St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/21/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, April 21, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-115) Seattle (-105)

The Seattle Mariners (8-11) will try to beat the St. Louis Cardinals (8-11) at T-Mobile Park on Friday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Cardinals at -115 and the Mariners are coming in at -105. The total is set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Steven Matz and George Kirby.

The Cardinals have accumulated 37 two-baggers as a team and have hit 23 baseballs out of the stadium. St. Louis has a slugging % of .441 and have been called out on strikes 154 times, while taking a walk on 78 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.8 runs per outing, which puts them at 12th in the league. They have 89 runs batted in as well as 181 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate sits at .274. They are sitting with 91 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .354.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.55 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.48. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 22 long balls and also 93 runs in total (21st in MLB). St. Louis has allowed 186 hits (9.8 per 9 innings) as well as 88 earned runs. The Cardinals have an ERA of 4.66 on the campaign (19th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 168 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 66 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.27 as a unit over the course of the season.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and stepped onto the hill in 15 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 36 base runners on the season with 27.8% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Cardinals bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 24 times as well as having 19 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 63 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relievers have recorded 7 holds this year (23rd in MLB). They have accumulated 4 saves on the season and have blown 4 of 8 save opportunities.

The St. Louis Cardinals have 510 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 202 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .992 which ranks 3rd in baseball, and have accumulated 23 double plays. The Cardinals have converted 65.2% of balls hit into play into outs in their 1,530 innings, which ranks them 29th in the majors.

Matz has taken the hill for 795 innings and has earned 767 K's thus far in his career. His earned run average is 4.35 (384 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.328. He has surrendered 815 base hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 241 walks. Matz (50-53 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.32 while he has faced 3,411 batters during his time in the major leagues.

Seattle has 18 home runs on the campaign to go along with 83 runs batted in. They have put up 38 two-baggers, while taking a walk 62 times and scoring 85 runs. The Seattle Mariners have a team OBP of .305 as well as a team batting average of .228 on the year. The Mariners hold a team slugging % of .373 and they are earning 4.47 runs per contest (19th in MLB). They have been rung up on 171 occasions (10th in baseball) and are sitting with 148 base hits.

The Seattle pitching staff have yielded 84 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.65 (71 earned runs allowed). They have given up 13 homers and they give up 4.32 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league). The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.256 in addition to having a FIP of 3.55 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.90 (174 strikeouts vs 69 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 14th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 151.

Seattle relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 32.0% of 25 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 32 times in high leverage situations and also on 22 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 24 save situations, the Mariners have tallied 13 holds and also 5 blown saves. They rank 26th in the league with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 73 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Seattle has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 10 save opportunities and they have come away with 5 saves.

The Seattle Mariners have turned 12 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in baseball). The Mariners have 172 assists, 9 errors and have earned 527 putouts on the season. In 1,581 innings played, the Mariners have a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (13th in professional baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Kirby has allowed 155 hits while tallying 145 punch outs in 146 frames. Kirby (9-6 career mark) has a 3.44 ERA and has allowed 9.5 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 56 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.214 and a FIP of 3.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 6.30 and he has gone up against 612 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (-105)

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