Milwaukee Brewers vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 7/21/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Milwaukee Brewers vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Sunday, July 21, 2024

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports Wisconsin

The Milwaukee Brewers (55-42) are hitting the road to Target Field on Sunday where they will go up against the Minnesota Twins (54-42). The pitchers who are expected to start will be Aaron Civale and Joe Ryan.

Milwaukee has a slugging rate of .400 and have been called out on strikes 849 times, while being walked on 363 occasions. They have accrued 443 runs batted in and 839 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is at .255. The Brewers have hit 153 doubles as a squad and have knocked 99 baseballs out of the park. They have notched a total of 466 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .333. As a unit, the Milwaukee Brewers are compiling 4.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 8th in baseball.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.59 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25. Brewers pitchers have given up 116 long balls in addition to 387 runs in total (7th in baseball). Milwaukee has surrendered 778 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) in addition to 363 earned runs. The Brewers hold a team earned run average of 3.81 on the year (11th in the league), and their staff has rung up 768 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 296 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.32 as a squad on the year.

The Brewers have dispatched 310 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 134 base runners this season and 29.1% of those runners ended up scoring. They have accumulated 32 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 11 of 43 save opportunities. The Brewers bullpen have earned a save percentage of 74.4% and has come into the game in 90 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 47 holds so far this season (19th in the league). Brewers bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 89 times as well as having 113 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Milwaukee Brewers have amassed 2,575 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 849 assists and 51 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .985 which is 16th in professional baseball, and they have turned 74 double plays. The Brewers have converted 71.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 7,725 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 7th in baseball.

Civale has taken the ball for 573 frames and has accumulated 526 K's in his career. Civale (33-33 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.04 while he has faced 2,377 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.10 (261 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.204. He has conceded 540 base knocks (8.5 hits per nine innings) and has 150 free passes.

The Minnesota Twins have tallied an on-base percentage of .323 as well as a batting average of .254 on the year. They have been rung up on 757 instances (23rd in the league) and have tallied 827 base knocks. Minnesota has accumulated 115 HRs on the campaign to go along with 443 runs batted in. The Twins hold a team slugging percentage of .428 and they score 4.85 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have notched 192 doubles, while walking 279 times as well as notching 466 runs.

The Minnesota pitching staff have allowed 419 runs so far this year while having an ERA of 4.11 (388 earned runs given up). They have conceded 112 dingers and they allow 4.44 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball). The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.180 in addition to having a FIP of 3.83 as a pitching staff this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 9.30 (873 strikeouts vs 244 free passes). They are sitting at 10th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 758.

Minnesota has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 42 save chances and they have walked away with 29 saves. They sit at 8th in the league holding a save rate of 69.0%, and they have sent 308 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. Their relief pitchers have come in 114 times in high leverage situations in addition to 74 occasions with base runners. Minnesota relievers have an inherited score percentage of 45.0% of 109 inherited base runners. Sitting with 104 save situations, the Twins have earned 61 holds in addition to 13 blown saves.

In 7,644 innings on the field, the Twins have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.4% (9th in baseball). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 46 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (9th in professional baseball). The Twins have recorded 723 assists, 45 errors and have 2,548 putouts on the season.

Ryan (32-25 mark in his career) has earned a 3.93 earned run average while giving up 7.7 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.78 and he has faced 1,835 opposing hitters during his career. He has given up a total of 196 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.084 and a FIP of 3.9. So far in his career, Ryan has allowed 382 hits while tallying 502 punch outs in 449 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Milwaukee

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