Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 5/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, May 12, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+188) Seattle (-225)

The Oakland Athletics (18-22) are hitting the road to T-Mobile Park on Sunday where they will play the Seattle Mariners (21-18). The moneyline on this game has Oakland at +188 while Seattle is at -225. The betting total comes in at 7.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Ross Stripling and Luis Castillo.

As a unit, the Oakland Athletics are notching 3.9 runs per game, which has them at 22nd in MLB. They have tallied 155 runs and have an OBP of .298. The Athletics have accumulated 54 two-baggers as a team and have hit 51 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 150 RBI's and 290 base knocks for the year, and their team batting average is .221. Oakland is slugging .387 and have been called out on strikes 371 times, while drawing a walk on 132 occasions.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.41 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.35. Athletics pitchers have surrendered 34 home runs and 190 runs (24th in the league). Oakland has conceded 343 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 173 earned runs. The Athletics have an ERA of 4.39 so far this year (23rd in baseball), and the staff has struck out 326 batters. They have walked 135 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.90 as a team on the year.

The Athletics have dispatched 120 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 50 base runners so far this year with 34.0% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 10 saves so far this year and have missed out on 5 of 15 save opportunities. The Athletics bullpen have recorded a save rate of 66.7% and has entered the game in 41 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 26 holds so far this season (8th in MLB). Athletics relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 36 times in addition to having 36 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Athletics have turned 67.5% of balls in play into outs out of 3,195 innings on the field, which has them sitting 26th in professional baseball. The Oakland Athletics have 1,065 putouts thus far, in addition to 356 assists and 30 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .979 which puts them in 29th in the majors, and they have turned 42 double plays.

Stripling has taken the hill for 803 innings and has accumulated 721 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Stripling (39-49 mark in his career) is the owner of a FIP of 4.07 while he has faced 3,353 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.02 (359 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.232. He has given up 804 hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 185 walks.

The Mariners have a team SLG% of .364 and they average 3.77 runs per game (23rd in MLB). They have recorded 41 doubles, while taking a walk 128 times as well as scoring 147 runs. Seattle has 41 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 142 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 410 occasions (1st in the league) and have earned a total of 287 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have earned an on-base percentage of .304 and a batting average of .225 over the course of the season.

The Mariners are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.055 in addition to having a FIP of 3.54 as a unit for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.10 (347 strikeouts vs 97 walks). They come in at 1st in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 266. They have yielded 38 home runs and they surrender 3.61 runs per 9 innings (5th in MLB). The Seattle pitching staff have yielded 138 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.24 (124 earned runs relinquished).

With 29 save situations, the Mariners have 18 holds and also 3 blown saves. Seattle has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 11 save opportunities and they have come away with 8 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 33 times in high leverage situations in addition to 33 occasions with runners on. Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 26.5% of 49 inherited runners. They rank 5th in the league with a save rate of 72.7%, and they have sent 117 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Seattle Mariners have turned 24 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (26th in MLB). The Mariners have recorded 290 assists, 24 errors and have a total of 1,033 putouts on the campaign. In their 3,099 innings played, the Mariners are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 72.7% (2nd in pro baseball).

During his MLB career, Castillo has allowed 926 base hits and he has 1,212 K's in 1,103 innings pitched. Castillo (65-69 record in his career) has a 3.54 earned run average and has given up 7.6 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed a total of 434 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.176 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 3.27 and he has faced 4,557 opposing batters during his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Seattle (-225)

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