St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/23/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, April 23, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (-130) Seattle (+110)

The Seattle Mariners (9-11) host the St. Louis Cardinals (8-12) at T-Mobile Park on Sunday. The line on this contest has the Cardinals at -130 while the Mariners are priced at +110. The total has been set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Jack Flaherty and Chris Flexen.

The Cardinals have hit 38 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 23 baseballs out of the park. St. Louis has a slugging % of .428 and have been called out on strikes 161 times, while taking a walk on 78 occasions. As a team, the St. Louis Cardinals are compiling 4.7 runs per game, which puts them at 14th in baseball. They have accumulated 91 runs batted in in addition to 184 base knocks so far this season, and their batting average is .267. They have racked up 93 runs while holding a team OBP of .345.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.54 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.47. Cardinals pitchers have yielded 23 home runs in addition to 98 runs in total (20th in MLB). St. Louis has given up 192 base knocks (9.7 per 9 innings) and 93 earned runs. The Cardinals hold a team ERA of 4.70 on the season (20th in the league), and their staff has rung up 178 hitters. They have walked 70 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.27 as a squad over the course of the season.

Cardinals relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 26 times in addition to having 20 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 7 holds on the season (23rd in the league). The Cardinals relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 50.0% and has come into the game in 15 save situations. They have recorded 4 saves on the season and have blown 4 of their 8 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 39 base runners so far this year and 30.8% of them ended up scoring. The Cardinals have sent 66 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Cardinals have converted 65.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,602 innings on the diamond, ranking them 28th in baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 534 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 210 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .992 which puts them in 3rd in professional baseball, and they have twisted 25 double plays.

Flaherty (35-27 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.98 while he has gone up against 2,227 opposing batters in the majors. He has surrendered 405 base knocks (6.7 hits per 9 innings) with 205 walks. His ERA is 3.39 (205 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.120. Flaherty has taken the mound for 544 innings and has earned 617 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

The Mariners hold a team slugging percentage of .374 and they score 4.50 runs per contest (17th in MLB). They have hit 40 doubles, while taking a walk 66 times as well as scoring 90 runs. Seattle is sitting with 19 HRs on the season to go along with 88 RBIs. They have been rung up on 181 instances (11th in baseball) and have accounted for 154 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .305 and a batting average of .228 this season.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.211 with a FIP of 3.50 as a pitching staff so far this season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (181 strikeouts vs 69 walks). They come in at 10th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 154. They have allowed 13 HR's and they relinquish 4.20 runs per 9 innings (11th in MLB). The Seattle pitching staff have relinquished 86 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 3.57 (73 earned runs yielded).

With 27 save situations, the Mariners have recorded 15 holds in addition to 5 blown saves. Seattle has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 11 save chances and they have recorded 6 saves. Their relievers have come in 32 times in high leverage situations in addition to 22 occasions with runners on. Seattle relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 32.0% of 25 inherited runners. They rank 20th in the league with a save rate of 54.5%, and they have dispatched 76 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the season.

In their 1,662 innings on the diamond, the Mariners have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.8% (9th in pro baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 12 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (13th in professional baseball). The Mariners have accrued 181 assists, 9 errors and have earned 554 putouts so far this season.

So far in his pro baseball career, Flexen has allowed 430 base hits while he has totaled 280 strikeouts in 402 innings pitched. He has conceded 205 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.448 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.83 and he has faced 1,754 hitters during his MLB career. Flexen (25-29 career win-loss mark) has a 4.58 ERA while allowing 9.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (+110)

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