Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 3/28/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Friday, March 28, 2025

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

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

The Sacramento Athletics (69-93 last year) are hitting the road to T-Mobile Park on Friday where they will try to defeat the Seattle Mariners (85-77 last season). The moneyline on this matchup has the Athletics at +102 while the Mariners are at -122. The total comes in at 8. The starting pitchers will be Jeffrey Springs and Luis Castillo.

The Athletics tallied 240 two-baggers as a squad and hit 196 balls out of the stadium. Sacramento had a slugging rate of .393 and struck out 1,502 times, while taking a walk on 493 occasions. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics knocked in 4.0 runs per game, which had them at 26th in the league. They accrued 619 runs batted in as well as 1,267 base knocks over the course of the prior season, and their team batting average was at .233. They had 643 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .301.

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The Athletics finished with a team earned run average of 4.37 over the course of last year (25th in MLB), and their staff rung up 1,263 hitters. Athletics pitchers conceded 169 long balls in addition to 764 runs in total (24th in the league). They walked 530 opposing players and their FIP was 4.22 as a team over the course of last year. Sacramento relinquished 1,385 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 698 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was at 2.38 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.33.

The Athletics dispatched 531 relievers to the hill during the previous year. The bullpen inherited 243 runners for the previous season and 32.1% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They had 35 saves in the prior season and missed out on 22 out of their 57 chances to save the game. The Athletics relievers had a save percentage of 61.4% and entered the game in 161 save situations. The bullpen had a total of 101 holds over the course of last season (6th in MLB). Athletics pitchers entered the contest with players on base 169 times in addition to having 181 contests in high leverage situations.

The Athletics turned 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 12,930 innings on the diamond, which had them sitting at 22nd in professional baseball. The Sacramento Athletics accumulated 4,310 putouts for the prior year, as well as 1,360 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding rate finished at .985 which ranked 13th in pro baseball, and had a total of 142 double plays.

Springs (23-12 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.34 while he has gone up against 1,320 hitters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 287 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 104 walks. His ERA is 3.39 (118 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.248. Springs has thrown 313 innings and has totaled 359 K's in his pro baseball career.

The Seattle Mariners had an OBP of .311 and a batting average of .224 last season. They struck out on 1,625 instances (1st in MLB) and totaled 1,195 base hits. Seattle had 185 home runs for the previous season to go along with 642 runs batted in. The Mariners held a slugging % of .376 and they averaged 4.17 runs per outing (21st in the league). They put up 228 doubles, while walking 571 times and putting up 676 runs.

The Seattle pitching staff conceded 607 runs for the prior year while having a team ERA of 3.49 (556 earned runs given up). They allowed 183 long balls and they surrender 3.81 runs per 9 innings (2nd in the league). The Mariners finished with a team WHIP of 1.077 and were the owners of a FIP of 3.73 as a unit for the prior year. They had a K/BB ratio of 8.90 (1,416 strikeouts vs 369 free passes). They finished at 1st in MLB as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,174.

Seattle bullpen pitchers had an inherited score percentage of 39.0% out of their 200 inherited base runners. Their relievers took the field 180 times in high leverage situations in addition to 142 occasions with runners on base. Wrapping up the year with 144 save situations, the Mariners earned 86 holds and 22 blown saves. They were ranked 23rd in the league holding a save percentage of 60.7%, and they dispatched 523 relief pitchers to the mound last year. Seattle had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 56 save opportunities and they came away with 34 saves.

In 12,897 innings on the field, the Mariners earned a defensive efficiency of 72.4% (1st in baseball). The Seattle Mariners had 95 double plays and held a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in MLB). The Mariners recorded 1,293 assists, 79 errors and had 4,299 putouts during the previous year.

So far in his career, Castillo has surrendered 1,040 base knocks while he has tallied 1,331 K's in 1,230 innings. He has given up a total of 486 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.176 and a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.27 and he has faced 5,079 hitters so far in his MLB career. Castillo (73-76 career win-loss mark) holds a 3.56 ERA and has conceded 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+102)

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