Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/21/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Sunday, August 21, 2022

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Texas (+145) Minnesota (-170)

Target Field is where the Minnesota Twins (62-55) will play the Texas Rangers (53-66) on Sunday. The line on this matchup has the Rangers at +145 and the Twins open at -170. The over/under is 8. The starting pitchers are Kohei Arihara and Joe Ryan.

Texas has a slugging rate of .394 and have been rung up 1,042 times, while being walked on 351 occasions. They have accrued 498 RBI's in addition to 971 hits on the season, while their team batting average sits at .241. The Rangers have recorded 166 doubles as a squad and have hit 141 baseballs out of the stadium. They have racked up 527 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .305. As a team, the Texas Rangers are putting up 4.4 runs per outing, which is 15th in the league.

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The Rangers have an ERA of 4.07 over the course of the season (22nd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 977 hitters. They have walked 426 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.19 as a unit on the year. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.29 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.31. Rangers pitchers have allowed 126 home runs and 531 total runs (21st in MLB).

The Rangers relievers have recorded a save rate of 58.7% and stepped onto the hill in 104 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 141 base runners so far this season with 32.6% of those runners ended up scoring. Rangers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with players on base 94 times and also have had 126 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rangers have sent 396 relief pitchers to the hill this season. The relief pitchers have earned 58 holds over the course of the season (17th in the league). They have compiled 27 saves this season and have blown 19 of their 46 chances to save the game.

The Texas Rangers have amassed 3,174 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,117 assists and 71 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .984 which ranks 20th in baseball, and they have twisted 96 double plays. The Rangers have turned 70.0% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,522 innings on the field, which has them sitting 13th in MLB.

Arihara has taken the hill for 46 innings and has tallied 30 punch outs in his career. Arihara (2-5 career win-loss mark) sits with a FIP of 6.60 and he has gone up against 205 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 6.41 (33 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.489. He has conceded 53 base hits (10.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 16 free passes.

The Twins have a team SLG% of .416 and they are recording 4.48 runs per contest (13th in MLB). They have hit 197 doubles, while taking a walk 380 times as well as earning 524 runs. Minnesota has compiled 144 home runs on the campaign as well as 506 runs batted in. They have struck out on 952 instances (22nd in the league) and have recorded 995 base knocks. The Minnesota Twins have tallied an OBP of .321 in addition to a batting average of .251 so far this season.

The Minnesota pitching staff have conceded 491 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.95 (455 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 139 homers and they allow 4.26 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB). The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.238 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.10 as a unit on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.81 (974 strikeouts against 347 free passes). They rank 8th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 938.

With 130 save situations, the Twins have accrued 84 holds in addition to 22 blown saves. Minnesota has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 45 save opportunities and they have earned 23 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 128 times in high leverage situations in addition to 93 occasions with runners on. Minnesota bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.4% of 135 inherited runners. They are ranked 30th in baseball with a save percentage of 51.1%, and they have dispatched 404 relievers onto the field so far this season.

The Minnesota Twins have turned 83 double plays and have a fielding rate of .986 (11th in the majors). The Twins have 937 assists, 57 errors and have earned 3,114 putouts this year. Out of their 9,342 innings played, the Twins are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (7th in baseball).

Ryan (11-6 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.95 earned run average and has conceded 7.3 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.91 and he has gone up against 521 opposing hitters in his MLB career. He has surrendered 56 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.073 and a FIP of 4.1. In his career, Ryan has surrendered 104 base hits while he has accumulated 129 K's in 127 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (-170)

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