Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/13/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports Kansas City

Target Field is the location where the Minnesota Twins (65-52) will attempt to beat the Kansas City Royals (65-53) on Tuesday. The pitchers expected to start will be Seth Lugo and Bailey Ober.

Kansas City is slugging .415 and have been called out on strikes 795 times, while being walked on 311 occasions. They have accumulated 551 runs batted in in addition to 1,002 hits on the season, and their batting average is sitting at .254. The Royals have tallied 195 two-baggers as a unit and have smacked 127 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 567 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .312. As a unit, the Kansas City Royals are notching 4.8 runs per outing, which has them at 9th in baseball.

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The Royals have a team ERA of 3.80 on the season (9th in the league), and they have struck out 934 batters. Royals pitchers have relinquished 111 home runs and 471 total runs (5th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 351 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.92 as a unit on the campaign. Kansas City has surrendered 960 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) in addition to 438 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.66 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.26.

The Royals relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 60.9% and has stepped onto the mound in 104 save situations. The relievers have inherited 163 base runners for the season with 26.4% of those runners ended up scoring. Royals relief pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 92 times in addition to having 111 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have sent 366 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers are sitting with 57 holds this year (18th in MLB). They have recorded 28 saves so far this year and have blown 18 of their 46 chances to get a save.

The Kansas City Royals have amassed 3,116 putouts this year, as well as 1,081 assists and 56 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .987 which is 7th in MLB, and have accumulated 96 double plays. The Royals have converted 69.9% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,348 innings on the field, which has them ranked 15th in MLB.

Lugo (53-37 career record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.30 while facing 3,275 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 705 hits (8.0 hits per nine innings) with 210 free passes. His earned run average is 3.35 (296 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.149. Lugo has pitched in 796 innings and has accounted for 779 punch outs in his career.

Minnesota has tallied 142 home runs on the season as well as 534 RBIs. They have hit 235 doubles, while getting a free base 355 times and putting up 566 runs. The Minnesota Twins have accumulated an OBP of .323 and a team batting average of .252 this year. The Twins have a team slugging % of .428 and they tally 4.84 runs per game (8th in the league). They have been rung up on 936 occasions (22nd in baseball) and have totaled 1,000 base hits.

The Minnesota pitching staff have relinquished 512 runs for the season while holding a team ERA of 4.14 (477 earned runs relinquished). They have allowed 136 homers and they surrender 4.45 runs per 9 innings (17th in MLB). The Twins have a WHIP of 1.173 and have a FIP of 3.84 as a squad this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 9.30 (1,069 strikeouts vs 305 walks). They rank 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 910.

Minnesota has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 47 save chances and they have recorded 33 saves. They are ranked 4th in the league holding a save rate of 70.2%, and they have sent 374 relief pitchers onto the field for the year. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 137 times in high leverage situations and also on 91 occasions with runners on. Minnesota bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 44.2% of 138 inherited base runners. Sitting with 119 save situations, the Twins have accumulated 71 holds and also 14 blown saves.

In their 9,327 innings on the diamond, the Twins have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (6th in MLB). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 53 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (10th in pro baseball). The Twins have recorded 884 assists, 56 errors and have 3,109 putouts on the campaign.

During his pro baseball career, Ober has conceded 358 hits while tallying 430 punch outs in 420 innings pitched. He has given up 168 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.066 and a FIP of 3.5. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.78 and he has gone up against 1,684 hitters thus far in his career. Ober (25-17 career win-loss mark) holds a 3.60 ERA and has surrendered 7.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Kansas City

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