Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/12/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Friday, April 12, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports North

The Minnesota Twins (4-6) are headed to Comerica Park on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Detroit Tigers (7-4). The pitchers taking the mound are Pablo Lopez and Tarik Skubal.

Minnesota is slugging .325 and have been called out on strikes 105 times, while being walked on 35 occasions. They have accrued 27 runs batted in in addition to 59 base knocks this year, and their team batting average is sitting at .184. The Twins have tallied 12 doubles as a team and have knocked 9 balls out of the stadium. They have earned 29 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .285. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are putting up 2.9 runs per game, which has them at 29th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.27 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.25. Twins pitchers have allowed 15 home runs in addition to 38 total runs (6th in baseball). Minnesota has given up 80 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 36 earned runs. The Twins have an ERA of 3.68 over the course of the season (10th in the league), and they have rung up 98 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 30 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.36 as a unit so far this year.

The Twins relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 66.7% and stepped onto the hill in 9 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 8 base runners over the course of the season with 50.0% of those players ended up crossing the plate. Twins pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 6 times and also have had 9 appearances in high leverage situations. The Twins have sent 32 relief pitchers to the mound for the season. The relief pitchers have racked up 6 holds over the course of the season (21st in the league). They have 2 saves for the year and have not converted 1 of their 3 save chances.

The Twins have transformed 70.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 792 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 9th in professional baseball. The Minnesota Twins have a total of 264 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 75 assists and 2 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .994 which has them ranked 2nd in professional baseball, and they have turned 5 double plays.

Lopez has pitched in 716 frames and is sitting with 732 punch outs in his career. Lopez (40-40 record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.64 while facing 2,959 opposing batters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 3.84 (306 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.172. He has surrendered 649 hits (8.2 hits per nine innings) with 191 walks.

Detroit has hit 9 long balls on the year to go along with 36 RBIs. They have recorded 13 doubles, while taking a walk 34 times and recording 38 runs. The Detroit Tigers have a team on-base percentage of .292 in addition to a batting average of .218 for the season. The Tigers have a team slugging % of .330 and they are earning 3.45 runs per outing (25th in baseball). They have struck out on 97 occasions (20th in baseball) and have accounted for 82 hits.

The Tigers have a WHIP of 1.147 and have a FIP of 4.47 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.10 (91 strikeouts vs 40 bases on balls). They sit at 2nd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 76. They have yielded 13 home runs and they concede 3.38 runs per 9 innings (4th in baseball). The Detroit pitching staff have conceded 38 runs this season while having an ERA of 3.38 (38 earned runs yielded).

Sitting with 11 save situations, the Tigers have earned 4 holds and 3 blown saves. Detroit has had relievers step onto the mound in 7 save opportunities and they have walked away with 4 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 21 times in high leverage situations in addition to 14 occasions with base runners. Detroit relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.4% of 17 inherited base runners. They rank 17th in the league with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have sent 37 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign.

In their 912 innings played, the Tigers are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 75.6% (1st in pro baseball). The Detroit Tigers have turned 9 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .993 (3rd in MLB). The Tigers have accrued 104 assists, 3 errors and are sitting with 304 putouts on the campaign.

In his pro baseball career, Skubal has surrendered 338 base knocks while he has earned 435 strikeouts in 391 frames. He has given up a total of 167 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.134 and having a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.10 and he has gone up against 1,601 opposing hitters thus far in his career. Skubal (24-27 career win-loss record) has a 3.84 earned run average while allowing 7.8 hits per nine innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota

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