Minnesota Twins vs San Diego Padres Prediction, 8/19/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs San Diego Padres

Date: Monday, August 19, 2024

Location: Petco Park in San Diego, CA

TV: Padres.TV

The Minnesota Twins (68-53) are on their way to Petco Park on Monday where they will play the San Diego Padres (69-53). The pitchers expected to start will be Bailey Ober and Michael King.

As a squad, the Minnesota Twins are notching 4.9 runs per game, which has them at 7th in the league. They have accumulated 591 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .324. The Twins have tallied 241 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 149 balls out of the stadium. They have compiled 557 RBI's and 1,038 base knocks for the year, while their team batting average is .253. Minnesota is slugging .430 and have struck out 970 times, while drawing a walk on 367 occasions.

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The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 4.10 on the season (17th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,100 batters. Twins pitchers have surrendered 141 long balls in addition to 524 runs in total (16th in baseball). They have walked 312 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.84 as a unit on the year. Minnesota has relinquished 944 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) as well as 488 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.53 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.17.

Twins relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 91 times in addition to having 140 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have notched 72 holds so far this year (10th in MLB). The Twins relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 70.8% and has come into the game in 121 save situations. They have tallied 34 saves over the course of the season and have blown 14 of their 48 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 138 base runners on the campaign and 44.2% of those players crossed the plate. The Twins have dispatched 386 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Twins have converted 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,651 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 6th in the majors. The Minnesota Twins have a total of 3,217 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 918 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which has them sitting 8th in the majors, and have a total of 54 double plays.

Ober has pitched in 426 innings and has racked up 433 punch outs during his pro baseball career. Ober (25-17 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.54 while he has faced 1,712 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.59 (170 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.075. He has given up 365 base knocks (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has 93 free passes.

The San Diego Padres have compiled an on-base percentage of .325 in addition to a batting average of .265 this season. They have been called out on strikes on 810 instances (30th in baseball) and have notched a total of 1,105 base knocks. San Diego has accounted for 139 home runs for the season as well as 560 RBIs. The Padres have a team slugging percentage of .418 and they average 4.77 runs per game (11th in baseball). They have hit 187 doubles, while walking 334 times as well as putting up 582 runs.

The Padres hold a team WHIP of 1.226 with a FIP of 3.81 as a team this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.20 (1,104 strikeouts vs 347 free passes). They come in at 16th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits allowed with 981. They have relinquished 132 dingers and they relinquish 4.25 runs per 9 innings (11th in the league). The San Diego pitching staff have yielded 512 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 3.93 (473 earned runs conceded).

San Diego bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 38.3% of 193 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 103 times in high leverage situations and also on 127 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 110 save situations, the Padres have earned 58 holds and 19 blown saves. They rank 19th in the league holding a save rate of 62.0%, and they have sent 405 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year. San Diego has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 50 save chances and they have recorded 31 saves.

In 9,753 innings played, the Padres have a efficiency on defense of 69.5% (19th in pro baseball). The San Diego Padres have gotten 90 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (9th in professional baseball). The Padres have 952 assists, 58 errors and have earned a total of 3,251 putouts for the season.

So far in his MLB career, King has allowed 324 hits and he has 443 strikeouts in 382 innings. He has surrendered 141 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.188 and having a FIP of 3.3. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.41 and he has faced 1,595 batters in his pro baseball career. King (23-23 career mark) has a 3.32 earned run average and has conceded 7.6 hits per 9 innings.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota

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