San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 8/18/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Sunday, August 18, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

The San Francisco Giants (62-62) are en route to Oakland Coliseum on Sunday where they will try to defeat the Oakland Athletics (52-70). The expected starting pitchers are Blake Snell and JP Sears.

San Francisco has a slugging % of .397 and have been called out on strikes 1,065 times, while taking a walk on 399 occasions. They have amassed 515 runs batted in in addition to 1,018 hits on the year, while their team batting average is sitting at .243. The Giants have accumulated 208 doubles as a team and have smacked 128 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 541 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .313. As a squad, the San Francisco Giants are putting up 4.4 runs per game, which is 15th in the league.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.82 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.30. Giants pitchers have relinquished 128 home runs and 553 runs in total (19th in baseball). San Francisco has allowed 1,044 base hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 517 earned runs. The Giants have compiled a team earned run average of 4.25 on the campaign (21st in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,081 batters. They have walked 383 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.93 as a squad for the season.

The Giants bullpen have earned a save rate of 57.1% and has entered the game in 122 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 144 runners on the season with 34.7% of those runners crossed the plate. Giants pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 101 times in addition to having 118 appearances in high leverage situations. The Giants have sent 431 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers are sitting with 78 holds on the year (5th in the league). They have recorded 24 saves for the season and have missed out on 18 of their 42 save chances.

The Giants have transformed 68.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 9,861 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 27th in MLB. The Seattle Mariners are sitting with 3,287 putouts thus far, in addition to 1,221 assists and 68 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which is 17th in professional baseball, and have a total of 110 double plays.

Snell has taken the hill for 1,061 innings and is sitting with 1,314 punch outs thus far in his career. Snell (73-58 career win-loss mark) has a FIP of 3.20 and he has gone up against 4,397 hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.25 (383 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.225. He has conceded 821 base knocks (7.0 hits per 9 innings) with 479 free passes.

The Oakland Athletics have recorded a team OBP of .305 and a batting average of .232 for the year. They have been rung up on 1,126 instances (4th in MLB) and are sitting with 942 base hits. Oakland has 154 home runs on the season to go along with 476 runs batted in. The Athletics have a slugging percentage of .397 and they tally 4.08 runs per contest (25th in baseball). They have recorded 178 doubles, while walking 391 times as well as earning 498 runs.

The Athletics are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.330 and have a FIP of 4.28 as a staff on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 7.70 (923 strikeouts vs 399 bases on balls). They are currently ranked 23rd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,030. They have relinquished 124 home runs and they relinquish 4.77 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB). The Oakland pitching staff have yielded 569 runs so far this year while holding an ERA of 4.35 (519 earned runs surrendered).

With 113 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 73 holds and 14 blown saves. Oakland has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 38 save chances and they have tallied 24 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 115 times in high leverage situations and also on 126 occasions with runners on. Oakland relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.1% out of 181 inherited base runners. They sit at 16th in the league holding a save percentage of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 392 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

Out of their 9,669 innings played, the Athletics have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.2% (22nd in professional baseball). The Oakland Athletics have gotten 114 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .984 (24th in MLB). The Athletics have accrued 1,035 assists, 70 errors and have amassed 3,223 putouts this year.

So far in his pro baseball career, Sears has conceded 354 base hits while he has tallied 313 K's in 375 innings pitched. Sears (21-25 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.34 earned run average while allowing 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has allowed a total of 181 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.245 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.77 and he has gone up against 1,580 batters so far in his pro baseball career.

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Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Oakland

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