Houston Astros vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 5/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Houston Astros vs Seattle Mariners
Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA
TV: Space City Home Network
The Seattle Mariners (28-26) host the Houston Astros (24-29) at T-Mobile Park on Tuesday. The starting pitchers are Hunter Brown and Luis Castillo.
The Astros have tallied 87 doubles as a team and have knocked 64 baseballs out of the park. Houston has a slugging percentage of .421 and have been called out on strikes 349 times, while drawing a walk on 167 occasions. As a team, the Houston Astros are putting up 4.6 runs per contest, which is 10th in MLB. They have compiled 231 runs batted in and 481 hits this season, and their average at the plate sits at .264. They have a total of 242 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .330.
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The Astros have compiled a team earned run average of 4.46 so far this year (26th in the league), and their staff has rung up 441 hitters. Astros pitchers have allowed 61 long balls and 246 runs in total (22nd in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 206 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.41 as a unit so far this season. Houston has relinquished 443 hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and 233 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.14 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.38.
The Astros relievers have earned a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 45 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 48 runners this year and 29.2% of those runners crossed the plate. Astros relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 30 times and also have had 49 appearances in high leverage situations. The Astros have dispatched 170 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. The relievers have accumulated 27 holds on the season (18th in MLB). They have tallied 9 saves so far this season and have blown 9 of their 18 save chances.
The Houston Astros have accumulated 1,410 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 461 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .987 which has them sitting 8th in the majors, and have accumulated 50 double plays. The Astros have converted 69.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,230 innings, which ranks them 21st in pro baseball.
Brown (14-18 career mark) has a FIP of 4.38 while he has gone up against 947 hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 225 base knocks (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 86 walks. His ERA is 5.09 (124 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.418. Brown has taken the mound for 219 frames and has accounted for 244 strikeouts so far in his career.
The Mariners hold a team SLG% of .370 and they score 3.74 runs per game (28th in MLB). They have put up 61 two-baggers, while getting a free base 163 times as well as putting up 202 runs. Seattle has accounted for 61 HRs on the season as well as 195 RBIs. They have struck out on 548 occasions (1st in the league) and have earned a total of 395 base knocks. The Seattle Mariners have tallied a team OBP of .297 and a team batting average of .224 on the year.
The Mariners are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.093 and have a FIP of 3.81 as a team so far this year. They sit at 3rd in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 386. The Seattle pitching staff have yielded 209 runs on the campaign while holding an ERA of 3.69 (194 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (450 strikeouts against 131 free passes). They have given up 59 homers and they surrender 3.98 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).
Seattle relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.8% out of 74 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 47 times in high leverage situations and on 49 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 42 save situations, the Mariners have 24 holds and also 4 blown saves. They sit at 3rd in baseball with a save rate of 76.5%, and they have sent 163 relievers to the mound this season. Seattle has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 17 save opportunities and they have converted 13 saves.
The Seattle Mariners have turned 34 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .983 (23rd in MLB). The Mariners have recorded 427 assists, 32 errors and have a total of 1,420 putouts on the season. In their 4,260 innings on the field, the Mariners have a defensive efficiency of 72.5% (4th in baseball).
So far in his career, Castillo has given up 943 base hits while earning 1,225 punch outs in 1,120 innings pitched. Castillo (66-70 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.53 ERA while allowing 7.6 hits per nine innings. He has given up 439 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.179 and a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.24 and he has faced 4,630 opposing batters so far in his career.
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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Houston
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