Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 9/7/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, September 7, 2024

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: Bally Sports North

The Kansas City Royals (76-65) are welcoming the Minnesota Twins (75-64) at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Bailey Ober and Alec Marsh.

Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .425 and have been called out on strikes 1,118 times, while drawing a walk on 412 occasions. They have earned 627 runs batted in in addition to 1,185 hits this season, and their batting average is sitting at .252. The Twins have accrued 271 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 168 baseballs out of the park. They have racked up 662 runs scored and have an OBP of .321. As a unit, the Minnesota Twins are notching 4.8 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 9th in baseball.

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The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 4.19 on the year (20th in baseball), and they have struck out 1,257 batters. Twins pitchers have conceded 161 home runs in addition to 616 runs in total (16th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 358 opposing players and their FIP is 3.86 as a squad this season. Minnesota has surrendered 1,106 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) in addition to 573 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.51 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.19.

Twins relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 104 times in addition to having 168 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 81 holds on the year (9th in the league). The Twins bullpen have a save percentage of 70.9% and has come into the game in 137 save situations. They have 39 saves this season and have missed out on 16 of their 55 save chances. The relief pitchers have inherited 153 runners so far this season with 43.8% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Twins have sent 449 relief pitchers to the mound this year.

The Minnesota Twins have a tally of 3,695 putouts for the season, as well as 1,052 assists and 65 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .986 which has them sitting 6th in pro baseball, and have a total of 63 double plays. The Twins have transformed 70.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of 11,085 innings, which ranks them 12th in the majors.

Ober (25-18 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.69 while he has gone up against 1,772 opposing hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 377 hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 98 free passes. His earned run average is 3.74 (183 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.079. Ober has thrown 440 innings and has accumulated 448 K's so far in his career.

Kansas City has accounted for 157 HRs so far this season as well as 652 RBIs. They have notched 244 doubles, while getting a free base 366 times as well as scoring 670 runs. The Kansas City Royals have earned a team on-base percentage of .310 in addition to a batting average of .254 this year. The Royals hold a slugging % of .418 and they score 4.75 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have been rung up on 971 instances (29th in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,201 base hits.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.269 and have a FIP of 3.89 as a pitching staff for the season. They are sitting at 21st in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,164. The Kansas City pitching staff have given up 582 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 3.94 (542 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.20 (1,131 strikeouts against 408 free passes). They have allowed 132 homers and they surrender 4.23 runs per 9 innings (8th in MLB).

Sitting with 124 save situations, the Royals have 66 holds and also 21 blown saves. Kansas City has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the game in 56 save chances and they have come away with 35 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 126 times in high leverage situations and on 115 occasions with runners on. Kansas City bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 29.4% out of 201 inherited runners. They are ranked 17th in MLB with a save rate of 62.5%, and they have dispatched 439 bullpen pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 112 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (8th in MLB). The Royals have recorded 1,255 assists, 70 errors and are sitting with 3,718 putouts this year. In their 11,154 innings on the field, the Royals have a efficiency on defense of 69.3% (20th in MLB).

So far in his MLB career, Marsh has given up 181 base knocks while he has earned 185 punch outs in 185 innings. He has surrendered a total of 105 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.372 and a FIP of 5.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.53 and he has gone up against 807 opposing batters during his pro baseball career. Marsh (10-17 career win-loss mark) has earned a 5.11 ERA and has surrendered 8.8 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota

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