Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Comerica Park is where the Detroit Tigers (49-62) will attempt to beat the Minnesota Twins (59-54) on Tuesday. The men taking the mound are Sonny Gray and Eduardo Rodriguez.

Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .416 and have been called out on strikes 1,153 times, while drawing a walk on 371 occasions. They have recorded 472 RBI's as well as 900 hits for the year, while their average at the plate is at .238. The Twins have compiled 188 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 151 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 496 runs and have an on-base percentage of .315. As a squad, the Minnesota Twins are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 17th in baseball.

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The Twins are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.84 so far this season (8th in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,072 batters. Twins pitchers have allowed 129 long balls in addition to 451 runs (4th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 304 batters and their FIP sits at 3.83 as a team for the season. Minnesota has conceded 873 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 428 earned runs. They have a K/BB ratio of 3.53 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.17.

The Twins bullpen have recorded a save rate of 55.3% and has come into the game in 103 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 112 runners this season and 32.1% of them earned a run for their team. Twins pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 85 times as well as having 125 appearances in high leverage situations. The Twins have sent 331 relievers to the hill so far this season. The relievers have 55 holds on the campaign (16th in MLB). They have accumulated 26 saves on the campaign and have blown 21 of 47 save opportunities.

The Twins have transformed 70.2% of balls in play into outs out of their 9,021 innings on the diamond, ranking them 7th in professional baseball. The Minnesota Twins have amassed 3,007 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 853 assists and 47 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .988 which ranks 7th in baseball, and have accumulated 77 double plays.

Gray has pitched in 1,511 innings and is sitting with 1,461 strikeouts during his career. His ERA is 3.53 (593 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.214. He has given up 1,302 base knocks (7.8 hits per nine innings) and has had 533 walks. Gray (95-81 career mark) holds a FIP of 3.61 and he has gone up against 6,293 batters during his time in the major leagues.

The Detroit Tigers have accumulated an OBP of .298 in addition to a team batting average of .232 so far this season. They have been called out on strikes on 964 occasions (15th in the league) and have earned a total of 862 hits. Detroit has accumulated 101 long balls for the season as well as 415 runs batted in. The Tigers hold a slugging percentage of .368 and they are earning 3.89 runs per outing (28th in baseball). They have put up 170 doubles, while walking 338 times as well as racking up 428 runs.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.258 and have a FIP of 4.15 as a squad on the year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.50 (924 strikeouts vs 309 walks). They have a ranking of 16th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 924. They have conceded 129 homers and they concede 4.86 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have yielded 529 runs over the course of the season while holding a team ERA of 4.47 (487 earned runs given up).

Detroit has called on relief pitchers to take the mound in 41 save opportunities and they have earned 25 saves. They sit at 17th in the league with a save percentage of 61.0%, and they have sent 359 relievers to the hill for the season. Their relievers have come in 114 times in high leverage situations and also on 114 occasions with base runners. Detroit relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.3% of 161 inherited runners. Sitting with 108 save situations, the Tigers have amassed 65 holds in addition to 16 blown saves.

The Detroit Tigers have turned 87 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in baseball). The Tigers have accrued 952 assists, 72 errors and have amassed 2,942 putouts so far this year. Out of their 8,826 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have a efficiency on defense of 69.2% (14th in pro baseball).

In his MLB career, Rodriguez has allowed 995 base hits while he has totaled 1,060 punch outs in 1,042 frames. He has surrendered a total of 468 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.291 and a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.03 and he has faced 4,417 hitters during his career. Rodriguez (76-49 career mark) holds a 4.04 earned run average while allowing 8.6 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit

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