Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/23/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

T-Mobile Park is the location where the Seattle Mariners (7-5) will take on the Kansas City Royals (5-5) on Saturday.

As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.1 runs per game, which puts them at 26th in baseball. They are sitting with 31 runs scored and have an OBP of .267. The Royals have accounted for 9 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 8 balls out of the park. They have 29 runs batted in in addition to 69 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is .215. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .330 and have been called out on strikes 66 times, while drawing a walk on 20 occasions.

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The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 4.40 over the course of the season (23rd in baseball), and they have rung up 73 hitters. They have walked 33 batters and their FIP is 3.70 as a team over the course of the season. Their K/BB ratio is 2.21 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.33. Royals pitchers have given up 7 long balls in addition to 44 total runs (10th in MLB).

Royals pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 16 times in addition to having 23 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 8 holds so far this season (11th in baseball). The Royals relievers have a save percentage of 100.0% and has entered the game in 11 save situations. They have compiled 3 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 0 out of their 3 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 24 base runners on the campaign with 33.3% of them crossed the plate. The Royals have dispatched 41 relievers to the mound on the season.

The Royals have converted 69.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 810 innings, which ranks them 19th in baseball. The Kansas City Royals are sitting with 270 putouts on the campaign, as well as 94 assists and 0 errors. Their fielding percentage is at 1.000 which puts them in 2nd in baseball, and they have twisted 12 double plays.

Bubic has taken the ball for 185 innings and has tallied 167 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. Bubic (7-14 career record) has a FIP of 5.06 while he has gone up against 804 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.57 (94 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.443. He has surrendered 178 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) with 89 walks.

The Mariners hold a slugging percentage of .379 and they have an average of 4.08 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have tallied 18 two-baggers, while walking 50 times and scoring 49 runs. Seattle has accumulated 13 home runs so far this season as well as 48 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 89 occasions (25th in MLB) and have earned a total of 87 base hits. The Seattle Mariners have tallied a team OBP of .319 and a team batting average of .223 so far this year.

The Seattle pitching staff have relinquished 39 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 2.86 (33 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 15 long balls and they relinquish 3.38 runs per 9 innings (8th in the league). The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.058 with a FIP of 4.09 as a staff this year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 3.13 (97 strikeouts vs 31 walks). They are currently ranked 7th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 79.

Seattle bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 28.6% of 7 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 9 times in high leverage situations and also on 5 occasions with runners on. With 9 save situations, the Mariners have 6 holds in addition to 1 blown save. They rank 23rd in MLB holding a save percentage of 66.7%, and they have sent 38 relievers to the mound so far this year. Seattle has had relief pitchers take the mound in 3 save opportunities and they have tallied 2 saves.

The Seattle Mariners have gotten 12 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (10th in pro baseball). The Mariners have racked up 99 assists, 5 errors and have a tally of 312 putouts on the campaign. In their 936 innings played, the Mariners hold a efficiency on defense of 75.0% (3rd in professional baseball).

During his pro baseball career, Brash has given up 6 hits while he has accumulated 11 punch outs in 10 frames. Brash (1-1 career record) holds a 3.38 earned run average and has allowed 5.1 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 4 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.219 and a FIP of 5.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.57 and he has faced 42 opposing hitters in his MLB career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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