Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/17/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (+190) Minnesota (-225)

Target Field is where the Minnesota Twins (59-55) will try to defeat the Kansas City Royals (48-69) on Wednesday. The odds on this game have the Royals at +190 while the Twins are coming in at -225. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Daniel Lynch and Tyler Mahle.

Kansas City has a slugging % of .383 and have been called out on strikes 919 times, while drawing a walk on 338 occasions. They have tallied 440 RBI's and 970 hits this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .247. The Royals have tallied 180 doubles as a team and have knocked 100 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 459 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .309. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.9 runs per game, which puts them at 24th in the league.

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The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 4.67 on the season (27th in the league), and their staff has rung up 866 hitters. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 1.95 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.46. Royals pitchers have conceded 129 long balls and 586 total runs (27th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 444 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.49 as a team so far this season.

The Royals have dispatched 407 relievers to the mound this season. The relievers have inherited 216 runners on the year and 30.1% of those players ended up scoring. They have compiled 26 saves so far this season and have blown 16 of 42 save opportunities. The Royals relievers have recorded a save rate of 61.9% and has stepped onto the mound in 112 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 66 holds so far this season (10th in baseball). Royals relief pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 136 times as well as having 133 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Royals have converted 68.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,246 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 26th in MLB. The Kansas City Royals have 3,082 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,085 assists and 64 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .985 which is 17th in the majors, and they have turned 107 double plays.

Lynch has pitched in 155 innings and has earned 144 punch outs in his MLB career. Lynch (8-13 career mark) has a FIP of 4.40 while he has gone up against 708 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 5.03 (87 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.561. He has given up 175 hits (10.1 hits per 9 innings) and has 68 free passes.

The Minnesota Twins have earned an on-base percentage of .321 as well as a team batting average of .251 for the season. They have been rung up on 933 occasions (21st in MLB) and have earned a total of 967 base hits. Minnesota has accumulated 140 home runs over the course of the season and 492 runs batted in. The Twins hold a slugging % of .416 and they tally 4.46 runs per outing (12th in the league). They have put up 192 two-baggers, while getting a free base 372 times as well as scoring 509 runs.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.249 in addition to having a FIP of 4.16 as a pitching staff so far this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.78 (944 strikeouts vs 340 free passes). They have a ranking of 11th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 923. They have allowed 139 home runs and they yield 4.36 runs per 9 innings (16th in baseball). The Minnesota pitching staff have yielded 490 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.04 (454 earned runs given up).

Minnesota relievers have an inherited score rate of 30.5% out of their 131 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 123 times in high leverage situations and also on 90 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 125 save situations, the Twins have recorded 80 holds in addition to 22 blown saves. They are currently ranked 30th in the league holding a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 392 relievers to the mound on the season. Minnesota has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 44 save chances and they have converted 22 saves.

The Minnesota Twins have turned 79 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in the majors). The Twins have 919 assists, 57 errors and have accounted for 3,033 putouts for the year. In their 9,099 innings on the field, the Twins hold a efficiency on defense of 70.6% (6th in professional baseball).

Mahle (32-38 record in his career) has earned a 4.32 ERA while giving up 8.5 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.88 and he has faced 2,599 batters thus far in his career. He has surrendered 291 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.314 and a FIP of 4.3. So far in his pro baseball career, Mahle has given up 571 base hits while he has accumulated 648 strikeouts in 605 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (-225)

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