Arizona Diamondbacks vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/26/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, April 26, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: DBACKS.TV

The Seattle Mariners (12-12) are welcoming the Arizona Diamondbacks (12-14) at T-Mobile Park on Friday. The expected starting pitchers will be Zac Gallen and Emerson Hancock.

As a squad, the Arizona Diamondbacks are notching 5.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in the league. They have earned 149 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .338. The Diamondbacks have accounted for 49 two-baggers as a team and have hit 26 balls out of the park. They have accrued 139 RBI's as well as 234 base knocks on the season, and their team batting average is at .260. Arizona owns a slugging percentage of .404 and have been called out on strikes 183 times, while being walked on 100 occasions.

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The Diamondbacks have an earned run average of 3.92 for the year (14th in the league), and the staff has struck out 198 hitters. Diamondbacks pitchers have conceded 24 home runs and 114 runs (22nd in the league). They have walked 72 opposing players and their FIP is 3.80 as a team on the year. Arizona has surrendered 224 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) and 101 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.75 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.28.

Diamondbacks pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 24 times as well as having 31 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 11 holds this year (24th in the league). The Diamondbacks bullpen have recorded a save rate of 45.5% and has stepped onto the mound in 23 save situations. They have tallied 5 saves this year and have missed out on 6 out of their 11 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 31 base runners so far this season and 41.9% of them crossed the plate. The Diamondbacks have dispatched 83 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have earned 696 putouts so far this season, as well as 240 assists and 17 errors. Their fielding rate is at .982 which is 19th in professional baseball, and they have turned 23 double plays. The Diamondbacks have turned 68.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 2,088 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 21st in the majors.

Gallen has pitched in 694 innings and has earned 761 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.20 (247 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.113. He has conceded 561 hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 212 free passes. Gallen (42-32 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.44 while he has gone up against 2,822 hitters during his time in the major leagues.

The Mariners have a slugging percentage of .354 and they are scoring 3.71 runs per contest (24th in MLB). They have 26 doubles, while getting a free base 89 times and notching 89 runs. Seattle has accounted for 22 HRs for the year as well as 86 RBIs. They have struck out on 245 instances (3rd in MLB) and have a total of 180 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have earned a team OBP of .312 as well as a batting average of .227 for the season.

The Seattle pitching staff have relinquished 86 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.34 (79 earned runs relinquished). They have given up 26 homers and they surrender 3.63 runs per 9 innings (5th in baseball). The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.089 in addition to having a FIP of 3.64 as a pitching staff on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.20 (218 strikeouts vs 56 walks). They are currently ranked 1st in baseball as a staff in total hits surrendered with 176.

With 18 save situations, the Mariners have 12 holds in addition to 1 blown save. Seattle has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 6 save opportunities and they have earned 5 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 18 times in high leverage situations and also on 22 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 23.3% out of 30 inherited base runners. They rank 2nd in baseball with a save rate of 83.3%, and they have sent 75 relief pitchers onto the diamond this year.

Out of their 1,920 innings on the field, the Mariners are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 71.5% (5th in pro baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 12 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (16th in the majors). The Mariners have recorded 180 assists, 14 errors and have accumulated 640 putouts for the year.

Hancock (2-2 record in his career) has a 5.51 earned run average and has surrendered 9.9 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.50 and he has faced 139 hitters so far in his career. He has given up a total of 20 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.286 and having a FIP of 4.6. In his MLB career, Hancock has conceded 36 base knocks and he has 21 strikeouts in 32 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle

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