Seattle Mariners vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction, 6/25/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Tampa Bay Rays

Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Location: Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL

TV: Bally Sports Sun

The Tampa Bay Rays (38-40) are welcoming the Seattle Mariners (45-35) at Tropicana Field on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers will be Luis Castillo and Zack Littell.

The Mariners have earned 108 doubles as a squad and have hit 87 balls out of the park. Seattle is slugging .370 and have struck out 800 times, while drawing a walk on 261 occasions. As a unit, the Seattle Mariners are notching 3.9 runs per outing, which is 26th in baseball. They have earned 302 runs batted in and 577 hits on the season, and their team batting average comes in at .221. They have accumulated 314 runs while holding a team OBP of .301.

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The Mariners are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.51 over the course of the season (7th in the league), and the staff has rung up 667 hitters. Mariners pitchers have conceded 85 home runs and also 297 total runs (7th in MLB). They have walked 189 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.73 as a unit on the campaign. Seattle has surrendered 565 hits (7.2 per 9 innings) as well as 275 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.53 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.07.

The Mariners bullpen have a save percentage of 74.2% and stepped onto the hill in 78 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 104 base runners for the year with 33.7% of those players crossed home plate. Mariners pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 71 times as well as having 89 appearances in high leverage situations. The Mariners have dispatched 245 relievers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen have recorded 46 holds for the year (10th in MLB). They have accumulated 23 saves on the year and have blown 8 of their 31 save chances.

The Mariners have converted 73.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of 6,354 innings, ranking them 2nd in professional baseball. The San Francisco Giants have a total of 2,118 putouts this year, in addition to 640 assists and 44 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .984 which is 17th in MLB, and they have turned 52 double plays.

Castillo has taken the hill for 1,148 frames and has earned 1,252 strikeouts during his career. Castillo (68-72 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.50 and he has gone up against 4,748 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.55 (453 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.179. He has given up 968 hits (7.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 386 walks.

Tampa Bay has accumulated 67 long balls for the season to go along with 290 RBIs. They have 120 doubles, while walking 245 times and putting up 311 runs. The Tampa Bay Rays have an OBP of .309 in addition to a batting average of .235 over the course of the season. The Rays hold a slugging percentage of .364 and they average 3.99 runs per contest (25th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 704 occasions (6th in the league) and have totaled 614 hits.

The Tampa Bay pitching staff have yielded 373 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 4.38 (342 earned runs given up). They have given up 108 homers and they allow 4.77 runs per 9 innings (23rd in the league). The Rays have a team WHIP of 1.270 with a FIP of 4.32 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.60 (671 strikeouts vs 219 walks). They have a ranking of 25th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 674.

With 88 save situations, the Rays have 46 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. Tampa Bay has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 40 save opportunities and they have tallied 24 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 117 times in high leverage situations and also on 62 occasions with runners on base. Tampa Bay bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 31.1% of 90 inherited runners. They sit at 20th in the league holding a save rate of 60.0%, and they have sent 265 relief pitchers onto the field so far this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays have turned 54 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in pro baseball). The Rays have accrued 604 assists, 39 errors and are sitting with 2,110 putouts on the campaign. In 6,330 innings on the diamond, the Rays have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (15th in baseball).

Littell (18-16 mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.13 earned run average while conceding 9.4 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.46 and he has faced 1,452 batters in his career. He has allowed 156 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.302 and a FIP of 4.1. In his MLB career, Littell has allowed 356 base hits and he has 301 punch outs in 340 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle

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