Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 6/12/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Sunday, June 12, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+100) Minnesota (-120)

Target Field is the location where the Minnesota Twins (34-26) will go up against the Tampa Bay Rays (34-24) on Sunday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at +100 while Minnesota opens at -120. The over/under is set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Jeffrey Springs and Cole Sands.

Tampa Bay owns a slugging percentage of .377 and have been rung up 488 times, while drawing a walk on 169 occasions. They have accounted for 232 RBI's and 445 hits on the year, and their team batting average is .231. The Rays have accumulated 90 doubles as a team and have hit 57 baseballs out of the stadium. They have tallied 244 runs while holding a team OBP of .296. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are recording 4.2 runs per outing, which has them at 19th in the league.

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The Rays are sitting with a team ERA of 3.26 on the year (4th in the league), and they have struck out 506 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 144 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.75 as a unit this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.51 and the pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.12. Rays pitchers have given up 64 long balls and 227 total runs (7th in MLB).

The Rays relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 58.1% and has come into the game in 73 save situations. The relievers have inherited 77 runners so far this season with 22.1% of them ended up scoring. Rays relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 59 times in addition to having 79 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have sent 211 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen have a total of 41 holds on the campaign (3rd in the league). They have compiled 18 saves for the season and have missed out on 13 of 31 save opportunities.

The Tampa Bay Rays have accounted for 1,566 putouts this year, in addition to 490 assists and 37 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .982 which has them sitting 22nd in the majors, and have a total of 39 double plays. The Rays have turned 71.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of 4,698 innings, which has them sitting at 9th in MLB.

Springs has pitched in 173 innings and is sitting with 199 punch outs so far in his career. Springs (12-7 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.11 and he has faced 742 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.94 (76 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.347. He has surrendered 166 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has had 68 walks.

The Twins hold a team SLG% of .415 and they average 4.53 runs per game (10th in MLB). They have tallied 102 doubles, while taking a walk 203 times and recording 272 runs. Minnesota has accumulated 72 home runs on the campaign as well as 260 RBIs. They have been rung up on 501 occasions (9th in the league) and have a total of 506 base hits. The Minnesota Twins have accounted for a team OBP of .326 as well as a batting average of .252 on the campaign.

The Minnesota pitching staff have relinquished 242 runs for the year while holding a team ERA of 3.84 (226 earned runs relinquished). They have conceded 70 homers and they concede 4.11 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.255 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.10 as a squad this season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 2.75 (497 strikeouts against 181 walks). They are currently ranked 22nd in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 484.

Minnesota relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 24.1% out of their 79 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 57 times in high leverage situations in addition to 51 occasions with base runners. With 59 save situations, the Twins have tallied 36 holds in addition to 8 blown saves. They sit at 18th in MLB with a save rate of 63.6%, and they have dispatched 197 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Minnesota has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 22 save chances and they have earned 14 saves.

In 4,770 innings on the diamond, the Twins have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.4% (13th in pro baseball). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 46 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (12th in MLB). The Twins have racked up 493 assists, 29 errors and have notched a total of 1,590 putouts on the season.

Sands (0-2 career mark) has a 8.49 ERA and has allowed 13.1 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.17 and he has faced 58 opposing batters in his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 11 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.971 and a FIP of 6.9. So far in his pro baseball career, Sands has allowed 17 base hits while totaling 13 punch outs in 11 innings pitched.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Minnesota (-120) and under 8 runs

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