Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 5/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (+115) Toronto (-135)

The Seattle Mariners (16-19) are traveling to Rogers Centre on Tuesday where they will meet the Toronto Blue Jays (18-17). The odds on this game have Seattle at +115 while Toronto is sitting at -135. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Logan Gilbert and Jose Berrios.

The Mariners have recorded 49 two-baggers as a team and have hit 34 baseballs out of the park. Seattle has a slugging rate of .375 and have been rung up 290 times, while being walked on 128 occasions. As a team, the Seattle Mariners are scoring 4.0 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 18th in the league. They have earned 134 runs batted in in addition to 273 hits for the year, and their batting average is sitting at .235. They have accumulated 139 runs while holding a team OBP of .317.

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The Mariners have a team earned run average of 3.84 on the season (20th in the league), and the staff has rung up 303 batters. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.73 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.25. Mariners pitchers have conceded 44 home runs and 147 runs in total (21st in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 111 batters and their FIP is 4.17 as a team on the season.

Mariners bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on 28 times and also have had 30 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have 17 holds on the campaign (18th in MLB). The Mariners bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 60.0% and has entered the game in 27 save situations. They have recorded 6 saves over the course of the season and have blown 4 of their 10 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 33 runners so far this year and 18.2% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Mariners have dispatched 121 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.

The Mariners have converted 70.6% of baseballs in play into outs in their 2,763 innings, ranking them 16th in baseball. The Seattle Mariners have earned 921 putouts so far this season, as well as 285 assists and 18 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .985 which has them sitting 15th in MLB, and have earned 27 double plays.

Gilbert has taken the ball for 157 innings and is sitting with 170 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.06 (71 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.157. He has allowed 140 base hits (8.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 42 walks. Gilbert (10-6 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.58 while he has gone up against 656 opposing batters in the major leagues.

The Toronto Blue Jays have compiled an OBP of .296 in addition to a batting average of .233 on the season. They have struck out on 289 occasions (17th in the league) and have tallied 268 base hits. Toronto has hit 37 long balls on the campaign as well as 129 RBIs. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .379 and they are scoring 3.71 runs per game (23rd in MLB). They have hit 57 doubles, while taking a walk 91 times as well as racking up 130 runs.

The Blue Jays have a WHIP of 1.212 with a FIP of 3.58 as a unit for the year. They have a ranking of 24th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 280. The Toronto pitching staff have relinquished 145 runs for the season while having an ERA of 3.82 (130 earned runs conceded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.10 (282 strikeouts vs 91 walks). They have conceded 31 home runs and they concede 4.26 runs per 9 innings (16th in MLB).

With 46 save situations, the Blue Jays have 24 holds in addition to 8 blown saves. Toronto has called on relievers to enter the game in 21 save opportunities and they have walked away with 13 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 53 times in high leverage situations and also on 35 occasions with runners on. Toronto relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.5% out of their 55 inherited base runners. They sit at 25th in MLB with a save rate of 61.9%, and they have sent 130 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 21 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in MLB). The Blue Jays have accrued 298 assists, 16 errors and are sitting with 920 putouts so far this season. In 2,760 innings on the diamond, the Blue Jays have a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (18th in professional baseball).

Thus far in his career, Berrios has given up 816 hits while earning 881 punch outs in 885 frames. He has conceded 404 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.234 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.18 and he has gone up against 3,745 hitters so far in his career. Berrios (62-49 record in his career) has earned a 4.11 ERA and has given up 8.3 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Toronto (-135) and under 8.5 runs

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