Minnesota Twins vs Pittsburgh Pirates Prediction, 6/8/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Location: PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (-132) Pittsburgh (+112)

The Minnesota Twins (33-29) are on their way to PNC Park on Saturday where they will attempt to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates (29-33). The line on this contest has Minnesota at -132 while Pittsburgh is priced at +112. The over/under is set at 7.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Simeon Woods Richardson and Luis Ortiz.

The Twins have recorded 113 doubles as a unit and have hit 69 balls out of the park. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .396 and have struck out 531 times, while taking a walk on 184 occasions. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are compiling 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 16th in baseball. They have amassed 254 RBI's and 470 hits this season, while their batting average is .229. They have racked up 271 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .302.

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They have earned a K/BB ratio of 3.43 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.22. Twins pitchers have allowed 77 home runs and 276 total runs (15th in MLB). Minnesota has allowed 505 hits (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 259 earned runs. The Twins have a team earned run average of 4.27 so far this season (22nd in the league), and the staff has rung up 556 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 162 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.97 as a unit for the season.

Twins bullpen pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 47 times as well as having 66 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 45 holds for the year (5th in the league). The Twins relievers have recorded a save percentage of 72.4% and stepped onto the hill in 75 save situations. They have earned 21 saves so far this season and have blown 8 out of their 29 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 76 runners so far this season with 47.4% of those players crossed home plate. The Twins have sent 195 relievers to the hill for the season.

The Twins have turned 70.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of 4,914 innings on the field, which has them sitting 14th in professional baseball. The Minnesota Twins have accounted for 1,638 putouts for the season, in addition to 462 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which puts them in 2nd in MLB, and have a total of 28 double plays.

Woods Richardson (2-1 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.61 while he has gone up against 225 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. He has allowed 48 hits (8.0 hits per nine innings) and has 16 free passes. His earned run average is 3.67 (22 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.185. Woods Richardson has taken the hill for 54 innings and has totaled 44 strikeouts during his career.

The Pittsburgh Pirates hold a team OBP of .302 as well as a batting average of .231 on the season. They have been called out on strikes on 599 occasions (4th in baseball) and have recorded 490 base hits. Pittsburgh has knocked in 57 long balls on the year as well as 246 RBIs. The Pirates have a team slugging % of .358 and they average 4.15 runs per contest (20th in the league). They have put up 89 doubles, while getting a free base 208 times and scoring 257 runs.

The Pirates are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.276 in addition to having a FIP of 4.09 as a pitching staff so far this year. They rank 19th in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 512. The Pittsburgh pitching staff have conceded 281 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.99 (247 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (528 strikeouts vs 199 walks). They have conceded 70 home runs and they concede 4.54 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball).

Pittsburgh has called on relief pitchers to enter the game in 31 save opportunities and they have recorded 17 saves. They rank 23rd in the league with a save rate of 54.8%, and they have sent 194 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 79 times in high leverage situations and on 58 occasions with runners on base. Pittsburgh bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.2% of 88 inherited runners. With 63 save situations, the Pirates have 31 holds in addition to 14 blown saves.

In 5,016 innings played, the Pirates have a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (18th in baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates have turned 44 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (24th in MLB). The Pirates have 524 assists, 38 errors and have notched a total of 1,672 putouts over the course of the season.

Ortiz (7-9 record in his career) is the owner of a 4.30 earned run average while giving up 8.6 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.39 and he has gone up against 613 batters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 65 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.499 and a FIP of 4.2. So far in his pro baseball career, Ortiz has allowed 130 base knocks while tallying 103 punch outs in 136 innings pitched.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (-132)

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