Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/3/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

The Cleveland Guardians (3-2) are headed to T-Mobile Park on Wednesday where they will try to beat the Seattle Mariners (3-2). The pitchers taking the mound are Logan Allen and George Kirby.

Cleveland is slugging .441 and have been rung up 32 times, while drawing a walk on 17 occasions. They have earned 29 RBI's and 48 base knocks so far this year, and their batting average comes in at .271. The Guardians have hit 12 doubles as a team and have hit 4 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 33 runs while having a team OBP of .354. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are knocking in 6.6 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in MLB.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.47 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.23. Guardians pitchers have conceded 3 long balls in addition to 16 total runs (9th in MLB). Cleveland has surrendered 34 hits (7.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 15 earned runs. The Guardians have compiled a team earned run average of 3.14 so far this season (5th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 47 hitters. They have walked 19 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.77 as a unit for the season.

The Guardians have sent 18 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have inherited 8 runners on the season with 25.0% of those players crossed the plate. They have tallied 1 save this season and have missed out on 0 of 1 save opportunities. The Guardians relievers have a save percentage of 100.0% and stepped onto the hill in 4 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 3 holds over the course of the season (8th in the league). Guardians bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 3 times in addition to having 4 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Cleveland Guardians have 129 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 43 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .989 which has them sitting 10th in pro baseball, and have a total of 4 double plays. The Guardians have converted 69.6% of balls in play into outs out of their 387 innings, which ranks them 16th in professional baseball.

Allen (5-10 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 5.62 while going up against 438 hitters in the majors. He has conceded 118 base knocks (11.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 42 walks. His ERA is 5.89 (63 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.661. Allen has thrown 96 innings and has earned 68 K's so far in his career.

Seattle has 4 home runs this year to go along with 15 RBIs. They have hit 3 doubles, while walking 12 times and scoring 15 runs. The Seattle Mariners have compiled an on-base percentage of .254 and a team batting average of .189 on the campaign. The Mariners have a team SLG% of .283 and they are earning 3.00 runs per game (26th in the league). They have struck out on 54 instances (4th in baseball) and have 30 base hits.

The Seattle pitching staff have surrendered 18 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.33 (17 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 6 dingers and they surrender 3.52 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Mariners have a WHIP of 1.087 with a FIP of 4.12 as a pitching staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 9.00 (46 strikeouts against 12 bases on balls). They are sitting at 19th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 38.

Seattle has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 2 save opportunities and they have come away with 2 saves. They are currently ranked 5th in MLB with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have dispatched 17 relievers to the hill for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 8 times in high leverage situations in addition to 4 occasions with runners on base. Seattle relievers hold an inherited score rate of 25.0% out of 4 inherited runners. With 7 save situations, the Mariners have accumulated 5 holds in addition to 0 blown saves.

The Seattle Mariners have gotten 0 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .994 (5th in MLB). The Mariners have accrued 38 assists, 1 error and have earned 138 putouts this year. In 414 innings played, the Mariners are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 73.4% (5th in MLB).

Thus far in his career, Kirby has surrendered 316 base hits while he has earned 313 strikeouts in 327 frames. Kirby (22-15 mark in his career) has earned a 3.30 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 120 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.097 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.2. His K/BB ratio is 7.28 and he has faced 1,323 batters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Cleveland

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