Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics Prediction, 4/21/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs Oakland Athletics

Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022

Location: Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (-115) Oakland (-105)

The Oakland Athletics (7-5) welcome the Baltimore Orioles (3-8) at Oakland Coliseum on Thursday. The line on this matchup has the Orioles at -115 while the Athletics are sitting at -105. The total has been set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Tyler Wells and Paul Blackburn.

Baltimore has a slugging rate of .289 and have been rung up 118 times, while taking a walk on 47 occasions. They have recorded 23 runs batted in and 76 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average sits at .209. The Orioles have accrued 15 doubles as a squad and have hit 4 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 23 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .306. As a team, the Baltimore Orioles are recording 2.1 runs per game, which ranks them 29th in MLB.

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Orioles pitchers have yielded 3 home runs and 37 runs in total (7th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 40 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.06 as a squad for the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.05 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.28. The Orioles have a team ERA of 2.81 this season (5th in the league), and the staff has rung up 82 batters.

Orioles relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 13 times as well as having 17 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have 2 holds for the year (26th in baseball). The Orioles relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 50.0% and has entered the game in 4 save situations. They have recorded 1 save for the season and have blown 1 of their 2 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 20 runners this year and 35.0% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Orioles have dispatched 42 relievers to the hill on the season.

The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated 288 putouts on the year, in addition to 114 assists and 9 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .978 which puts them in 27th in pro baseball, and they have twisted 12 double plays. The Orioles have converted 68.9% of baseballs in play into outs out of 864 innings on the field, which has them ranked 23rd in pro baseball.

Wells has pitched in 62 innings and is sitting with 70 punch outs during his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.31 (30 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 0.989. He has allowed 46 base knocks (6.6 hits per 9 innings) with 16 free passes. Wells (2-4 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.86 while he has faced 251 opposing batters in the majors.

Oakland has knocked in 12 long balls over the course of the season as well as 52 runs batted in. They have tallied 16 two-baggers, while walking 36 times and notching 60 runs. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with an OBP of .291 in addition to a team batting average of .219 so far this year. The Athletics hold a slugging % of .354 and they average 5.00 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 110 occasions (7th in the league) and have recorded 88 hits.

The Oakland pitching staff have allowed 45 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.54 (41 earned runs yielded). They have conceded 13 home runs and they concede 3.89 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.334 in addition to having a FIP of 4.00 as a staff on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.45 (98 strikeouts against 40 walks). They rank 26th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 99.

Oakland has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 6 save chances and they have tallied 4 saves. They are ranked 20th in MLB with a save rate of 66.7%, and they have dispatched 46 relievers to the hill this year. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 17 times in high leverage situations in addition to 17 occasions with base runners. Oakland relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 13.0% out of their 23 inherited base runners. Sitting with 15 save situations, the Athletics have amassed 9 holds and 2 blown saves.

The Oakland Athletics have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (24th in the majors). The Athletics have accrued 116 assists, 9 errors and have 314 putouts this season. In their 942 innings played, the Athletics have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (25th in the majors).

Blackburn (7-11 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 5.47 earned run average while surrendering 10.6 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.23 and he has faced 641 batters during his pro baseball career. He has given up 90 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.446 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.5. In his pro baseball career, Blackburn has surrendered 175 hits while earning 87 strikeouts in 148 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (-115)

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