Oakland Athletics vs Arizona Diamondbacks Prediction, 6/28/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Date: Friday, June 28, 2024

Location: Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ

TV: DBACKS.TV

Chase Field is the site where the Arizona Diamondbacks (39-41) will take on the Oakland Athletics (29-54) on Friday. The starting pitchers are JP Sears and Slade Cecconi.

The Athletics have accrued 119 doubles as a team and have hit 92 balls out of the stadium. Oakland has a slugging percentage of .372 and have been rung up 802 times, while drawing a walk on 257 occasions. As a team, the Oakland Athletics are putting up 3.6 runs per game, which is 28th in MLB. They have accumulated 283 RBI's as well as 610 base knocks on the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .221. They are sitting with 296 runs while holding a team OBP of .293.

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The Athletics are sitting with a team ERA of 4.40 on the campaign (24th in the league), and their staff has rung up 614 hitters. Athletics pitchers have yielded 87 home runs and 402 runs in total (27th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 273 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.33 as a team on the season. Oakland has relinquished 714 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 358 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.25 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.35.

Athletics pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 90 times in addition to having 86 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 50 holds this year (7th in baseball). The Athletics relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 56.7% and has entered the game in 81 save situations. They have 17 saves on the year and have missed out on 13 of 30 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 119 runners so far this season and 31.1% of them ended up scoring. The Athletics have dispatched 265 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Oakland Athletics have a tally of 2,197 putouts this year, as well as 726 assists and 50 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which has them sitting 25th in baseball, and have accumulated 81 double plays. The Athletics have converted 69.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of 6,591 innings on the diamond, ranking them 23rd in pro baseball.

Sears has thrown 326 frames and has accumulated 268 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Sears (15-24 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.46 and he has faced 1,387 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.53 (164 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.288. He has surrendered 316 base knocks (8.7 hits per nine innings) with 104 walks.

The Diamondbacks hold a team slugging % of .398 and they average 4.70 runs per contest (9th in the league). They have 133 doubles, while getting a free base 254 times and putting up 376 runs. Arizona has 78 long balls on the season to go along with 357 RBIs. They have struck out on 630 occasions (22nd in baseball) and have notched a total of 672 base hits. The Arizona Diamondbacks have recorded an OBP of .320 as well as a team batting average of .250 for the season.

The Diamondbacks are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.362 in addition to having a FIP of 4.36 as a staff this season. They are sitting at 29th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 723. The Arizona pitching staff have conceded 384 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.61 (362 earned runs relinquished). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 7.30 (570 strikeouts vs 240 walks). They have allowed 91 long balls and they allow 4.89 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league).

With 63 save situations, the Diamondbacks have accumulated 32 holds and 12 blown saves. Arizona has had relievers enter the game in 29 save chances and they have converted 17 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 74 times in high leverage situations and on 76 occasions with base runners. Arizona relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 46.6% of 103 inherited base runners. They are ranked 21st in MLB holding a save rate of 58.6%, and they have dispatched 254 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year.

The Arizona Diamondbacks have gotten 77 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (2nd in the majors). The Diamondbacks have 739 assists, 34 errors and have notched a total of 2,121 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 6,363 innings on the field, the Diamondbacks have a efficiency on defense of 68.9% (25th in baseball).

Cecconi (2-7 career win-loss mark) has earned a 5.28 ERA and has conceded 9.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.69 and he has faced 333 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed 47 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.199 and having a FIP of 5.2. During his career, Cecconi has given up 83 base knocks while he has totaled 61 strikeouts in 80 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Arizona

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