Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 9/2/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers

Date: Saturday, September 2, 2023

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports Southwest

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (+160) Texas (-192)

The Texas Rangers (75-58) will take on the Minnesota Twins (69-65) at Globe Life Field on Saturday. The moneyline on this matchup has Minnesota at +160 while Texas is priced at -192. The total is 9. The expected starting pitchers are Dallas Keuchel and Jordan Montgomery.

Minnesota is slugging .421 and have been called out on strikes 1,382 times, while drawing a walk on 463 occasions. They have recorded 578 RBI's in addition to 1,083 base knocks so far this season, and their average at the plate sits at .239. The Twins have hit 224 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 187 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 603 runs while holding a team OBP of .319. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which ranks them 14th in the league.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 3.37 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.21. Twins pitchers have conceded 160 long balls in addition to 557 runs (7th in the league). Minnesota has allowed 1,076 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and 526 earned runs. The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 3.94 this season (10th in baseball), and they have rung up 1,264 batters. They have walked 375 opposing players and their FIP is 3.95 as a team for the season.

The Twins bullpen have recorded a save rate of 54.4% and has entered the game in 126 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 138 base runners for the year with 30.4% of those players earned a run for their team. Twins bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 103 times in addition to having 153 appearances in high leverage situations. The Twins have dispatched 399 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year. The relievers have tallied 67 holds this season (17th in baseball). They have 31 saves for the season and have not converted 26 out of their 57 chances to save the game.

The Minnesota Twins have accumulated 3,603 putouts thus far, as well as 1,049 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .987 which has them ranked 6th in MLB, and have 99 double plays. The Twins have turned 69.8% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,809 innings, which has them ranked 9th in baseball.

Keuchel has taken the ball for 1,606 innings and has racked up 1,224 strikeouts during his MLB career. His ERA is 3.97 (709 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.313. He has surrendered 1,614 base hits (9.0 hits per nine innings) and has had 495 walks. Keuchel (102-92 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 3.98 and he has faced 6,781 opposing hitters during his time in the major leagues.

Texas has knocked in 184 home runs on the season and 708 runs batted in. They have hit 283 two-baggers, while getting a free base 475 times as well as putting up 738 runs. The Texas Rangers are sitting with an on-base percentage of .338 in addition to a batting average of .268 for the season. The Rangers have a slugging percentage of .454 and they are earning 5.55 runs per contest (3rd in the league). They have been rung up on 1,167 occasions (14th in the league) and have tallied 1,240 base knocks.

The Texas pitching staff have allowed 565 runs so far this season while holding a team ERA of 4.09 (536 earned runs yielded). They have relinquished 154 homers and they relinquish 4.31 runs per 9 innings (10th in the league). The Rangers have a WHIP of 1.235 and have a FIP of 4.20 as a unit on the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.40 (1,105 strikeouts against 393 free passes). They come in at 6th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,064.

Texas bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 30.7% out of their 199 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 126 times in high leverage situations and also on 122 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 119 save situations, the Rangers have tallied 66 holds and also 26 blown saves. They sit at 26th in the league holding a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 369 relief pitchers to the mound on the season. Texas has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 52 save chances and they have recorded 26 saves.

Out of their 10,626 innings on the field, the Rangers hold a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (3rd in the majors). The Texas Rangers have turned 123 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in MLB). The Rangers have accrued 1,177 assists, 51 errors and have notched a total of 3,542 putouts during this campaign.

Montgomery (36-33 career mark) has earned a 3.71 ERA and has conceded 8.4 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 3.40 and he has faced 2,993 opposing hitters so far in his career. He has conceded 296 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.212 and having a FIP of 3.8. In his pro baseball career, Montgomery has surrendered 672 hits and he has 677 punch outs in 718 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Texas (-192)

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