Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals Prediction, 8/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs St. Louis Cardinals

Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023

Location: Busch Stadium in St. Louis, MO

TV: Bally Sports Midwest

The Minnesota Twins (54-53) are traveling to Busch Stadium on Wednesday where they will play the St. Louis Cardinals (47-60). The men taking the mound will be Joe Ryan and Jack Flaherty.

As a squad, the Minnesota Twins are recording 4.4 runs per contest, which puts them at 19th in baseball. They are sitting with 470 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .315. The Twins have accounted for 182 doubles as a unit and have smacked 141 balls out of the park. They have accrued 447 RBI's as well as 858 base knocks so far this season, while their team batting average sits at .237. Minnesota is slugging .413 and have been called out on strikes 1,107 times, while being walked on 358 occasions.

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The Twins hold a team earned run average of 3.88 this year (8th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,027 hitters. Twins pitchers have allowed 121 home runs and 436 total runs (5th in baseball). They have walked 297 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.82 as a team for the season. Minnesota has surrendered 837 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) and also 413 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.46 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.18.

Twins relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 85 times in addition to having 119 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have tallied 51 holds on the campaign (19th in the league). The Twins bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 52.3% and stepped onto the hill in 96 save situations. They have recorded 23 saves for the year and have blown 21 out of their 44 save chances. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 112 base runners this season and 32.1% of those players ended up crossing the plate. The Twins have sent 318 relievers to the hill this season.

The Twins have converted 70.0% of balls in play into outs out of 8,625 innings, which has them ranked 7th in pro baseball. The Minnesota Twins have earned 2,875 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 813 assists and 46 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which ranks 7th in the majors, and they have turned 77 double plays.

Ryan (24-16 career record) has a FIP of 3.85 while facing 1,204 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has surrendered 240 base hits (7.3 hits per 9 innings) with 76 walks. His ERA is 3.80 (125 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.069. Ryan has taken the hill for 295 innings and has totaled 329 strikeouts in his pro baseball career.

St. Louis has 146 home runs this year and 485 runs batted in. They have recorded 179 two-baggers, while taking a walk 372 times and putting up 503 runs. The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated an on-base percentage of .331 and a batting average of .256 this season. The Cardinals have a slugging percentage of .429 and they tally 4.70 runs per contest (12th in MLB). They have been rung up on 892 occasions (18th in baseball) and have totaled 938 base knocks.

The Cardinals are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.458 and have a FIP of 4.18 as a squad over the course of the season. They sit at 30th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,014. The St. Louis pitching staff have given up 530 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.57 (479 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.10 (850 strikeouts vs 361 free passes). They have allowed 103 long balls and they allow 5.06 runs per 9 innings (26th in the league).

St. Louis has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 49 save chances and they have come away with 25 saves. They are ranked 28th in baseball with a save percentage of 51.0%, and they have dispatched 323 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their relief pitchers have come in 125 times in high leverage situations and also on 121 occasions with base runners. St. Louis relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.3% out of their 198 inherited runners. With 104 save situations, the Cardinals have tallied 55 holds and also 24 blown saves.

The St. Louis Cardinals have gotten 94 double plays and have a fielding rate of .989 (2nd in pro baseball). The Cardinals have 1,016 assists, 42 errors and have amassed 2,830 putouts on the season. In their 8,490 innings played, the Cardinals are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 66.5% (30th in baseball).

During his MLB career, Flaherty has given up 508 base knocks while earning 706 K's in 633 frames. Flaherty (41-31 career record) is the owner of a 3.58 ERA while allowing 7.2 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered 252 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.185 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.92 and he has gone up against 2,625 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take St. Louis

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