Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers Prediction, 8/17/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Texas Rangers

Date: Saturday, August 17, 2024

Location: Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX

TV: Bally Sports North

The Texas Rangers (56-65) welcome the Minnesota Twins (67-53) at Globe Life Field on Saturday. The starting pitchers are David Festa and Nathan Eovaldi.

The Twins have hit 240 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 148 balls out of the park. Minnesota owns a slugging percentage of .431 and have been rung up 963 times, while taking a walk on 361 occasions. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are recording 4.9 runs per game, which has them at 6th in baseball. They have accounted for 555 runs batted in and 1,032 base knocks this season, while their team batting average is .253. They have 588 runs and have an OBP of .324.

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The Twins have an earned run average of 4.11 this season (18th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 1,093 hitters. Twins pitchers have surrendered 141 home runs in addition to 522 runs in total (16th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 309 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 3.86 as a squad so far this year. Minnesota has allowed 936 base knocks (7.9 per 9 innings) and 486 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 3.54 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.17.

The Twins have sent 383 relievers to the mound so far this season. The relievers have inherited 138 runners for the season with 44.2% of those runners crossed the plate. They have earned 33 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 14 of their 47 save chances. The Twins relief pitchers have a save rate of 70.2% and has come into the game in 120 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 72 holds so far this year (9th in MLB). Twins bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 91 times in addition to having 137 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Minnesota Twins have accounted for 3,190 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 912 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which ranks 9th in pro baseball, and have a total of 54 double plays. The Twins have converted 70.7% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 9,570 innings, which ranks them 6th in pro baseball.

Festa (2-2 career win-loss mark) holds a FIP of 5.21 while facing 120 batters in the major leagues. He has surrendered 28 base knocks (9.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 9 free passes. His earned run average is 5.29 (16 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.360. Festa has pitched in 27 innings and has tallied 33 strikeouts in his MLB career.

Texas has knocked in 133 home runs for the year as well as 496 runs batted in. They have hit 160 doubles, while taking a walk 382 times as well as earning 518 runs. The Texas Rangers are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .308 as well as a team batting average of .239 so far this year. The Rangers have a slugging percentage of .382 and they average 4.28 runs per outing (17th in baseball). They have struck out on 939 occasions (24th in the league) and have a total of 975 hits.

The Rangers hold a team WHIP of 1.301 and have a FIP of 4.40 as a team so far this season. They come in at 15th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 973. The Texas pitching staff have allowed 549 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.34 (514 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.60 (1,014 strikeouts vs 413 walks). They have allowed 149 home runs and they relinquish 4.64 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league).

Texas has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 39 save chances and they have come away with 25 saves. They are currently ranked 15th in baseball holding a save percentage of 64.1%, and they have dispatched 357 bullpen pitchers to the hill on the campaign. Their relievers have come in 128 times in high leverage situations and on 138 occasions with runners on base. Texas bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 31.6% out of their 225 inherited base runners. Sitting with 94 save situations, the Rangers have 53 holds in addition to 14 blown saves.

The Texas Rangers have turned 86 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .989 (2nd in baseball). The Rangers have accrued 1,049 assists, 47 errors and have earned 3,195 putouts for the season. In their 9,585 innings on the field, the Rangers have a efficiency on defense of 70.7% (5th in MLB).

During his MLB career, Eovaldi has conceded 1,527 base knocks while he has earned 1,309 strikeouts in 1,521 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 689 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.288 and a FIP of 4.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.03 and he has faced 6,420 batters so far in his career. Eovaldi (87-79 mark in his career) has a 4.08 earned run average while giving up 9.0 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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