Chicago Cubs vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago Cubs vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Marquee

The Seattle Mariners (5-8) host the Chicago Cubs (7-5) at T-Mobile Park on Friday. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Jordan Wicks and Bryce Miller.

As a squad, the Chicago Cubs are notching 6.1 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball. They have accounted for 73 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .351. The Cubs have hit 18 doubles as a unit and have hit 13 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 67 RBI's and 100 hits so far this year, and their batting average comes in at .252. Chicago has a slugging percentage of .416 and have been called out on strikes 96 times, while being walked on 57 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.72 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.38. Cubs pitchers have conceded 13 long balls and 62 runs in total (20th in baseball). Chicago has relinquished 102 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 53 earned runs. The Cubs are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.51 over the course of the season (22nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 117 batters. They have walked 43 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a team so far this year.

Cubs pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 12 times and also have had 13 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 4 holds so far this year (24th in baseball). The Cubs relievers have a save percentage of 33.3% and stepped onto the hill in 11 save situations. They have earned 2 saves on the season and have blown 4 out of their 6 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 18 runners for the year with 55.6% of those players ended up scoring. The Cubs have sent 44 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Chicago Cubs have a tally of 317 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 96 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .979 which puts them in 22nd in professional baseball, and they have turned 9 double plays. The Cubs have turned 66.4% of balls hit into play into outs in their 951 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 26th in baseball.

Wicks has taken the ball for 43 innings and is sitting with 37 punch outs during his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.36 (21 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.362. He has surrendered 44 base hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 15 free passes. Wicks (4-2 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.08 while going up against 190 hitters in the major leagues.

The Seattle Mariners have compiled a team OBP of .278 and a team batting average of .207 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 138 occasions (2nd in baseball) and have tallied 89 base hits. Seattle has compiled 12 home runs on the year as well as 42 runs batted in. The Mariners have a slugging percentage of .324 and they are recording 3.23 runs per game (27th in baseball). They have notched 14 doubles, while taking a walk 37 times and scoring 42 runs.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.303 with a FIP of 4.09 as a pitching staff this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.00 (115 strikeouts against 34 walks). They are sitting at 26th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 116. They have surrendered 16 long balls and they relinquish 4.93 runs per 9 innings (19th in the league). The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 63 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.85 (62 earned runs surrendered).

Sitting with 10 save situations, the Mariners have recorded 7 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. Seattle has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 3 save chances and they have walked away with 3 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 13 times in high leverage situations in addition to 15 occasions with base runners. Seattle bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 23.8% out of their 21 inherited runners. They sit at 3rd in MLB with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have dispatched 43 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond for the season.

The Seattle Mariners have turned 6 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (11th in MLB). The Mariners have recorded 97 assists, 6 errors and have accumulated 346 putouts for the year. In their 1,038 innings on the diamond, the Mariners hold a efficiency on defense of 68.0% (22nd in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Miller has given up 133 hits and he has 132 punch outs in 143 frames. Miller (9-8 mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.21 earned run average and has surrendered 8.4 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 67 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.130 and a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.55 and he has faced 584 opposing batters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle

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