Spring training continues with several games on hand on the MLB schedule. For Wednesday March 13th, we handpicked a pair of games to preview and selected six games for our quick picks.
Joe Panik leads the Giants with 11 hits in 23 at bats or a .478 batting average. Joey Bart is batting 7-14 (.500) in preseason play with one home run and a team-high 6 RBIs. Five Giants led by Evan Longoria have two home runs each. Meanwhile, Zach Green has scored a total of six runs for the Giants.
The Giants’ starter hasn’t been announced as of this writing but the San Francisco pitching staff is ranked 15th with an ERA of 4.86. They are also 16th with a WHIP of 1.43 and 19th with a BAA of .268. On the other hand, their hitters have a batting average of .262 which is 16th in the league. San Francisco is also 22nd in OBP and 21st in Slugging at .326 and .425, respectively.
Giants
+105
Mariners
-125
Odds from betonline.ag as of 3/13/19
Jay Bruce leads the Mariners with 11 hits in 28 at bats or a .393 batting average. Barden Bishop leads Seattle with a total of 10 RBIs with 3 home runs while batting 9-26 (.346). Domingo Santana leads the team with four home runs and 8 RBIs while batting at .455 in Spring Training.
The Mariners will start Marco Gonzales on top of the mound on Wednesday. Gonzales is 0-1 in three starts this preseason. The 26-year old has pitched a total of 10.2 innings and has an ERA of 8.44 and a WHIP of 1.88 with 10 strikeouts.
Prediction: San Francisco Giants. The Mariners have won just once in their last eight games played entering Tuesday’s games. Their pitching staff has given up 7.25 runs per game during the period. The Giants meanwhile are coming off back to back wins over the Dodgers and Brewers and have allowed a total of three runs in both games.
Lefty Manny Banuelos will start on top of the mound for the White Sox on Wednesday. The 27-year old Mexican is 1-1 in three starts this preseason. Banuelos has pitched a total of 6.1 innings and has an ERA of 5.68 and a WHIP of 1.58 with 9 strikeouts.
Tim Anderson leads five White Sox players with at least 10 hits in preseason play. Anderson is 12-27 (.444) with 6 RBIs including one home run. Jose Abreu leads Chicago with 11 RBIs on 10 hits with two home runs. Yonder Alonso has six hits in 28 at bats but half of his hits have been home runs.
White Sox
+145
Dodgers
-165
Odds from betonline.ag as of 3/13/19
Ross Stripling gets the call for the LA Dodgers on Wednesday night. The 29 year old right hander has started two games in Spring Training with no decisions. The Chicken Strip has pitched a total of 5.0 innings and has an ERA of 3.6 and a WHIP of 1.2 while fanning a total of five batters.
Enrique Hernandez is the top hitter for the Dodgers with a total of 11 hits in 29 at bats (.379). Hernandez has also picked up 8 RBIs and two home runs as well. Austin Barnes leads LA with a total of 8 RBIs on seven hits. Four different players have two home runs each to lead the Dodgers.
Prediction: Chicago White Sox. The White Sox have given up an average of 9.2 runs per game in their last five losses and they’ve had trouble in games where they could not keep up with the scoring more than their pitching staff allowing the runs. Against the Dodgers though, they should have the edge as they have scored more runs than LA and have a better batting average compared to them.
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