Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 6/6/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Thursday, June 6, 2024

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

The Oakland Athletics (24-38) will compete against the Seattle Mariners (35-27) at Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. The pitchers expected to start will be Bryan Woo and JP Sears.

As a team, the Seattle Mariners are putting up 3.8 runs per game, which puts them at 28th in the league. They are sitting with 234 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .298. The Mariners have accumulated 76 two-baggers as a team and have hit 66 baseballs out of the park. They have tallied 226 runs batted in and 449 hits for the year, and their batting average comes in at .223. Seattle has a slugging % of .366 and have struck out 619 times, while being walked on 191 occasions.

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The Mariners have compiled a team earned run average of 3.46 for the year (6th in baseball), and they have rung up 528 batters. Mariners pitchers have allowed 63 home runs and also 226 runs in total (7th in MLB). They have walked 149 opposing players and their FIP is 3.64 as a team so far this season. Seattle has relinquished 438 base knocks (7.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 210 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.54 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.07.

The Mariners have sent 189 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 81 base runners on the campaign with 35.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 17 saves on the season and have blown 5 out of their 22 chances to save the game. The Mariners relief pitchers have a save percentage of 77.3% and stepped onto the hill in 54 save situations. The relievers have tallied 31 holds on the campaign (17th in baseball). Mariners relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 54 times in addition to having 63 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Mariners have converted 72.5% of baseballs in play into outs in their 4,917 innings, which has them sitting at 3rd in MLB. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with 1,639 putouts thus far, as well as 493 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding rate is at .984 which ranks 20th in MLB, and have 40 double plays.

Woo (6-5 career record) has a FIP of 3.95 while facing 469 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. He has allowed 89 base hits (6.9 hits per 9 innings) with 33 free passes. His ERA is 3.51 (45 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.058. Woo has taken the mound for 115 innings and has totaled 111 punch outs during his career.

Oakland has a total of 73 home runs so far this season as well as 224 runs batted in. They have put up 93 two-baggers, while walking 199 times as well as scoring 234 runs. The Oakland Athletics have accounted for an on-base percentage of .297 in addition to a team batting average of .224 this year. The Athletics have a team slugging % of .382 and they are earning 3.77 runs per contest (27th in MLB). They have been rung up on 606 instances (2nd in the league) and have a total of 464 base knocks.

The Athletics have a WHIP of 1.327 in addition to having a FIP of 4.00 as a pitching staff this year. Their K/BB ratio is 7.80 (478 strikeouts vs 200 free passes). They come in at 27th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 531. They have surrendered 57 long balls and they allow 4.88 runs per 9 innings (24th in MLB). The Oakland pitching staff have allowed 299 runs for the year while having a team ERA of 4.28 (262 earned runs given up).

Oakland relievers have an inherited score percentage of 31.3% out of their 80 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 63 times in high leverage situations in addition to 64 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 61 save situations, the Athletics have earned 39 holds in addition to 7 blown saves. They rank 12th in the league holding a save rate of 66.7%, and they have sent 197 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Oakland has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 21 save chances and they have tallied 14 saves.

In 4,959 innings on the diamond, the Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (26th in MLB). The Oakland Athletics have gotten 62 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in the majors). The Athletics have 545 assists, 44 errors and have a total of 1,653 putouts so far this year.

Sears (15-21 career record) has a 4.27 earned run average and has given up 8.4 hits per 9 innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.71 and he has faced 1,299 batters in his career. He has given up a total of 147 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.237 and a FIP of 4.8. During his career, Sears has given up 288 base hits while he has earned 257 strikeouts in 309 frames.

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Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle

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