Seattle Mariners vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 5/5/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Monday, May 5, 2025

Location: Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (-128) Sacramento (+106)

Sutter Health Park is the location where the Sacramento Athletics (17-15) will compete against the Seattle Mariners (18-12) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has Seattle at -128 and Sacramento is at +106. The over/under has been set at 8. The expected starting pitchers will be Bryce Miller and Luis Severino.

Seattle owns a slugging percentage of .415 and have been called out on strikes 268 times, while being walked on 134 occasions. They have 144 RBI's and 242 hits on the campaign, and their team batting average is at .241. The Mariners have accounted for 36 two-baggers as a team and have hit 45 baseballs out of the park. They have racked up 152 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .339. As a team, the Seattle Mariners are scoring 5.1 runs/g, which ranks them 6th in baseball.

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The Mariners are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.74 on the campaign (12th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 252 batters. Mariners pitchers have surrendered 29 long balls and also 129 runs (13th in baseball). They have walked 104 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.79 as a squad for the season. Seattle has given up 255 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) as well as 114 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.42 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.31.

The Mariners have sent 111 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 26 base runners for the season with 30.8% of those runners crossed the plate. They have earned 11 saves this year and have not converted 4 out of their 15 save opportunities. The Mariners relievers have accumulated a save rate of 73.3% and have stepped onto the mound in 35 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 20 holds for the season (14th in the league). Mariners relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 26 times in addition to having 39 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Mariners have turned 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs in their 2,469 innings on the field, which ranks them 18th in pro baseball. The San Francisco Giants have accumulated 823 putouts thus far, in addition to 282 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which has them sitting 8th in baseball, and have accumulated 22 double plays.

Miller has pitched in 341 innings and is sitting with 321 strikeouts thus far in his career. Miller (22-18 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.48 while he has gone up against 1,370 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.53 (134 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.084. He has allowed 280 base hits (7.4 hits per 9 innings) with 90 walks.

The Sacramento Athletics have compiled an on-base percentage of .313 as well as a team batting average of .253 so far this year. They have struck out on 240 occasions (25th in baseball) and have tallied 275 base hits. Sacramento has 41 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 129 runs batted in. The Athletics have a team slugging % of .419 and they average 4.22 runs per outing (16th in baseball). They have notched 47 two-baggers, while walking 96 times as well as racking up 135 runs.

The Athletics hold a team WHIP of 1.453 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a squad this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.10 (256 strikeouts vs 127 free passes). They are sitting at 28th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 287. They have yielded 34 homers and they relinquish 5.05 runs per 9 innings (25th in the league). The Sacramento pitching staff have given up 160 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.45 (141 earned runs surrendered).

With 34 save situations, the Athletics have earned 20 holds in addition to 3 blown saves. Sacramento has had relievers enter the contest in 14 save chances and they have tallied 11 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 31 times in high leverage situations and on 36 occasions with runners on. Sacramento relievers have an inherited score rate of 23.6% out of 55 inherited base runners. They are ranked 3rd in MLB with a save rate of 78.6%, and they have sent 106 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the year.

The Sacramento Athletics have gotten 19 double plays and have a fielding rate of .976 (30th in pro baseball). The Athletics have 245 assists, 27 errors and have a total of 855 putouts so far this season. In their 2,565 innings on the field, the Athletics have earned a efficiency on defense of 67.6% (25th in the majors).

In his MLB career, Severino has allowed 851 hits while he has earned 982 strikeouts in 952 frames. Severino (66-47 career record) has earned a 3.79 earned run average while allowing 8.0 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 401 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.196 and having a FIP of 3.7. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.41 and he has faced 3,965 hitters so far in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Seattle (-128)

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