Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

The Detroit Tigers (53-60) are traveling to T-Mobile Park on Wednesday where they will go up against the Seattle Mariners (59-54). The starting pitchers will be Tarik Skubal and George Kirby.

Detroit owns a slugging percentage of .381 and have struck out 968 times, while being walked on 324 occasions. They have earned 451 runs batted in in addition to 868 hits on the campaign, while their average at the plate comes in at .230. The Tigers have earned 161 doubles as a unit and have smacked 114 balls out of the park. They have accounted for 470 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .295. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are knocking in 4.2 runs per contest, which puts them at 22nd in baseball.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.26 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.22. Tigers pitchers have allowed 122 home runs in addition to 494 runs (17th in baseball). Detroit has given up 934 base knocks (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 447 earned runs. The Tigers are sitting with a team ERA of 4.01 so far this year (16th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 955 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 293 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.85 as a unit for the season.

Tigers pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 123 times and also have had 108 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 46 holds over the course of the season (28th in MLB). The Tigers relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 54.8% and has entered the game in 89 save situations. They have compiled 23 saves this year and have blown 19 out of their 42 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 172 runners this season with 27.3% of those runners crossed home plate. The Tigers have sent 346 relievers to the mound on the campaign.

The Detroit Tigers have earned a total of 3,008 putouts so far this season, in addition to 962 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which puts them in 20th in the majors, and have a total of 88 double plays. The Tigers have turned 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,024 innings on the field, ranking them 19th in MLB.

Skubal (35-31 record in his career) has a FIP of 3.48 while he has gone up against 2,097 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 434 base knocks (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 130 free passes. His ERA is 3.53 (202 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.096. Skubal has taken the hill for 515 innings and has accounted for 582 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

Seattle has 130 HRs over the course of the season and 424 RBIs. They have hit 151 doubles, while taking a walk 380 times as well as scoring 447 runs. The Seattle Mariners have earned a team OBP of .302 and a batting average of .218 on the year. The Mariners have a SLG% of .371 and they tally 3.96 runs per contest (28th in MLB). They have been called out on strikes on 1,151 occasions (1st in MLB) and are sitting with 808 base knocks.

The Seattle pitching staff have allowed 423 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 3.48 (387 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 114 long balls and they yield 3.80 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Mariners have a team WHIP of 1.086 in addition to having a FIP of 3.64 as a staff for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.60 (957 strikeouts against 263 bases on balls). They rank 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 824.

Sitting with 105 save situations, the Mariners have earned 59 holds and also 15 blown saves. Seattle has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 44 save opportunities and they have walked away with 29 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 137 times in high leverage situations and also on 108 occasions with base runners. Seattle relievers have an inherited score percentage of 38.3% out of 154 inherited runners. They sit at 11th in baseball with a save percentage of 65.9%, and they have dispatched 364 relievers onto the field over the course of the season.

Out of their 9,009 innings on the field, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 72.0% (1st in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 77 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .984 (21st in pro baseball). The Mariners have racked up 929 assists, 63 errors and have earned 3,003 putouts so far this year.

Kirby (29-22 mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.27 earned run average and has allowed 8.6 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 7.79 and he has gone up against 1,844 batters in his career. He has given up 166 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.076 and having a FIP of 3.2. So far in his career, Kirby has allowed 435 base knocks and he has 436 K's in 456 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle

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