Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/24/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, August 24, 2025

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: Root Sports Northwest

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+110) Seattle (-132)

The Seattle Mariners (68-60) will compete against the Sacramento Athletics (59-70) at T-Mobile Park on Sunday. The line on this matchup has the Athletics at +110 and the Mariners are sitting at -132. The over/under is set at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Jorge Lopez and Logan Gilbert.

As a squad, the Sacramento Athletics are recording 4.5 runs/g, which ranks them 12th in the league. They have a total of 584 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .320. The Athletics have hit 231 doubles as a squad and have smacked 178 baseballs out of the stadium. They have 567 RBI's in addition to 1,122 hits on the year, and their batting average is at .254. Sacramento is slugging .434 and have been called out on strikes 1,101 times, while drawing a walk on 409 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.32 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.38. Athletics pitchers have given up 180 home runs in addition to 669 runs (28th in the league). Sacramento has given up 1,120 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 614 earned runs. The Athletics have a team earned run average of 4.82 so far this year (28th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,059 batters. They have walked 457 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.68 as a team for the year.

Athletics bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 130 times in addition to having 111 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers are sitting with 51 holds on the season (29th in the league). The Athletics bullpen have recorded a save rate of 63.0% and stepped onto the hill in 97 save situations. They have earned 29 saves for the year and have missed out on 17 of 46 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 185 base runners for the year with 29.7% of them crossed home plate. The Athletics have sent 405 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Athletics have turned 69.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of 10,308 innings on the field, which ranks them 20th in pro baseball. The New York Yankees have accounted for 3,436 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 953 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .983 which has them sitting 25th in pro baseball, and have a total of 86 double plays.

Lopez (30-43 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 5.23 while he has gone up against 2,454 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 594 base hits (9.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 217 free passes. His ERA is 5.31 (329 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.455. Lopez has taken the hill for 557 innings and has racked up 485 punch outs during his career.

The Seattle Mariners have tallied an OBP of .318 as well as a batting average of .243 this year. They have struck out on 1,155 occasions (3rd in MLB) and have notched a total of 1,058 base hits. Seattle has hit 180 home runs on the year to go along with 558 runs batted in. The Mariners have a team slugging percentage of .410 and they score 4.55 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have hit 177 doubles, while taking a walk 430 times as well as putting up 582 runs.

The Mariners have a WHIP of 1.263 with a FIP of 4.13 as a squad on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.50 (1,086 strikeouts vs 385 walks). They are sitting at 22nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,074. They have allowed 155 home runs and they relinquish 4.42 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB). The Seattle pitching staff have allowed 567 runs this season while holding an ERA of 3.99 (512 earned runs conceded).

Seattle has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 53 save opportunities and they have converted 33 saves. They are ranked 17th in the league with a save rate of 62.3%, and they have sent 431 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 176 times in high leverage situations and also on 108 occasions with runners on. Seattle relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.4% out of their 118 inherited runners. Sitting with 122 save situations, the Mariners have amassed 69 holds and also 20 blown saves.

In their 10,398 innings played, the Mariners have a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (13th in baseball). The Seattle Mariners have turned 93 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in baseball). The Mariners have recorded 1,074 assists, 53 errors and have amassed 3,466 putouts for the season.

Thus far in his career, Gilbert has allowed 673 hits and he has 836 K's in 795 innings. He has allowed 321 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.064 and a FIP of 3.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.83 and he has faced 3,218 hitters thus far in his career. Gilbert (44-35 mark in his career) has a 3.63 ERA while giving up 7.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Sacramento (+110)

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