St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 4/22/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: St. Louis (+115) Seattle (-135)

The Seattle Mariners (8-11) host the St. Louis Cardinals (8-11) at T-Mobile Park on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has St. Louis at +115 and Seattle is sitting at -135. The total has been set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Miles Mikolas and Luis Castillo.

The Cardinals have tallied 37 two-baggers as a unit and have hit 23 balls out of the park. St. Louis has a slugging rate of .441 and have been called out on strikes 154 times, while drawing a walk on 78 occasions. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are scoring 4.8 runs per outing, which puts them at 13th in baseball. They have accounted for 89 RBI's as well as 181 base knocks this season, while their average at the plate is .274. They have accounted for 91 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .354.

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The Cardinals hold a team ERA of 4.66 for the year (19th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 168 hitters. Cardinals pitchers have allowed 22 long balls and also 93 total runs (20th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 66 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.28 as a unit this year. St. Louis has relinquished 186 base hits (9.8 per 9 innings) and also 88 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.55 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.48.

Cardinals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 24 times in addition to having 19 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 7 holds so far this season (23rd in baseball). The Cardinals bullpen have compiled a save rate of 50.0% and has come into the game in 15 save situations. They have 4 saves for the season and have missed out on 4 of 8 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 36 base runners so far this year with 27.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Cardinals have dispatched 63 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Cardinals have turned 65.2% of baseballs in play into outs in their 1,530 innings, which ranks them 29th in professional baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have earned a total of 510 putouts on the year, in addition to 202 assists and 6 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .992 which has them sitting 3rd in pro baseball, and have accumulated 23 double plays.

Mikolas has pitched in 743 innings and has accounted for 555 punch outs in his MLB career. Mikolas (45-41 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.99 while he has gone up against 3,070 opposing batters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.82 (315 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.176. He has given up 724 base hits (8.8 hits per nine innings) with 150 walks.

The Mariners hold a slugging percentage of .373 and they tally 4.47 runs per contest (19th in baseball). They have hit 38 doubles, while walking 62 times and recording 85 runs. Seattle has recorded 18 HRs this season as well as 83 RBIs. They have struck out on 171 occasions (12th in MLB) and have tallied 148 hits. The Seattle Mariners have recorded a team OBP of .305 as well as a team batting average of .228 for the season.

The Mariners hold a team WHIP of 1.256 in addition to having a FIP of 3.57 as a unit over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.90 (174 strikeouts against 69 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 11th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 151. They have conceded 13 homers and they allow 4.32 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 84 runs for the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.65 (71 earned runs surrendered).

Seattle has called on relievers to take the mound in 10 save chances and they have tallied 5 saves. They are ranked 26th in the league holding a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 73 relievers to the mound on the season. Their relievers have taken the field 32 times in high leverage situations and also on 22 occasions with base runners. Seattle relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.0% out of their 25 inherited base runners. With 24 save situations, the Mariners have amassed 13 holds and 5 blown saves.

In their 1,581 innings on the field, the Mariners have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (11th in MLB). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 12 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in baseball). The Mariners have 172 assists, 9 errors and have earned a total of 527 putouts for the season.

In his MLB career, Castillo has given up 733 base hits and he has 963 K's in 882 innings. Castillo (50-55 mark in his career) is the owner of a 3.51 ERA and has given up 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 344 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.180 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.13 and he has gone up against 3,646 opposing batters in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take St. Louis (+115)

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