Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 9/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

The Texas Rangers (70-76) are en route to T-Mobile Park on Saturday where they will try to beat the Seattle Mariners (74-72). The pitchers expected to start will be Max Scherzer and Emerson Hancock.

The Rangers have accounted for 200 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 152 baseballs out of the park. Texas has a slugging % of .377 and have been called out on strikes 1,150 times, while taking a walk on 446 occasions. As a unit, the Texas Rangers are knocking in 4.2 runs/g, which has them at 22nd in baseball. They have accounted for 583 RBI's and 1,173 hits on the year, and their team batting average sits at .238. They have a total of 610 runs scored while having a team OBP of .306.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.57 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. Rangers pitchers have relinquished 182 home runs and 665 total runs (21st in the league). Texas has conceded 1,176 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) as well as 621 earned runs. The Rangers have compiled a team earned run average of 4.34 this year (24th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,233 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 479 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.36 as a team on the campaign.

The Rangers have sent 432 relief pitchers to the hill on the campaign. The relief pitchers have inherited 260 base runners for the year with 33.1% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have tallied 34 saves on the year and have blown 18 of 52 save opportunities. The Rangers relievers have compiled a save rate of 65.4% and has come into the game in 120 save situations. The bullpen have recorded 66 holds this season (25th in baseball). Rangers relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 164 times and also have had 162 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Rangers have converted 70.7% of balls in play into outs out of 11,592 innings, which has them sitting at 6th in pro baseball. The Texas Rangers have accounted for 3,864 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,240 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .989 which has them ranked 2nd in baseball, and have accumulated 101 double plays.

Scherzer (216-112 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.11 while he has gone up against 11,610 opposing batters in the major leagues. He has given up 2,341 base hits (7.3 hits per nine innings) with 754 walks. His earned run average is 3.16 (1,008 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.077. Scherzer has pitched in 2,873 frames and has totaled 3,405 strikeouts in his MLB career.

Seattle has accounted for 163 home runs so far this year as well as 566 RBIs. They have hit 204 doubles, while taking a walk 513 times and putting up 596 runs. The Seattle Mariners have recorded an OBP of .307 and a team batting average of .219 over the course of the season. The Mariners hold a slugging % of .369 and they have an average of 4.08 runs per contest (25th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,477 instances (1st in the league) and have earned a total of 1,048 base knocks.

The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 551 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 3.52 (504 earned runs conceded). They have yielded 164 dingers and they surrender 3.85 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The Mariners have a WHIP of 1.083 and have a FIP of 3.75 as a staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.90 (1,269 strikeouts against 333 free passes). They are currently ranked 1st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,062.

Sitting with 126 save situations, the Mariners have accumulated 74 holds and also 19 blown saves. Seattle has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 50 save opportunities and they have recorded 31 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 160 times in high leverage situations and on 133 occasions with runners on base. Seattle relievers hold an inherited score rate of 38.9% out of 185 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 18th in MLB with a save rate of 62.0%, and they have dispatched 466 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Seattle Mariners have gotten 89 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in the majors). The Mariners have recorded 1,162 assists, 73 errors and have a tally of 3,865 putouts on the season. In 11,595 innings on the diamond, the Mariners hold a defensive efficiency of 72.3% (1st in MLB).

So far in his pro baseball career, Hancock has given up 59 hits while tallying 34 punch outs in 57 innings. Hancock (3-4 record in his career) has a 4.73 earned run average while conceding 9.3 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 30 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.331 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and he has gone up against 247 hitters thus far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas

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