Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Guardians Prediction, 9/16/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Cleveland Guardians

Date: Monday, September 16, 2024

Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH

TV: Bally Sports Great Lakes

Progressive Field is the site where the Cleveland Guardians (84-63) will play the Minnesota Twins (78-68) on Monday. The starting pitchers are Pablo Lopez and Matthew Boyd.

As a unit, the Minnesota Twins are knocking in 4.7 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 11th in MLB. They have earned 686 runs while having a team OBP of .318. The Twins have accrued 283 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 175 baseballs out of the stadium. They have accrued 651 RBI's as well as 1,232 hits on the year, and their team batting average is at .250. Minnesota is slugging .423 and have been called out on strikes 1,181 times, while taking a walk on 425 occasions.

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The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 4.17 on the campaign (21st in MLB), and the staff has struck out 1,323 hitters. Twins pitchers have given up 168 home runs and 645 runs (17th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 374 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.83 as a unit this year. Minnesota has yielded 1,165 hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 598 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.54 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.19.

Twins relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 109 times in addition to having 175 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers are sitting with 86 holds on the year (9th in baseball). The Twins relief pitchers have a save rate of 70.7% and has stepped onto the mound in 145 save situations. They have earned 41 saves on the campaign and have blown 17 of their 58 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 162 runners on the year and 43.2% of them crossed home plate. The Twins have dispatched 467 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Twins have turned 70.2% of balls in play into outs out of 11,625 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 14th in the majors. The Minnesota Twins have a tally of 3,875 putouts on the year, in addition to 1,112 assists and 67 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .987 which is 6th in professional baseball, and have 67 double plays.

Lopez has taken the ball for 873 frames and has 906 punch outs in his MLB career. Lopez (54-47 career record) holds a FIP of 3.81 and he has gone up against 3,606 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.87 (375 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.169. He has conceded 796 hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 225 free passes.

The Cleveland Guardians are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .310 and a batting average of .238 on the campaign. They have been called out on strikes on 1,080 occasions (27th in MLB) and have recorded 1,158 base hits. Cleveland has recorded 168 home runs on the season and 622 RBIs. The Guardians have a team slugging % of .395 and they are earning 4.48 runs per game (14th in MLB). They have hit 223 doubles, while getting a free base 433 times as well as putting up 659 runs.

The Cleveland pitching staff have given up 583 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 3.77 (545 earned runs given up). They have conceded 172 long balls and they allow 4.03 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Guardians hold a team WHIP of 1.211 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.80 (1,277 strikeouts vs 450 free passes). They rank 4th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 1,127.

Cleveland relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 27.4% out of 219 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 191 times in high leverage situations in addition to 156 occasions with base runners. With 180 save situations, the Guardians have tallied 114 holds and 15 blown saves. They are currently ranked 1st in baseball holding a save percentage of 76.6%, and they have dispatched 539 relief pitchers to the hill so far this year. Cleveland has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 64 save opportunities and they have converted 49 saves.

In 11,718 innings on the field, the Guardians have earned a efficiency on defense of 71.0% (4th in MLB). The Cleveland Guardians have turned 117 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (13th in MLB). The Guardians have 1,264 assists, 76 errors and have a total of 3,906 putouts for the year.

So far in his career, Boyd has surrendered 890 hits and he has 880 strikeouts in 901 innings. He has allowed 485 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.307 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.8. His K/BB ratio is 3.06 and he has gone up against 3,861 opposing hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Boyd (46-68 career mark) holds a 4.84 earned run average while conceding 8.9 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota

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