struck out 682 times, while taking a walk on 241 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.53 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.20. Mariners pitchers have conceded 66 home runs in addition to 297 runs in total (8th in MLB). Seattle has yielded 572 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 270 earned runs. The Mariners have compiled a team ERA of 3.88 this season (10th in the league), and the staff has rung up 643 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 182 opposing players and their FIP is 3.57 as a squad so far this season.

The Mariners have sent 240 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 88 runners so far this season and 25.0% of those runners crossed the plate. They have earned 16 saves for the season and have missed out on 10 of their 26 save opportunities. The Mariners bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 61.5% and has entered the game in 68 save situations. The relievers have 41 holds on the campaign (10th in MLB). Mariners pitchers have entered the game with runners on 69 times as well as having 73 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Mariners have converted 69.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of 5,640 innings, which has them ranked 13th in pro baseball. The San Francisco Giants have a total of 1,880 putouts this year, in addition to 601 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which has them ranked 6th in MLB, and have 46 double plays.

Castillo has pitched in 940 innings and has accounted for 1,035 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 3.51 (367 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.181. He has conceded 783 hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 327 walks. Castillo (52-60 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.61 while facing 3,889 hitters in the majors.

The Yankees have a team slugging % of .412 and they earn 4.47 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have 95 doubles, while getting a free base 215 times as well as scoring 322 runs. New York has a total of 106 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 311 RBIs. They have been rung up on 604 instances (19th in baseball) and have a total of 549 hits. The New York Yankees have accounted for a team OBP of .298 and a team batting average of .230 over the course of the season.

The Yankees have a team WHIP of 1.235 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.21 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They are sitting at 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 555. The New York pitching staff have conceded 296 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 3.77 (269 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.90 (635 strikeouts against 239 walks). They have given up 79 homers and they give up 4.14 runs per 9 innings (6th in MLB).

New York relievers have an inherited score percentage of 38.2% out of 123 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 86 times in high leverage situations and also on 87 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 67 save situations, the Yankees have accrued 37 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They sit at 11th in the league with a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 228 bullpen pitchers onto the field so far this year. New York has called on relievers to take the mound in 30 save opportunities and they have earned 20 saves.

The New York Yankees have gotten 55 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .983 (23rd in baseball). The Yankees have recorded 628 assists, 43 errors and have amassed 1,929 putouts for the season. In their 5,787 innings on the diamond, the Yankees have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (5th in baseball).

Vasquez (1-1 career record) has a 1.74 earned run average while surrendering 5.2 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.25 and he has faced 44 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded 2 ER's while holding a WHIP of 0.968 and a FIP of 4.8. During his career, Vasquez has given up 6 base knocks and he has 9 punch outs in 10 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take New York (+145)

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