Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 9/13/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Odds/Point Spread: Tampa Bay (-130) Minnesota (+110)

The Minnesota Twins (75-69) welcome the Tampa Bay Rays (89-56) at Target Field on Wednesday. The odds on this game have Tampa Bay at -130 and Minnesota is priced at +110. The total is set at 9. The pitchers who are expected to start are Taj Bradley and Dallas Keuchel.

Tampa Bay owns a slugging percentage of .446 and have struck out 1,273 times, while being walked on 467 occasions. They have accounted for 741 runs batted in and 1,268 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is .259. The Rays have compiled 247 doubles as a team and have smacked 208 baseballs out of the park. They are sitting with 773 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .332. As a unit, the Tampa Bay Rays are putting up 5.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 4th in the league.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.32 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.17. Rays pitchers have surrendered 152 home runs in addition to 575 runs in total (1st in the league). Tampa Bay has surrendered 1,117 hits (7.8 per 9 innings) and 541 earned runs. The Rays hold a team ERA of 3.78 this year (3rd in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,320 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 397 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.79 as a team on the campaign.

The Rays have dispatched 474 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 164 runners this year and 26.8% of those runners crossed home plate. They have accumulated 42 saves so far this year and have blown 27 of their 69 chances to get a save. The Rays relievers have earned a save rate of 60.9% and has come into the game in 140 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 70 holds on the campaign (23rd in baseball). Rays bullpen 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 transformed 70.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,604 innings, which has them sitting at 4th in baseball. The Tampa Bay Rays have a tally of 3,868 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,272 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .988 which has them sitting 5th in the majors, and have accumulated 105 double plays.

Bradley has taken the hill for 86 innings and has tallied 111 K's in his MLB career. His ERA is 5.44 (52 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.407. He has conceded 88 base hits (9.2 hits per nine innings) and has 33 free passes. Bradley (5-7 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.44 and he has faced 380 batters in the major leagues.

Minnesota has accumulated 203 home runs for the year and 641 RBIs. They have recorded 240 doubles, while walking 511 times and putting up 668 runs. The Minnesota Twins have accounted for an on-base percentage of .323 as well as a batting average of .242 so far this year. The Twins have a team slugging percentage of .424 and they are recording 4.64 runs per outing (14th in the league). They have been called out on strikes on 1,479 occasions (1st in the league) and have recorded 1,178 base hits.

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.207 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.99 as a pitching staff on the season. They rank 4th in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,154. The Minnesota pitching staff have relinquished 597 runs this year while having an ERA of 3.93 (563 earned runs surrendered). They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.40 (1,351 strikeouts against 403 walks). They have surrendered 173 HR's and they relinquish 4.17 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league).

Minnesota has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 60 save chances and they have converted 33 saves. They sit at 23rd in MLB with a save rate of 55.0%, and they have sent 433 bullpen pitchers onto the field over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 168 times in high leverage situations and on 109 occasions with runners on base. Minnesota relievers have an inherited score percentage of 29.5% out of their 146 inherited base runners. Sitting with 137 save situations, the Twins have amassed 75 holds and 27 blown saves.

Out of their 11,610 innings on the field, the Twins have earned a efficiency on defense of 69.9% (8th in MLB). The Minnesota Twins have turned 106 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .988 (6th in the majors). The Twins have racked up 1,140 assists, 62 errors and have earned a total of 3,870 putouts so far this year.

In his career, Keuchel has allowed 1,622 hits while earning 1,232 strikeouts in 1,614 frames. He has allowed 716 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.313 and a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 2.47 and he has gone up against 6,816 batters so far in his MLB career. Keuchel (102-92 career record) holds a 3.99 earned run average while allowing 9.0 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Minnesota (+110)

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