Atlanta Braves vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/26/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Atlanta Braves vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Monday, August 26, 2024

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports South

The Minnesota Twins (71-56) will play the Atlanta Braves (68-59) at Target Field on Monday. The starting pitchers are Max Fried and Bailey Ober.

As a unit, the Atlanta Braves are scoring 4.3 runs per game, which puts them at 16th in baseball. They have tallied 545 runs scored while having a team OBP of .307. The Braves have hit 212 two-baggers as a unit and have knocked 166 baseballs out of the park. They have 522 runs batted in in addition to 1,035 base knocks on the year, and their team batting average is at .242. Atlanta is slugging .414 and have been called out on strikes 1,162 times, while being walked on 373 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.35 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.22. Braves pitchers have relinquished 119 home runs and also 493 total runs (2nd in the league). Atlanta has allowed 1,017 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) and also 460 earned runs. The Braves have an earned run average of 3.67 so far this season (2nd in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,203 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 359 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.51 as a unit this year.

The Braves have sent 369 relievers to the mound so far this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 115 base runners over the course of the season and 31.3% of them crossed the plate. They have compiled 33 saves this year and have blown 15 of their 48 save opportunities. The Braves relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 68.8% and has stepped onto the mound in 96 save situations. The relievers have a total of 48 holds on the season (29th in the league). Braves relief pitchers have entered the game with players on base 83 times in addition to having 115 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Braves have converted 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,149 innings on the field, which has them sitting 26th in baseball. The Atlanta Braves have earned a total of 3,383 putouts this season, in addition to 1,133 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .988 which has them sitting 3rd in MLB, and have earned 104 double plays.

Fried (69-33 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.07 while going up against 3,433 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. He has given up 748 hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 235 walks. His earned run average is 3.12 (290 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.174. Fried has taken the mound for 838 innings and has tallied 816 K's in his pro baseball career.

The Twins hold a team slugging % of .430 and they score 4.91 runs per game (6th in baseball). They have put up 251 two-baggers, while getting a free base 378 times as well as putting up 624 runs. Minnesota has accounted for 156 HRs on the season and 589 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,018 occasions (22nd in MLB) and have totaled 1,094 hits. The Minnesota Twins have earned a team OBP of .323 and a batting average of .254 this year.

The Minnesota pitching staff have conceded 551 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.09 (511 earned runs given up). They have yielded 148 long balls and they give up 4.41 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball). The Twins are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.170 in addition to having a FIP of 3.84 as a squad on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.20 (1,146 strikeouts vs 321 walks). They rank 6th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 994.

Minnesota has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the hill in 51 save opportunities and they have walked away with 36 saves. They sit at 4th in baseball holding a save percentage of 70.6%, and they have dispatched 407 bullpen pitchers to the hill for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 148 times in high leverage situations and on 95 occasions with runners on. Minnesota relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 44.7% out of 141 inherited base runners. Sitting with 129 save situations, the Twins have accrued 77 holds and also 15 blown saves.

Out of their 10,122 innings on the diamond, the Twins have a efficiency on defense of 70.7% (8th in the majors). The Minnesota Twins have turned 55 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (9th in professional baseball). The Twins have racked up 957 assists, 60 errors and have accumulated 3,374 putouts this year.

During his MLB career, Ober has surrendered 369 base hits while he has earned 438 strikeouts in 432 innings. He has allowed a total of 173 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.069 and a FIP of 3.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.71 and he has gone up against 1,734 hitters in his career. Ober (25-17 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.60 earned run average while giving up 7.7 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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