Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 8/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Friday, August 30, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Bally Sports SoCal

The Seattle Mariners (68-66) are headed to Angel Stadium on Friday where they will try to defeat the Los Angeles Angels (54-79). The expected starting pitchers will be George Kirby and Carson Fulmer.

As a team, the Seattle Mariners are recording 4.0 runs per game, which is 26th in the league. They have tallied 529 runs while having a team OBP of .302. The Mariners have accumulated 175 two-baggers as a team and have hit 149 baseballs out of the park. They have compiled 501 RBI's as well as 944 base knocks this season, and their team batting average sits at .216. Seattle has a slugging % of .364 and have struck out 1,374 times, while drawing a walk on 459 occasions.

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Their K/BB ratio is 3.78 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.09. Mariners pitchers have conceded 145 home runs and 507 runs in total (1st in baseball). Seattle has allowed 985 base hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 460 earned runs. The Mariners have a team earned run average of 3.50 on the campaign (1st in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,163 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 308 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.69 as a unit this year.

The Mariners relievers have accumulated a save rate of 61.2% and stepped onto the hill in 116 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 175 base runners on the campaign with 40.0% of those players ended up scoring. Mariners relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 126 times as well as having 150 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mariners have dispatched 429 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relief pitchers are sitting with 65 holds so far this season (18th in baseball). They have recorded 30 saves over the course of the season and have blown 19 out of their 49 chances to save the game.

The San Francisco Giants have accumulated 3,553 putouts on the year, as well as 1,081 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which puts them in 22nd in professional baseball, and have a total of 83 double plays. The Mariners have converted 71.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,659 innings on the field, ranking them 1st in professional baseball.

Kirby (30-25 career record) holds a FIP of 3.36 while he has gone up against 1,941 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has surrendered 467 hits (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 61 free passes. His ERA is 3.41 (180 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.111. Kirby has taken the ball for 475 innings and has tallied 456 K's thus far in his career.

The Angels hold a team slugging percentage of .370 and they average 3.90 runs per contest (27th in baseball). They have hit 196 two-baggers, while taking a walk 393 times and scoring 519 runs. Los Angeles has hit 129 HRs on the campaign and 485 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,140 occasions (14th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,015 hits. The Los Angeles Angels are sitting with a team OBP of .303 as well as a batting average of .231 so far this year.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have relinquished 647 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.58 (598 earned runs conceded). They have conceded 160 homers and they give up 4.96 runs per 9 innings (27th in baseball). The Angels have a WHIP of 1.323 in addition to having a FIP of 4.60 as a unit so far this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 7.90 (1,029 strikeouts vs 486 bases on balls). They sit at 12th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,067.

Sitting with 105 save situations, the Angels have compiled 57 holds and 15 blown saves. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 46 save chances and they have recorded 31 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 120 times in high leverage situations in addition to 111 occasions with base runners. Los Angeles relievers have an inherited score rate of 34.9% of 175 inherited base runners. They sit at 9th in the league with a save rate of 67.4%, and they have sent 419 relievers onto the diamond this season.

The Los Angeles Angels have gotten 117 double plays and have a fielding rate of .985 (19th in baseball). The Angels have accrued 1,175 assists, 72 errors and are sitting with 3,524 putouts this season. Out of their 10,572 innings played, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (4th in baseball).

Fulmer (7-15 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 5.42 earned run average while allowing 8.1 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 1.65 and he has gone up against 999 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 133 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.457 and a FIP of 5.3. During his MLB career, Fulmer has surrendered 199 base knocks while earning 203 punch outs in 221 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Seattle

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