Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels Prediction, 8/31/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Los Angeles Angels

Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024

Location: Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Angel Stadium is where the Los Angeles Angels (54-79) will go up against the Seattle Mariners (68-66) on Saturday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Bryan Woo and Tyler Anderson.

As a unit, the Seattle Mariners are earning 4.0 runs/g, which ranks them 26th in MLB. They have earned a total of 529 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .302. The Mariners have compiled 175 doubles as a squad and have hit 149 baseballs out of the stadium. They have compiled 501 runs batted in and 944 hits over the course of the season, while their team batting average comes in at .216. Seattle has a slugging rate of .364 and have struck out 1,374 times, while being walked on 459 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.78 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.09. Mariners pitchers have given up 145 home runs and 507 runs in total (1st in MLB). Seattle has conceded 985 hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 460 earned runs. The Mariners have a team earned run average of 3.50 for the season (1st in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,163 batters. They have walked 308 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.69 as a squad this year.

Mariners pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 126 times as well as having 150 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 65 holds on the campaign (18th in baseball). The Mariners relievers have a save rate of 61.2% and has entered the game in 116 save situations. They have accumulated 30 saves for the season and have not converted 19 out of their 49 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 175 runners this year with 40.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Mariners have sent 429 relievers to the mound on the season.

The San Francisco Giants have earned a total of 3,553 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,081 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .984 which has them sitting 22nd in pro baseball, and have a total of 83 double plays. The Mariners have transformed 71.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 10,659 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 1st in MLB.

Woo has taken the hill for 175 innings and is sitting with 161 K's during his MLB career. Woo (10-7 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.09 while he has faced 705 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.14 (61 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.011. He has surrendered 137 hits (7.0 hits per nine innings) and has 40 free passes.

Los Angeles is sitting with 129 home runs on the campaign as well as 485 RBIs. They have recorded 196 two-baggers, while walking 393 times and earning 519 runs. The Los Angeles Angels have tallied a team on-base percentage of .303 in addition to a batting average of .231 this season. The Angels have a SLG% of .370 and they are scoring 3.90 runs per game (27th in the league). They have struck out on 1,140 instances (14th in baseball) and have totaled 1,015 base hits.

The Los Angeles pitching staff have surrendered 647 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.58 (598 earned runs given up). They have given up 160 dingers and they relinquish 4.96 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league). The Angels have a team WHIP of 1.323 in addition to having a FIP of 4.60 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.90 (1,029 strikeouts vs 486 free passes). They come in at 12th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,067.

Los Angeles relievers hold an inherited score rate of 34.9% out of their 175 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 120 times in high leverage situations in addition to 111 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 105 save situations, the Angels have amassed 57 holds and also 15 blown saves. They rank 9th in MLB with a save rate of 67.4%, and they have dispatched 419 relievers to the mound this year. Los Angeles has had bullpen pitchers step onto the hill in 46 save opportunities and they have walked away with 31 saves.

The Los Angeles Angels have turned 117 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (19th in professional baseball). The Angels have accrued 1,175 assists, 72 errors and have notched a total of 3,524 putouts over the course of the season. In their 10,572 innings on the diamond, the Angels have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.9% (4th in baseball).

Anderson (60-61 career win-loss record) has earned a 4.22 earned run average and has conceded 8.6 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.65 and he has gone up against 4,642 batters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded 516 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.275 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. So far in his MLB career, Anderson has allowed 1,056 hits while he has accumulated 921 K's in 1,101 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle

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