Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 6/8/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (-138) Kansas City (+118)

The Kansas City Royals (37-26) are hosting the Seattle Mariners (36-28) at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Mariners at -138 and the Royals are sitting at +118. The betting total comes in at 9.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Luis Castillo and Alec Marsh.

As a squad, the Seattle Mariners are notching 3.7 runs per contest, which is 27th in the league. They have earned a total of 238 runs and hold an OBP of .297. The Mariners have hit 77 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 68 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 230 RBI's as well as 457 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is .220. Seattle has a slugging percentage of .363 and have struck out 638 times, while being walked on 198 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.64 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.05. Mariners pitchers have given up 64 long balls and 228 runs in total (4th in MLB). Seattle has allowed 445 base knocks (7.1 per 9 innings) and also 211 earned runs. The Mariners have an ERA of 3.37 over the course of the season (6th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 542 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 149 batters and their FIP is 3.60 as a unit so far this season.

Mariners bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 54 times in addition to having 64 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 33 holds this season (14th in MLB). The Mariners bullpen have earned a save rate of 78.3% and has stepped onto the mound in 57 save situations. They have earned 18 saves so far this year and have blown 5 of 23 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 81 base runners on the season with 35.8% of those players ended up scoring. The Mariners have dispatched 193 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Mariners have converted 72.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,070 innings, which has them sitting 2nd in the majors. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with 1,690 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 508 assists and 38 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .983 which is 23rd in professional baseball, and they have turned 41 double plays.

Castillo has thrown 1,132 innings and is sitting with 1,237 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.51 (441 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.176. He has allowed 950 base knocks (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has 382 free passes. Castillo (67-70 career record) has a FIP of 3.45 and he has faced 4,680 batters in the majors.

Kansas City has 64 HRs over the course of the season as well as 296 runs batted in. They have recorded 115 doubles, while walking 175 times and scoring 306 runs. The Kansas City Royals have an OBP of .314 as well as a team batting average of .253 on the campaign. The Royals hold a team slugging % of .412 and they score 4.86 runs per game (7th in the league). They have struck out on 445 occasions (28th in the league) and are sitting with 533 base hits.

The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 234 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 3.57 (219 earned runs relinquished). They have yielded 51 long balls and they concede 3.82 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.259 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.73 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.00 (490 strikeouts vs 190 walks). They rank 16th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 505.

Sitting with 60 save situations, the Royals have recorded 32 holds and also 9 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 27 save opportunities and they have walked away with 18 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 67 times in high leverage situations and also on 44 occasions with runners on. Kansas City relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 27.5% out of 80 inherited base runners. They sit at 13th in MLB holding a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 196 relievers onto the diamond this year.

The Kansas City Royals have turned 43 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (8th in baseball). The Royals have racked up 562 assists, 28 errors and have a total of 1,656 putouts so far this season. Out of their 4,968 innings played, the Royals have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.1% (12th in professional baseball).

So far in his career, Marsh has conceded 123 base knocks while tallying 131 strikeouts in 129 innings pitched. Marsh (7-12 mark in his career) has a 4.88 earned run average while allowing 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has conceded 70 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.387 and having a FIP of 4.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and he has faced 568 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (+118)

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