Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 9/11/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Sunday, September 11, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

The Cleveland Guardians (71-65) are traveling to Target Field on Sunday where they will play the Minnesota Twins (69-68). The pitchers taking the mound are Shane Bieber and Anibal Sanchez.

The Guardians have tallied 235 doubles as a team and have knocked 105 baseballs out of the park. Cleveland is slugging .378 and have been called out on strikes 933 times, while drawing a walk on 368 occasions. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 4.2 runs per game, which is 22nd in baseball. They have accrued 539 RBI's in addition to 1,164 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is .251. They have accumulated 565 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .311.

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Guardians pitchers have surrendered 145 home runs and also 543 total runs (8th in baseball). They have walked 383 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.84 as a team this year. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.00 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.19. The Guardians have a team earned run average of 3.62 for the year (8th in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,150 batters.

The Guardians relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 71.2% and stepped onto the hill in 104 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 156 base runners on the year and 30.1% of those runners ended up scoring. Guardians relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 111 times and also have had 134 appearances in high leverage situations. The Guardians have dispatched 421 relievers to the hill for the season. The relief pitchers have recorded 48 holds over the course of the season (30th in baseball). They have accumulated 37 saves for the year and have blown 15 of their 52 save opportunities.

The Guardians have converted 70.7% of balls hit into play into outs in their 10,890 innings, which has them ranked 7th in MLB. The Cleveland Guardians have 3,630 putouts on the year, as well as 1,206 assists and 82 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .983 which ranks 23rd in pro baseball, and they have twisted 105 double plays.

Bieber (50-26 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.01 and he has faced 2,709 opposing hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 589 base knocks (7.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 151 walks. His ERA is 3.21 (239 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.104. Bieber has pitched in 670 innings and is sitting with 804 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career.

Minnesota has accumulated 159 home runs on the campaign to go along with 577 runs batted in. They have recorded 228 doubles, while taking a walk 445 times as well as putting up 600 runs. The Minnesota Twins have recorded a team on-base percentage of .318 as well as a batting average of .248 so far this season. The Twins have a team slugging % of .408 and they score 4.38 runs per outing (16th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,131 occasions (19th in the league) and have tallied 1,151 hits.

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.253 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a squad on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.82 (1,137 strikeouts vs 403 free passes). They rank 14th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,121. They have yielded 162 dingers and they concede 4.31 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league). The Minnesota pitching staff have conceded 582 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.02 (543 earned runs yielded).

Minnesota relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 30.6% out of their 160 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 153 times in high leverage situations and also on 112 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 144 save situations, the Twins have 92 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. They are ranked 30th in MLB holding a save percentage of 49.0%, and they have sent 473 relievers onto the field on the year. Minnesota has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 51 save opportunities and they have recorded 25 saves.

The Minnesota Twins have turned 105 double plays and have a fielding rate of .987 (10th in pro baseball). The Twins have accrued 1,126 assists, 65 errors and have a total of 3,649 putouts for the year. In their 10,947 innings on the diamond, the Twins hold a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (8th in the majors).

So far in his career, Sanchez has given up 1,947 base knocks while he has earned 1,761 strikeouts in 1,999 innings pitched. He has surrendered a total of 903 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.312 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.61 and he has faced 8,529 batters in his career. Sanchez (114-118 mark in his career) has earned a 4.06 earned run average while allowing 8.8 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland

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