Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 3/30/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+220) Seattle (-275)

The Seattle Mariners (85-77 last season) are welcoming the Sacramento Athletics (69-93 last year) at T-Mobile Park on Sunday. The moneyline on this contest has the Athletics at +220 while the Mariners open at -275. The over/under has been set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are JP Sears and Bryan Woo.

As a team, the Sacramento Athletics notched 4.0 runs per game, which had them sitting at 26th in baseball. They earned a total of 643 runs and held an OBP of .301. The Athletics tallied 240 two-baggers as a unit and smacked 196 balls out of the park. They accrued 619 runs batted in and 1,267 base knocks last year, and their average at the plate sat at .233. Sacramento had a slugging percentage of .393 and were called out on strikes 1,502 times, while being walked on 493 occasions.

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They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.38 and their pitching staff finished with a WHIP of 1.33. Athletics pitchers surrendered 169 home runs in addition to 764 total runs (24th in the league). Sacramento conceded 1,385 base knocks (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 698 earned runs. The Athletics had an earned run average of 4.37 over the course of last year (25th in MLB), and their staff struck out 1,263 batters. They walked 530 batters and their FIP came in at 4.22 as a team over the course of last year.

Athletics relief pitchers went to the mound with runners on base 169 times in addition to having 181 games in high leverage situations. The bullpen earned 101 holds over the course of last year (6th in the league). The Athletics relievers recorded a save percentage of 61.4% and entered the game in 161 save situations. They earned 35 saves over the course of last season and did not convert 22 of 57 save opportunities. The bullpen inherited 243 runners in the prior season and 32.1% of those runners crossed home plate. The Athletics had dispatched 531 relief pitchers to the hill for the prior year.

The Sacramento Athletics finished with 4,310 putouts during the previous year, in addition to 1,360 assists and 84 errors. Their fielding rate finished at .985 which put them in 13th in MLB, and had 142 double plays. The Athletics turned 69.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 12,930 innings on the field, which had them ranked 22nd in baseball.

Sears has pitched in 423 innings and is sitting with 349 K's during his MLB career. Sears (22-30 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 4.30 while he has faced 1,781 batters in the majors. His ERA is 4.36 (205 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.251. He has conceded 404 base hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 125 free passes.

Seattle accumulated 185 home runs over the course of last season and 642 RBIs. They hit 228 doubles, while getting a free base 571 times and scoring 676 runs. The Seattle Mariners had an OBP of .311 and a batting average of .224 over the course of the prior season. The Mariners held a slugging percentage of .376 and they tallied 4.17 runs per game (21st in MLB). They struck out on 1,625 instances (1st in the league) and earned 1,195 base hits.

The Mariners finished with a team WHIP of 1.077 and were the owners of a FIP of 3.73 as a staff over the course of the prior season. They finished at 1st in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,174. The Seattle pitching staff given up 607 runs for the previous season while having an ERA of 3.49 (556 earned runs given up). They had a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (1,416 strikeouts against 369 free passes). They conceded 183 dingers and they surrender 3.81 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB).

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

The Seattle Mariners turned 95 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in the majors). The Mariners recorded 1,293 assists, 79 errors and earned 4,299 putouts last season. In their 12,897 innings played, the Mariners held a defensive efficiency of 72.4% (1st in MLB).

So far in his pro baseball career, Woo has conceded 171 base knocks and he has 194 K's in 209 innings pitched. Woo (13-8 career mark) has earned a 3.44 earned run average while allowing 7.4 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 80 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.029 and a FIP of 3.4. His K/BB ratio is 4.41 and he has faced 843 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Seattle (-275) and under 9 runs

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