Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/26/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Saturday, August 26, 2023

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

The Minnesota Twins (66-62) host the Texas Rangers (72-55) at Target Field on Saturday. The starting pitchers are Max Scherzer and Joe Ryan.

The Rangers have accumulated 273 doubles as a team and have knocked 177 baseballs out of the stadium. Texas has a slugging % of .458 and have been rung up 1,112 times, while being walked on 450 occasions. As a team, the Texas Rangers are scoring 5.6 runs/g, which has them at 2nd in the league. They have accounted for 683 runs batted in and 1,189 hits for the year, and their batting average is at .269. They have accounted for 713 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .339.

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The Rangers hold a team earned run average of 4.07 on the campaign (14th in the league), and the staff has struck out 1,039 batters. Rangers pitchers have relinquished 143 home runs and also 534 total runs (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 364 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.15 as a squad this season. Texas has surrendered 1,017 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 508 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.85 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Rangers have sent 347 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 190 runners over the course of the season with 29.5% of them earned a run for their team. They have recorded 24 saves so far this year and have blown 23 of their 47 save chances. The Rangers relievers have a save percentage of 51.1% and has come into the game in 109 save situations. The relievers are sitting with 61 holds on the year (23rd in the league). Rangers relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 114 times as well as having 111 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Texas Rangers are sitting with 3,372 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 1,134 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .989 which has them sitting 4th in MLB, and have accumulated 117 double plays. The Rangers have transformed 70.6% of baseballs in play into outs out of 10,116 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 3rd in pro baseball.

Scherzer (213-107 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 3.16 while he has faced 11,368 hitters in the majors. He has surrendered 2,292 base knocks (7.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 740 free passes. His earned run average is 3.14 (982 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.078. Scherzer has pitched in 2,813 frames and has racked up 3,344 strikeouts in his career.

The Twins have a team slugging % of .421 and they earn 4.44 runs per game (17th in the league). They have recorded 216 doubles, while taking a walk 430 times as well as putting up 568 runs. Minnesota has 177 home runs for the year to go along with 544 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,317 occasions (1st in baseball) and have tallied 1,035 base hits. The Minnesota Twins hold an on-base percentage of .318 as well as a team batting average of .240 on the year.

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.210 in addition to having a FIP of 3.93 as a squad on the campaign. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.60 (1,216 strikeouts against 358 free passes). They are sitting at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,024. They have conceded 152 home runs and they concede 4.16 runs per 9 innings (7th in MLB). The Minnesota pitching staff have surrendered 528 runs over the course of the season while having a team ERA of 3.94 (500 earned runs conceded).

Minnesota has had relievers step onto the hill in 55 save opportunities and they have tallied 30 saves. They rank 24th in baseball with a save rate of 54.5%, and they have dispatched 379 relievers onto the field for the year. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 142 times in high leverage situations and on 95 occasions with runners on. Minnesota relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.0% out of 132 inherited runners. Sitting with 122 save situations, the Twins have earned 65 holds in addition to 25 blown saves.

The Minnesota Twins have gotten 93 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (8th in baseball). The Twins have accrued 985 assists, 57 errors and have a total of 3,426 putouts on the campaign. Out of their 10,278 innings played, the Twins hold a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (10th in pro baseball).

In his pro baseball career, Ryan has allowed 249 hits while he has accumulated 333 K's in 299 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 132 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.088 and a FIP of 4.0. His K/BB ratio is 4.32 and he has faced 1,227 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Ryan (24-17 career record) has earned a 3.96 earned run average and has given up 7.5 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota

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