Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 3/29/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Seattle Mariners

Date: Sunday, March 29, 2026

Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA

TV: MLB.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (+132) Seattle (-160)

T-Mobile Park is the location where the Seattle Mariners (90-72 last season) will attempt to beat the Cleveland Guardians (88-74 last year) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Cleveland at +132 and Seattle is coming in at -160. The over/under is set at 9. The starting pitchers are Slade Cecconi and Emerson Hancock.

The Guardians hit 243 doubles as a unit and hit 168 balls out of the park. Cleveland had a slugging percentage of .373 and were called out on strikes 1,344 times, while drawing a walk on 494 occasions. As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians recorded 4.0 runs per game, which had them sitting at 28th in baseball. They accumulated 621 RBI's in addition to 1,199 hits for the prior year, and their team batting average sat at .226. They had 643 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .296.

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The Guardians had an ERA of 3.70 in the prior season (5th in baseball), and the staff struck out 1,381 batters. Guardians pitchers relinquished 169 long balls and 649 total runs (8th in the league). Their pitching staff walked 527 opposing players and their FIP was 3.95 as a unit over the course of last year. Cleveland gave up 1,291 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 593 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio was 2.62 and their pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.26.

The Guardians dispatched 531 relief pitchers to the hill last season. The bullpen inherited 209 base runners over the course of the prior season with 32.5% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They accumulated 47 saves over the course of last year and missed out on 22 of 69 chances to save the game. The Guardians bullpen earned a save percentage of 68.1% and stepped onto the hill in 184 save situations. The relievers notched 112 holds last season (2nd in baseball). Guardians pitchers went to the mound with runners on base 151 times as well as having 192 contests in high leverage situations.

The Cincinnati Reds accumulated 4,326 putouts over the course of last year, as well as 1,330 assists and 99 errors. Their fielding rate held at .985 which had them sitting 21st in MLB, and they turned 121 double plays. The Guardians turned 69.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,978 innings, which had them sitting 17th in pro baseball.

Cecconi has taken the mound for 236 innings and has totaled 193 strikeouts in his career. Cecconi (9-15 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 5.00 while he has gone up against 994 opposing hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 5.07 (133 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.258. He has given up 244 hits (9.3 hits per nine innings) with 53 walks.

The Mariners held a team slugging percentage of .420 and they were earning 4.73 runs per game (10th in MLB). They hit 234 two-baggers, while taking a walk 544 times as well as scoring 766 runs. Seattle had 238 home runs in the previous season to go along with 734 RBIs. They were rung up on 1,446 occasions (6th in MLB) and recorded 1,345 base hits. The Seattle Mariners had an OBP of .320 as well as a batting average of .244 during the previous year.

The Seattle pitching staff given up 694 runs for the previous season while holding a team ERA of 3.87 (629 earned runs conceded). They relinquished 192 dingers and they allowed 4.27 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Mariners had a team WHIP of 1.221 and were the owners of a FIP of 3.98 as a squad during the previous year. They had a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (1,426 strikeouts against 454 bases on balls). They were sitting at 15th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,331.

Finishing with 159 save situations, the Mariners tallied 90 holds and 26 blown saves. Seattle called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 69 save chances and they walked away with 43 saves. Their relief pitchers came in 216 times in high leverage situations and also on 132 occasions with runners on. Seattle relievers held an inherited score rate of 25.2% out of their 147 inherited runners. They were ranked 19th in the league with a save percentage of 62.3%, and they sent 550 relievers to the hill last year.

In their 13,164 innings on the field, the Mariners held a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (12th in professional baseball). The Seattle Mariners turned 118 double plays and accounted for a fielding rate of .988 (7th in the majors). The Mariners accrued 1,355 assists, 69 errors and accounted for 4,388 putouts last year.

During his pro baseball career, Hancock has conceded 168 base knocks while earning 109 punch outs in 162 frames. Hancock (8-9 career record) holds a 4.83 ERA and has allowed 9.3 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 87 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.363 and having a FIP of 4.8. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.06 and he has gone up against 700 hitters so far in his pro baseball career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle (-160)

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