Cleveland Gaurdians vs Seattle Mariners Matchup Preview - April 1st, 2023

The Cleveland Guardians enter the game as the 12th ranked team per The Sharp Model X's Power Rankings and will battle the 16th ranked Mariners at T-Mobile Park. The Guardians may need to kick their offense into gear to maximize their win chances today, as they rank just 30th in MLB in wOBA this year. When the Mariners have found success this year, it's been through their speed. They rank 9th in baseball in stolen bases.

Cleveland Gaurdians Insights

• The Cleveland Guardians infield defense projects as the best of the day.

• Jose Ramirez has been lucky with his wOBA since the start of last season; his .363 figure is quite a bit higher than his .327 Expected wOBA (based on The Sharp Model X's interpretation of Statcast data).

• The Cleveland Guardians bullpen projects as the 6th-best in the game, per The Sharp Model.

Seattle Mariners Insights

• Logan Gilbert has been given more leash than the average pitcher since the start of last season, throwing 5.7 more adjusted pitches-per-game than league average.

• Teoscar Hernandez's 14.9% Barrel% is in the 96th percentile since the start of last season.

• Cal Raleigh has a high pull rate on his flyballs (36.2% — 94th percentile) and has the good fortune of hitting them towards MLB's 4th-shallowest RF fences today.

Betting Trends

• Mitch Haniger has hit the RBIs Under in his last 2 games (+2.00 Units / 37% ROI)