Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 3/27/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+102) Seattle (-122)

The Seattle Mariners (85-77 last season) will compete against the Sacramento Athletics (69-93 last year) at T-Mobile Park on Thursday. The odds on this game have Sacramento at +102 and Seattle is priced at -122. The total comes in at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Luis Severino and Logan Gilbert.

The Athletics accrued 240 doubles as a team and knocked 196 balls out of the park. Sacramento had a slugging rate of .393 and were called out on strikes 1,502 times, while drawing a walk on 493 occasions. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics scored 4.0 runs/g, which put them at 26th in baseball. They earned 619 RBI's and 1,267 base knocks in the previous season, while their team batting average was .233. They accounted for 643 runs scored and held an OBP of .301.

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The Athletics had an ERA of 4.37 during the previous year (25th in MLB), and the staff rung up 1,263 hitters. Athletics pitchers allowed 169 long balls and 764 runs in total (24th in baseball). They walked 530 opposing hitters and their FIP was 4.22 as a squad over the course of last season. Sacramento allowed 1,385 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 698 earned runs. They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 and the pitching staff held a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The Athletics dispatched 531 relievers to the hill over the course of the prior season. The relief pitchers inherited 243 runners in the previous season with 32.1% of them ended up scoring. They tallied 35 saves in the prior season and did not convert 22 of 57 save opportunities. The Athletics relievers had a save rate of 61.4% and came into the game in 161 save situations. The relief pitchers earned 101 holds last year (6th in the league). Athletics pitchers entered the contest with runners on 169 times in addition to having 181 games in high leverage situations.

The Sacramento Athletics had 4,310 putouts last season, as well as 1,360 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding rate was at .985 which was 13th in MLB, and had a total of 142 double plays. The Athletics converted 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,930 innings on the field, which had them sitting at 22nd in the majors.

Severino has thrown 909 innings and has 949 strikeouts in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.81 (385 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.197. He has surrendered 813 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) with 275 free passes. Severino (65-44 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 3.75 and he has gone up against 3,783 batters in the major leagues.

The Mariners had a team slugging percentage of .376 and they had an average of 4.17 runs per game (21st in MLB). They tallied 228 two-baggers, while getting a free base 571 times as well as scoring 676 runs. Seattle hit 185 home runs over the course of the prior season to go along with 642 RBIs. They were called out on strikes on 1,625 occasions (1st in the league) and earned a total of 1,195 base hits. The Seattle Mariners had an OBP of .311 as well as a batting average of .224 last year.

The Seattle pitching staff conceded 607 runs for the prior year while holding a team ERA of 3.49 (556 earned runs relinquished). They gave up 183 homers and they conceded 3.81 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The Mariners had a WHIP of 1.077 in addition to having a FIP of 3.73 as a unit last season. Their K/BB ratio sat at 8.90 (1,416 strikeouts vs 369 free passes). They had a ranking of 1st in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,174.

Seattle called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 56 save chances and they came away with 34 saves. They were ranked 23rd in the league holding a save percentage of 60.7%, and they dispatched 523 relief pitchers onto the diamond last year. Their relief pitchers took the field 180 times in high leverage situations in addition to 142 occasions with runners on. Seattle relievers held an inherited score rate of 39.0% out of 200 inherited runners. Finishing with 144 save situations, the Mariners accrued 86 holds and also 22 blown saves.

Out of their 12,897 innings on the field, the Mariners had a efficiency on defense of 72.4% (1st in baseball). The Seattle Mariners had 95 double plays and notched a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in baseball). The Mariners accrued 1,293 assists, 79 errors and had 4,299 putouts last year.

Gilbert (41-30 mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.60 ERA and has allowed 7.7 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.74 and he has gone up against 2,842 opposing hitters so far in his career. He has conceded 282 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.064 and having a FIP of 3.6. In his pro baseball career, Gilbert has surrendered 599 base hits and he has 711 K's in 704 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle (-122)

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