Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 9/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Chicago White Sox (56-89) will go up against the Minnesota Twins (76-69) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Kenta Maeda and Jose Urena.

The Twins have compiled 241 doubles as a squad and have smacked 205 balls out of the park. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .424 and have been called out on strikes 1,488 times, while drawing a walk on 513 occasions. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are earning 4.6 runs per contest, which ranks them 14th in the league. They have accrued 644 runs batted in in addition to 1,184 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is at .242. They have earned 671 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .322.

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The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 3.91 so far this season (5th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,362 batters. Twins pitchers have allowed 174 home runs and also 599 runs in total (5th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 405 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.98 as a unit on the season. Minnesota has surrendered 1,160 base hits (8.0 per 9 innings) in addition to 565 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.36 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.20.

The Twins have dispatched 436 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 148 runners for the season and 29.1% of them earned a run for their team. They have accumulated 34 saves on the season and have blown 27 of 61 save chances. The Twins relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 55.7% and has entered the game in 139 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 76 holds so far this year (17th in baseball). Twins bullpen pitchers have come into the game with players on base 110 times in addition to having 171 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Twins have converted 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,691 innings, ranking them 7th in the majors. The Minnesota Twins have earned 3,897 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,149 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which is 6th in the majors, and have a total of 107 double plays.

Maeda has pitched in 851 innings and has tallied 930 strikeouts during his MLB career. Maeda (63-48 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.76 while he has faced 3,502 batters in the majors. His ERA is 3.96 (374 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.149. He has conceded 734 hits (7.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 244 free passes.

The White Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .389 and they score 4.14 runs per game (25th in baseball). They have 240 doubles, while taking a walk 342 times as well as earning 600 runs. Chicago has a total of 157 home runs on the year to go along with 576 RBIs. They have struck out on 1,266 occasions (13th in the league) and are sitting with 1,187 hits. The Chicago White Sox have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .295 in addition to a batting average of .240 on the campaign.

The White Sox have a WHIP of 1.419 in addition to having a FIP of 4.74 as a squad for the year. They rank 19th in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,231. The Chicago pitching staff have given up 751 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.89 (697 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.40 (1,339 strikeouts against 588 walks). They have conceded 197 dingers and they allow 5.27 runs per 9 innings (26th in baseball).

Chicago has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 52 save opportunities and they have come away with 25 saves. They are ranked 28th in the league with a save rate of 48.1%, and they have sent 466 relievers onto the field so far this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 170 times in high leverage situations and on 139 occasions with runners on base. Chicago relievers have an inherited score percentage of 35.0% out of 200 inherited runners. With 119 save situations, the White Sox have 66 holds in addition to 27 blown saves.

In their 11,544 innings on the field, the White Sox have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.4% (23rd in professional baseball). The Chicago White Sox have turned 103 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (25th in pro baseball). The White Sox have racked up 1,095 assists, 83 errors and are sitting with 3,848 putouts on the season.

Thus far in his career, Urena has surrendered 851 base knocks while he has tallied 548 strikeouts in 817 innings pitched. He has conceded 445 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.420 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.77 and he has gone up against 3,556 batters in his pro baseball career. Urena (39-67 career win-loss record) has a 4.90 earned run average while surrendering 9.4 hits per 9 innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota

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