Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners Prediction, 8/1/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
Date: Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Location: T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA
TV: Root Sports Northwest
The Boston Red Sox (56-49) are traveling to T-Mobile Park on Tuesday where they will try to beat the Seattle Mariners (54-51). The starting pitchers are Brayan Bello and Bryce Miller.
The Red Sox have accrued 233 doubles as a unit and have smacked 118 baseballs out of the park. Boston has a slugging percentage of .435 and have been called out on strikes 858 times, while being walked on 326 occasions. As a unit, the Boston Red Sox are notching 5.0 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 5th in MLB. They have amassed 502 RBI's as well as 951 hits so far this season, while their batting average sits at .264. They have racked up 524 runs and hold an OBP of .331.
The Red Sox have a team ERA of 4.23 this season (16th in the league), and their staff has struck out 905 batters. Red Sox pitchers have given up 131 long balls and 476 runs (17th in the league). They have walked 300 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.30 as a unit so far this season. Boston has conceded 899 hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 436 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.02 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.29.
The Red Sox relievers have a save percentage of 78.9% and has entered the game in 84 save situations. The relievers have inherited 108 runners so far this season and 27.8% of them ended up crossing the plate. Red Sox pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 72 times as well as having 90 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have sent 327 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have notched 46 holds on the campaign (27th in the league). They have compiled 30 saves this year and have blown 8 out of their 38 save chances.
The Boston Red Sox are sitting with 2,784 putouts for the season, as well as 932 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .981 which has them sitting 30th in the majors, and have earned 91 double plays. The Red Sox have transformed 68.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 8,352 innings, ranking them 25th in professional baseball.
Bello (9-14 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 3.88 and he has gone up against 672 hitters in the major leagues. He has given up 165 base hits (9.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 53 free passes. His earned run average is 4.05 (69 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.422. Bello has taken the mound for 153 innings and has racked up 137 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.
Seattle has accounted for 125 long balls over the course of the season to go along with 458 runs batted in. They have 184 two-baggers, while taking a walk 351 times as well as putting up 475 runs. The Seattle Mariners have earned a team on-base percentage of .313 and a batting average of .234 over the course of the season. The Mariners have a team slugging percentage of .397 and they earn 4.52 runs per contest (15th in baseball). They have struck out on 1,039 occasions (2nd in the league) and have a total of 823 base hits.
The Mariners have a WHIP of 1.190 with a FIP of 3.81 as a pitching staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.20 (956 strikeouts against 274 free passes). They come in at 5th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 842. They have given up 115 HR's and they yield 4.21 runs per 9 innings (6th in baseball). The Seattle pitching staff have conceded 439 runs on the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.82 (398 earned runs conceded).
Sitting with 102 save situations, the Mariners have tallied 61 holds and also 14 blown saves. Seattle has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 40 save opportunities and they have come away with 26 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 107 times in high leverage situations and on 97 occasions with runners on. Seattle relievers have an inherited score rate of 27.2% out of 125 inherited base runners. They rank 14th in MLB holding a save percentage of 65.0%, and they have dispatched 353 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the campaign.
In their 8,445 innings played, the Mariners have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 69.8% (9th in pro baseball). The Seattle Mariners have gotten 77 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (14th in baseball). The Mariners have 897 assists, 51 errors and have accumulated 2,815 putouts so far this year.
Miller (7-3 career record) is the owner of a 3.96 ERA while surrendering 7.2 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.73 and he has faced 297 opposing batters during his career. He has given up a total of 33 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.000 and a FIP of 4.0. So far in his MLB career, Miller has conceded 60 hits while he has tallied 71 strikeouts in 75 frames.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Boston
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