Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 9/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (+124) Minnesota (-148)

The Tampa Bay Rays (88-56) are traveling to Target Field on Tuesday where they will take on the Minnesota Twins (75-68). The moneyline on this contest has Tampa Bay at +124 while Minnesota is coming in at -148. The over/under comes in at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Zack Littell and Joe Ryan.

The Rays have tallied 245 two-baggers as a team and have hit 206 balls out of the park. Tampa Bay has a slugging rate of .445 and have been called out on strikes 1,265 times, while drawing a walk on 462 occasions. As a team, the Tampa Bay Rays are knocking in 5.3 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 4th in baseball. They have 734 RBI's in addition to 1,255 base knocks this season, and their team batting average sits at .258. They have earned a total of 766 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .331.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.32 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.18. Rays pitchers have surrendered 150 long balls in addition to 571 runs in total (1st in MLB). Tampa Bay has surrendered 1,111 base hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 537 earned runs. The Rays hold a team ERA of 3.77 on the season (3rd in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,307 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 394 opposing hitters and their FIP comes in at 3.78 as a team this year.

The Rays relief pitchers have a save rate of 60.3% and stepped onto the hill in 137 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 164 base runners for the season and 26.8% of them ended up scoring. Rays pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 109 times as well as having 141 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rays have dispatched 471 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The relief pitchers have recorded 68 holds on the year (23rd in baseball). They have 41 saves for the year and have missed out on 27 out of their 68 save chances.

The Rays have transformed 70.6% of balls in play into outs out of their 11,523 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 4th in the majors. The Tampa Bay Rays have notched a total of 3,841 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 1,267 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which has them ranked 5th in MLB, and have a total of 103 double plays.

Littell (16-10 career mark) has earned a FIP of 4.51 and he has gone up against 1,018 hitters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 242 base hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 69 free passes. His ERA is 4.15 (111 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.290. Littell has pitched in 241 frames and has earned 207 strikeouts in his career.

Minnesota is sitting with 201 home runs over the course of the season as well as 637 runs batted in. They have recorded 240 two-baggers, while walking 508 times and putting up 664 runs. The Minnesota Twins have an on-base percentage of .323 as well as a batting average of .242 this season. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .425 and they average 4.64 runs per outing (14th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,466 occasions (1st in baseball) and have 1,172 base hits.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.201 with a FIP of 3.97 as a team on the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.40 (1,343 strikeouts against 398 walks). They sit at 4th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,141. They have surrendered 171 long balls and they allow 4.15 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Minnesota pitching staff have conceded 590 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.91 (557 earned runs conceded).

Minnesota relievers have an inherited score percentage of 29.5% of 146 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 168 times in high leverage situations and also on 109 occasions with runners on. With 137 save situations, the Twins have tallied 75 holds and also 27 blown saves. They sit at 23rd in the league with a save percentage of 55.0%, and they have dispatched 430 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the year. Minnesota has called on relievers to enter the game in 60 save chances and they have come away with 33 saves.

In their 11,529 innings played, the Twins have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 70.0% (7th in the majors). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 105 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in baseball). The Twins have 1,127 assists, 61 errors and are sitting with 3,843 putouts on the season.

Ryan (25-18 career win-loss mark) has earned a 3.89 ERA and has allowed 7.5 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.38 and he has gone up against 1,285 batters thus far in his career. He has given up a total of 136 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.084 and a FIP of 4.0. Thus far in his career, Ryan has surrendered 261 base hits while accumulating 350 strikeouts in 314 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota (-148)

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