Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/30/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Friday, August 30, 2024

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Bally Sports North

Target Field is the site where the Minnesota Twins (72-61) will go up against the Toronto Blue Jays (65-70) on Friday. The expected starting pitchers are Kevin Gausman and Pablo Lopez.

Toronto has a slugging percentage of .392 and have been called out on strikes 1,019 times, while being walked on 430 occasions. They have tallied 539 runs batted in in addition to 1,072 hits for the season, and their team batting average sits at .239. The Blue Jays have accumulated 236 doubles as a team and have hit 136 balls out of the stadium. They have 567 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .312. As a unit, the Toronto Blue Jays are notching 4.2 runs per contest, which is 22nd in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.69 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.29. Blue Jays pitchers have conceded 184 home runs and 633 total runs (25th in baseball). Toronto has surrendered 1,114 base knocks (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 584 earned runs. The Blue Jays have a team earned run average of 4.42 for the season (25th in the league), and they have rung up 1,112 hitters. They have walked 414 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.50 as a team for the year.

The Blue Jays relievers have accumulated a save rate of 69.4% and stepped onto the hill in 123 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 204 runners so far this year with 31.4% of them ended up crossing the plate. Blue Jays relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 130 times in addition to having 101 appearances in high leverage situations. The Blue Jays have dispatched 449 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The bullpen have a total of 71 holds this year (13th in the league). They have accumulated 34 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 15 of 49 save opportunities.

The Toronto Blue Jays have earned 3,565 putouts so far this season, in addition to 1,115 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .984 which ranks 23rd in pro baseball, and have earned 101 double plays. The Blue Jays have turned 70.2% of balls in play into outs in their 10,695 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 12th in baseball.

Gausman has pitched in 1,687 innings and has accumulated 1,744 strikeouts in his MLB career. Gausman (100-100 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 3.81 while he has gone up against 7,089 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.87 (725 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.262. He has surrendered 1,657 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has had 472 walks.

Minnesota has a total of 162 home runs this year and 611 RBIs. They have recorded 264 doubles, while getting a free base 394 times and scoring 646 runs. The Minnesota Twins are sitting with an on-base percentage of .322 as well as a batting average of .253 on the season. The Twins hold a slugging percentage of .428 and they have an average of 4.86 runs per contest (7th in the league). They have struck out on 1,074 occasions (21st in the league) and have notched a total of 1,144 base knocks.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.180 in addition to having a FIP of 3.83 as a unit for the season. They come in at 6th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,048. The Minnesota pitching staff have allowed 583 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.12 (540 earned runs conceded). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.20 (1,208 strikeouts against 343 bases on balls). They have yielded 154 dingers and they yield 4.45 runs per 9 innings (16th in the league).

Minnesota relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 45.0% out of their 149 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 159 times in high leverage situations in addition to 101 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 130 save situations, the Twins have tallied 77 holds and 16 blown saves. They rank 4th in MLB with a save percentage of 69.2%, and they have sent 429 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the year. Minnesota has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 52 save chances and they have tallied 36 saves.

The Minnesota Twins have gotten 58 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (7th in baseball). The Twins have 1,001 assists, 61 errors and have accounted for 3,539 putouts during this campaign. In 10,617 innings played, the Twins hold a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (8th in baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Lopez has conceded 775 base hits while he has tallied 884 strikeouts in 852 frames. Lopez (51-47 mark in his career) has a 3.93 ERA and has given up 8.2 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 372 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.171 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.96 and he has faced 3,521 hitters so far in his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto

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