Cincinnati Reds vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/15/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cincinnati Reds vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Monday, April 15, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Bally Sports Ohio

Odds/Point Spread: Cincinnati (+134) Seattle (-155)

The Cincinnati Reds (9-6) are traveling to T-Mobile Park on Monday where they will try to defeat the Seattle Mariners (6-9). The moneyline on this contest has Cincinnati at +134 while Seattle is at -155. The total comes in at 7. The starting pitchers are Frankie Montas and George Kirby.

As a team, the Cincinnati Reds are recording 5.6 runs per contest, which has them at 4th in baseball. They are sitting with 79 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .321. The Reds have tallied 32 two-baggers as a team and have hit 15 balls out of the park. They have accumulated 75 runs batted in in addition to 115 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .243. Cincinnati has a slugging rate of .427 and have struck out 141 times, while drawing a walk on 50 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.00 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.20. Reds pitchers have conceded 15 home runs in addition to 64 total runs (13th in the league). Cincinnati has conceded 109 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 55 earned runs. The Reds have compiled a team earned run average of 3.93 on the season (15th in the league), and their staff has struck out 126 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 42 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.11 as a team so far this season.

The Reds have dispatched 43 relievers to the mound over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 16 runners so far this year with 12.5% of those players crossed home plate. They have earned 2 saves for the year and have missed out on 2 of 4 chances to save the game. The Reds relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and has entered the game in 11 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 7 holds so far this year (19th in baseball). Reds relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 9 times and also have had 15 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Reds have turned 70.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of 1,134 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 7th in baseball. The Cincinnati Reds have a total of 378 putouts this season, in addition to 95 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .979 which has them sitting 22nd in MLB, and have 3 double plays.

Montas has taken the hill for 610 frames and has earned 625 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.85 (261 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.289. He has allowed 586 base hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) with 201 free passes. Montas (39-36 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 3.77 and he has gone up against 2,593 batters in the major leagues.

The Mariners hold a slugging percentage of .309 and they tally 3.13 runs per contest (28th in baseball). They have recorded 15 doubles, while taking a walk 45 times as well as putting up 47 runs. Seattle has hit 12 home runs this year to go along with 47 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 157 occasions (3rd in the league) and have recorded 101 hits. The Seattle Mariners have an on-base percentage of .279 and a team batting average of .205 on the season.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.225 in addition to having a FIP of 4.24 as a unit for the year. They are currently ranked 20th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 126. The Seattle pitching staff have allowed 69 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.53 (67 earned runs relinquished). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.80 (130 strikeouts against 37 bases on balls). They have conceded 20 dingers and they concede 4.67 runs per 9 innings (18th in MLB).

Sitting with 12 save situations, the Mariners have earned 8 holds and 0 blown saves. Seattle has had relief pitchers enter the game in 4 save opportunities and they have walked away with 4 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 13 times in high leverage situations in addition to 16 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 27.3% out of 22 inherited runners. They are ranked 3rd in baseball holding a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 48 relief pitchers onto the diamond this year.

In 1,200 innings on the field, the Mariners are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.8% (10th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 7 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (16th in pro baseball). The Mariners have accrued 111 assists, 9 errors and have notched a total of 400 putouts so far this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Kirby has conceded 334 hits while he has earned 318 strikeouts in 335 innings. He has surrendered a total of 133 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.125 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. His strikeout to walk ratio is 7.40 and he has gone up against 1,366 opposing hitters during his career. Kirby (22-17 career record) is the owner of a 3.57 ERA while allowing 9.0 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (-155)

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