Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 7/1/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, July 1, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+110) Seattle (-130)

The Seattle Mariners (38-41) are welcoming the Tampa Bay Rays (56-28) at T-Mobile Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has Tampa Bay at +110 while Seattle is at -130. The total comes in at 7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Tyler Glasnow and George Kirby.

As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 5.5 runs per game, which ranks them 2nd in MLB. They have tallied 464 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .337. The Rays have hit 153 doubles as a team and have hit 125 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 442 RBI's and 744 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is .264. Tampa Bay has a slugging percentage of .459 and have been rung up 710 times, while taking a walk on 277 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.75 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.20. Rays pitchers have conceded 86 home runs and also 312 runs in total (1st in MLB). Tampa Bay has yielded 621 base knocks (7.5 per 9 innings) in addition to 296 earned runs. The Rays are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.59 for the year (2nd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 735 batters. They have walked 267 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.02 as a team this year.

Rays relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 65 times as well as having 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have tallied 45 holds for the season (13th in MLB). The Rays relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 61.0% and has stepped onto the mound in 86 save situations. They have recorded 25 saves for the season and have not converted 16 of their 41 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 104 runners so far this year with 25.0% of them earned a run for their team. The Rays have dispatched 271 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have amassed 2,226 putouts this season, as well as 773 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which has them ranked 4th in the majors, and they have turned 70 double plays. The Rays have converted 71.6% of balls in play into outs out of 6,678 innings on the field, which ranks them 1st in pro baseball.

Glasnow has taken the ball for 440 innings and has tallied 561 punch outs so far in his career. Glasnow (22-21 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 3.78 and he has faced 1,840 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.03 (197 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.248. He has given up 360 hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) and has had 189 free passes.

The Seattle Mariners have accounted for an OBP of .307 in addition to a batting average of .229 so far this year. They have been called out on strikes on 771 occasions (3rd in the league) and have tallied 607 hits. Seattle is sitting with 92 home runs so far this year as well as 340 runs batted in. The Mariners have a slugging percentage of .386 and they are scoring 4.47 runs per outing (15th in MLB). They have hit 125 two-baggers, while taking a walk 266 times and putting up 353 runs.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.201 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.70 as a squad on the season. They come in at 7th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 638. The Seattle pitching staff have allowed 331 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.81 (299 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 9.00 (710 strikeouts against 211 bases on balls). They have surrendered 79 home runs and they allow 4.21 runs per 9 innings (10th in MLB).

Seattle has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 29 save chances and they have walked away with 17 saves. They rank 22nd in MLB with a save percentage of 58.6%, and they have sent 267 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 81 times in high leverage situations and on 78 occasions with runners on base. Seattle relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 24.5% of 98 inherited runners. Sitting with 73 save situations, the Mariners have earned 43 holds in addition to 12 blown saves.

The Seattle Mariners have turned 60 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .987 (8th in the majors). The Mariners have 687 assists, 37 errors and have accounted for 2,121 putouts on the campaign. In their 6,363 innings played, the Mariners have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (12th in MLB).

Kirby (14-12 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.33 earned run average and has surrendered 9.2 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 7.31 and he has gone up against 918 opposing hitters in his career. He has conceded a total of 83 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.152 and a FIP of 3.1. Thus far in his career, Kirby has allowed 229 hits while he has tallied 212 strikeouts in 224 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Tampa Bay (+110)

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