Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/14/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Target Field is the location where the Minnesota Twins (66-52) will compete against the Kansas City Royals (65-54) on Wednesday. The pitchers taking the mound will be Cole Ragans and Bailey Ober.

Kansas City has a slugging % of .415 and have struck out 804 times, while being walked on 311 occasions. They have 554 runs batted in and 1,010 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .254. The Royals have tallied 197 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 128 balls out of the stadium. They are sitting with 570 runs while holding a team OBP of .311. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are scoring 4.8 runs per game, which has them at 9th in baseball.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.67 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.27. Royals pitchers have conceded 113 home runs and 479 runs in total (5th in the league). Kansas City has conceded 970 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 445 earned runs. The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.83 for the season (8th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 946 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 354 opposing players and their FIP is 3.92 as a team so far this season.

The Royals relievers have earned a save rate of 60.9% and stepped onto the hill in 104 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 163 runners for the season and 26.4% of them earned a run for their team. Royals pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 92 times and also have had 111 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 368 relievers to the mound on the season. The relievers have racked up 57 holds so far this season (18th in the league). They have recorded 28 saves for the season and have not converted 18 of 46 chances to save the game.

The Kansas City Royals have amassed 3,140 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,082 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding rate is at .987 which puts them in 7th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 96 double plays. The Royals have turned 69.8% of balls in play into outs out of 9,420 innings, which has them sitting 16th in pro baseball.

Ragans has pitched in 276 innings and is sitting with 306 punch outs so far in his MLB career. Ragans (16-15 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.53 while he has faced 1,143 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.59 (110 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.210. He has surrendered 230 hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) with 104 walks.

Minnesota has 144 home runs on the campaign as well as 542 RBIs. They have hit 235 two-baggers, while walking 358 times and putting up 574 runs. The Minnesota Twins have a team on-base percentage of .323 and a batting average of .253 for the season. The Twins have a SLG% of .428 and they average 4.86 runs per game (6th in the league). They have struck out on 948 occasions (22nd in the league) and have tallied 1,010 hits.

The Minnesota pitching staff have conceded 515 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.12 (479 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 137 dingers and they surrender 4.43 runs per 9 innings (17th in the league). The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.170 in addition to having a FIP of 3.84 as a staff on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.30 (1,078 strikeouts vs 305 bases on balls). They are sitting at 3rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 918.

Minnesota relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 44.2% out of their 138 inherited base runners. Their relievers have taken the field 137 times in high leverage situations and on 91 occasions with runners on base. With 120 save situations, the Twins have accumulated 72 holds in addition to 14 blown saves. They rank 4th in the league with a save percentage of 70.2%, and they have sent 377 relievers to the hill this year. Minnesota has had relief pitchers enter the game in 47 save opportunities and they have walked away with 33 saves.

The Minnesota Twins have gotten 53 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (10th in MLB). The Twins have 895 assists, 57 errors and have notched a total of 3,136 putouts on the campaign. In their 9,408 innings on the field, the Twins have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.7% (6th in baseball).

So far in his career, Ober has surrendered 358 base knocks while he has earned 430 strikeouts in 420 innings pitched. He has conceded 168 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.066 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.5. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.78 and he has faced 1,684 batters so far in his pro baseball career. Ober (25-17 career record) has earned a 3.60 ERA while giving up 7.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City

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