Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 6/3/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, June 3, 2022

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

The Toronto Blue Jays (29-20) will compete against the Minnesota Twins (30-22) at Rogers Centre on Friday. The men taking the mound will be Joe Ryan and Yusei Kikuchi.

The Twins have tallied 87 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 53 balls out of the park. Minnesota is slugging .392 and have been called out on strikes 432 times, while being walked on 182 occasions. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are notching 4.3 runs per contest, which has them at 15th in baseball. They have amassed 213 RBI's as well as 422 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .245. They have accumulated 222 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .322.

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Twins pitchers have given up 50 home runs and 193 runs in total (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 147 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.69 as a team so far this season. Their K/BB ratio is 3.01 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.21. The Twins hold a team earned run average of 3.48 this year (7th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 443 batters.

Twins relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 44 times as well as having 51 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 32 holds on the campaign (10th in MLB). The Twins bullpen have a save rate of 68.4% and has stepped onto the mound in 51 save situations. They have accumulated 13 saves for the year and have not converted 6 out of their 19 chances to get a save. The relievers have inherited 66 runners so far this year and 28.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Twins have dispatched 166 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Minnesota Twins have a total of 1,380 putouts so far this season, as well as 415 assists and 25 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them sitting 14th in pro baseball, and have 36 double plays. The Twins have turned 70.2% of balls in play into outs out of 4,140 innings on the field, ranking them 13th in pro baseball.

Ryan (7-3 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.34 while facing 273 hitters in the major leagues. He has allowed 45 hits (5.8 hits per nine innings) and has 19 free passes. His ERA is 2.96 (23 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 0.914. Ryan has pitched in 70 innings and is sitting with 72 strikeouts so far in his career.

Toronto has a total of 54 home runs over the course of the season and 195 runs batted in. They have hit 87 doubles, while getting a free base 153 times and scoring 198 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays hold an OBP of .312 as well as a team batting average of .241 so far this year. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging % of .397 and they tally 4.04 runs per outing (22nd in MLB). They have struck out on 397 occasions (22nd in the league) and have 390 base hits.

The Blue Jays hold a team WHIP of 1.210 in addition to having a FIP of 3.70 as a staff over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 3.23 (404 strikeouts vs 125 walks). They are sitting at 16th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 399. They have conceded 48 homers and they concede 4.03 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Toronto pitching staff have conceded 194 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 3.62 (174 earned runs yielded).

Toronto relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 31.7% out of 82 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 80 times in high leverage situations in addition to 52 occasions with base runners. With 73 save situations, the Blue Jays have 40 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They sit at 13th in baseball with a save rate of 67.7%, and they have sent 185 relievers to the hill this season. Toronto has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 31 save opportunities and they have tallied 21 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 36 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (12th in the majors). The Blue Jays have racked up 416 assists, 23 errors and have earned 1,300 putouts for the year. In their 3,900 innings played, the Blue Jays have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (16th in the majors).

In his career, Kikuchi has given up 413 base knocks while he has earned 370 punch outs in 407 innings. Kikuchi (17-25 career win-loss record) has earned a 4.82 ERA and has surrendered 9.1 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 218 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.398 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. His K/BB ratio is 2.37 and he has gone up against 1,761 hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Minnesota

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