Seattle Mariners vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 8/16/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Friday, August 16, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

PNC Park is the location where the Pittsburgh Pirates (56-64) will try to beat the Seattle Mariners (63-58) on Friday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Logan Gilbert and Paul Skenes.

The Mariners have compiled 162 doubles as a squad and have smacked 137 balls out of the stadium. Seattle is slugging .368 and have been called out on strikes 1,243 times, while being walked on 411 occasions. As a squad, the Seattle Mariners are knocking in 4.0 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 27th in baseball. They have recorded 456 runs batted in as well as 857 hits on the year, while their batting average is sitting at .217. They have notched a total of 480 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .301.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.72 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.10. Mariners pitchers have given up 124 home runs and also 455 total runs (1st in the league). Seattle has surrendered 896 hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 413 earned runs. The Mariners are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.47 so far this season (1st in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,034 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 278 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 3.64 as a team on the year.

Mariners pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 112 times and also have had 140 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have accumulated 60 holds so far this year (17th in the league). The Mariners relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 64.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 107 save situations. They have compiled 29 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 16 of their 45 chances to save the game. The relief pitchers have inherited 159 base runners on the season with 39.0% of those players crossed the plate. The Mariners have dispatched 389 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The San Francisco Giants have accounted for 3,217 putouts this year, in addition to 1,002 assists and 66 errors. Their fielding rate is at .985 which has them ranked 21st in MLB, and have accumulated 80 double plays. The Mariners have transformed 71.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,651 innings, ranking them 1st in the majors.

Gilbert has pitched in 649 innings and has accumulated 640 strikeouts so far in his career. Gilbert (39-26 mark in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.51 while he has gone up against 2,627 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.57 (257 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.078. He has given up 559 base hits (7.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 140 free passes.

The Pirates have a team slugging % of .370 and they are earning 4.13 runs per game (23rd in baseball). They have hit 172 two-baggers, while taking a walk 364 times as well as notching 496 runs. Pittsburgh has a total of 118 home runs this season to go along with 478 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,121 instances (4th in baseball) and have earned 958 base knocks. The Pittsburgh Pirates have tallied an OBP of .302 and a team batting average of .235 over the course of the season.

The Pittsburgh pitching staff have conceded 527 runs this season while holding a team ERA of 3.97 (472 earned runs surrendered). They have conceded 125 homers and they surrender 4.43 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB). The Pirates have a team WHIP of 1.291 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.05 as a team over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.30 (985 strikeouts vs 367 free passes). They are sitting at 20th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,016.

Sitting with 108 save situations, the Pirates have 55 holds and also 24 blown saves. Pittsburgh has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 52 save chances and they have tallied 28 saves. Their relievers have taken the field 133 times in high leverage situations and also on 96 occasions with base runners. Pittsburgh relievers hold an inherited score rate of 33.6% out of their 137 inherited runners. They rank 28th in the league holding a save percentage of 53.8%, and they have dispatched 366 relievers onto the diamond so far this season.

The Pittsburgh Pirates have gotten 100 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (19th in MLB). The Pirates have racked up 1,040 assists, 65 errors and have 3,213 putouts on the campaign. In their 9,639 innings on the field, the Pirates have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.1% (22nd in the majors).

Skenes (6-2 career mark) is the owner of a 2.25 ERA while allowing 6.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 5.75 and he has gone up against 356 batters in his career. He has surrendered a total of 23 ER's while holding a WHIP of 0.957 and a FIP of 2.2. Thus far in his career, Skenes has allowed 68 base hits while totaling 115 strikeouts in 92 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Pittsburgh

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