Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 6/9/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Friday, June 9, 2023

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (+125) Toronto (-145)

The Toronto Blue Jays (35-28) will try to beat the Minnesota Twins (31-31) at Rogers Centre on Friday. The moneyline on this game has Minnesota at +125 and Toronto is coming in at -145. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers expected to start will be Sonny Gray and Yusei Kikuchi.

As a team, the Minnesota Twins are earning 4.3 runs per game, which is 18th in MLB. They have tallied 268 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .312. The Twins have accumulated 98 doubles as a team and have smacked 78 balls out of the stadium. They have 255 RBI's as well as 478 base knocks this year, and their average at the plate is .229. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .395 and have struck out 634 times, while drawing a walk on 220 occasions.

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The Twins hold a team earned run average of 3.46 over the course of the season (2nd in the league), and they have rung up 590 batters. Twins pitchers have allowed 61 long balls in addition to 231 total runs (2nd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 182 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.66 as a squad for the season. Minnesota has given up 467 base knocks (7.6 per 9 innings) and also 214 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 3.24 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.17.

Twins pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 49 times and also have had 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have tallied 31 holds so far this season (18th in baseball). The Twins bullpen have compiled a save rate of 52.0% and has entered the game in 56 save situations. They have earned 13 saves this year and have blown 12 out of their 25 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 67 base runners on the year and 26.9% of them crossed the plate. The Twins have sent 183 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Twins have converted 70.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,004 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 6th in the majors. The Minnesota Twins have amassed 1,668 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 484 assists and 35 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .984 which ranks 23rd in pro baseball, and they have turned 42 double plays.

Gray has thrown 1,454 innings and has accumulated 1,409 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 3.50 (565 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.213. He has surrendered 1,250 hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) with 513 walks. Gray (94-78 career record) has earned a FIP of 3.61 and he has faced 6,053 hitters in the majors.

The Blue Jays have a SLG% of .426 and they are recording 4.63 runs per contest (11th in the league). They have 113 two-baggers, while walking 211 times and racking up 292 runs. Toronto has accounted for 75 home runs so far this season as well as 275 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 487 instances (26th in MLB) and have tallied 577 hits. The Toronto Blue Jays have tallied a team OBP of .333 and a batting average of .264 for the season.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.254 and are the owners of a FIP of 4.34 as a staff so far this season. They rank 10th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 497. The Toronto pitching staff have surrendered 263 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.83 (238 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 9.60 (594 strikeouts vs 204 walks). They have surrendered 84 dingers and they allow 4.23 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 21.3% out of their 94 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 62 times in high leverage situations and also on 65 occasions with runners on base. With 60 save situations, the Blue Jays have recorded 35 holds in addition to 6 blown saves. They are currently ranked 3rd in MLB with a save rate of 76.0%, and they have dispatched 206 relievers onto the diamond for the year. Toronto has had relievers step onto the hill in 25 save opportunities and they have tallied 19 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 47 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (17th in pro baseball). The Blue Jays have 500 assists, 32 errors and have earned a total of 1,679 putouts this year. Out of their 5,037 innings played, the Blue Jays have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.1% (8th in MLB).

Kikuchi (27-33 mark in his career) holds a 4.95 earned run average and has allowed 9.2 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.43 and he has faced 2,297 opposing batters so far in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 290 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.418 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.2. In his career, Kikuchi has allowed 538 base knocks while earning 510 K's in 527 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto (-145)

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