Pittsburgh Pirates vs Athletics Prediction and Pick, MLB Betting Picks, 6-16-2026

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Pittsburgh has a .402 slugging percentage has been struck out 670 times, while drawing a walk 280 times. They have compiled 342 RBI’s and 626 hits this season, while their team batting average comes in at .252. The Pirates have hit a total of 104 doubles as a team and have smacked 85 balls out of the park. They have given up 359 runs and have a .335 OBP. Team Facts The Pittsburgh Pirates are scoring the 6th most runs in the MLB, averaging 5.0 per game.

This year the Pirates have a 4.22 team earned run average (18th in MLB) and have struck out 656 batters. The Pirates have given up 66 home runs and 345 total runs (21st in baseball). They’ve walked 267 batters and their team FIP is 3.84 on the season. The Pirates have allowed 576 hits (8.0 per 9 innings) and 304 earned runs. The pitching staff has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.46 and a collective WHIP of 1.30.

The Pirates relief pitchers have saved 50.0% of the 66 save situations they have been called upon to handle. They have 15 saves this year and have blown 15 of 30 opportunities to preserve the game. “The relief pitchers have inherited 100 runners this year. They have 32.0% of those runners to reach the plate. Pirates relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 72 times and have also made 65 appearances in high leverage situations. The Pirates have sent 233 relievers to the hill this season. The relief relievers have a total of 35 holds on the season (18th in the league).

It has 1,916 putouts, 572 assists and 45 mistakes total. They have a .982 fielding percentage, which is 26th in MLB, and they have turned 52 double plays. The Pirates are 24th in baseball with a .693 conversion rate on balls in play (69.3%) in 5,748 innings.

Keller has 895 strikeouts in his MLB career and has climbed the hill for 955 innings. Keller (47-69 career record) has a 4.49 FIP and has seen 4,147 hitters in the majors. He has a WHIP of 1.376 and an earned run average of 4.56 (484 ER’s allowed). He has surrendered 988 base hits (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and walked 326 batters.

Sacramento has a total of 92 home runs this year with 309 runs batted in. Altogether they have scored 320 runs, taken 265 wickets and recorded 114 doubles. The Sacramento Athletics have a team on-base percentage of .330 and are hitting .250 for the year. The Athletics as a team are batting .417 (15th in baseball), averaging 4.51 runs per game and 9.81% on the basepaths (30th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes 605 times (12th in MLB) and have 608 base hits.

The Athletics are a FIP of 4.75 and a WHIP of 1.437 as a pitching staff for the year. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.30 (584 strikeouts vs. 274 free passes). As a pitching staff they are 28th in the league with 640 hits allowed. They’ve allowed 100 home runs and give up 5.25 runs per 9 innings (27th in the league). The Sacramento pitching staff have given up 371 runs on the season and come in with a collective ERA of 4.85 (343 earned runs allowed).

The Athletics had 52 holds in 91 save opportunities and 14 blown saves. Sacramento has called on bullpen pitchers to the hill in 37 save situations and they have earned 23 saves. Sacramento relievers have inherited a scoring rate of 32.3% out of 124 inherited runners. Their bullpen relievers have made 85 high leverage appearances and 83 appearances with base runners. They are 18th in the league with a save percentage of 62.2% and have used relievers on the field this season.

The Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (22nd in professional baseball) in 5,646 innings played. The Sacramento Athletics have turned 48 double plays and boast a fielding percentage of .989, which is fifth in MLB. The Athletics have 555 assists, 28 mistakes and 1,882 putouts this season.

Perkins (5-5 career win-loss mark) has a 5.22 ERA and has given up 7.8 hits per 9 innings. His career K/BB ratio is 2.67 and he’s seen 325 opposition hitters so far. He has surrendered 43 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.267 and having a FIP of 5.1. In Perkins’ MLB career, he’s allowed 64 hits and struck out 80 in 74 innings.

✅ Our Pittsburgh Pirates vs Athletics Pick: Pittsburgh ✅

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