Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 4/12/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Saturday, April 12, 2025

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Twins.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-128) Minnesota (+106)

Target Field is the site where the Minnesota Twins (4-8) will take on the Detroit Tigers (7-5) on Saturday. The odds on this game have the Tigers at -128 and the Twins are coming in at +106. The betting total comes in at 8. The expected starting pitchers are Jackson Jobe and Simeon Woods Richardson.

The Tigers have recorded 18 doubles as a team and have hit 16 balls out of the park. Detroit has a slugging rate of .448 and have been rung up 119 times, while taking a walk on 49 occasions. As a unit, the Detroit Tigers are knocking in 4.9 runs per game, which ranks them 8th in baseball. They have 57 runs batted in and 106 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .261. They have 59 runs while having a team OBP of .342.

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The Tigers are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.50 on the year (10th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 102 hitters. Tigers pitchers have surrendered 14 long balls and 45 runs (9th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 38 batters and their FIP comes in at 4.01 as a unit for the year. Detroit has surrendered 76 hits (6.5 per 9 innings) and also 41 earned runs. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.68 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.08.

The Tigers have dispatched 33 relief pitchers to the mound for the year. The relievers have inherited 10 runners on the season and 20.0% of those runners ended up scoring. They have compiled 3 saves on the year and have blown 1 out of their 4 save opportunities. The Tigers relief pitchers have recorded a save rate of 75.0% and has entered the game in 6 save situations. The bullpen have 2 holds on the year (30th in MLB). Tigers relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 9 times in addition to having 4 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Colorado Rockies have accounted for 316 putouts this year, as well as 104 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .988 which ranks 11th in MLB, and they have turned 8 double plays. The Tigers have converted 75.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of 948 innings on the field, ranking them 1st in the majors.

Jobe has taken the hill for 13 innings and is sitting with 9 punch outs in his pro baseball career. Jobe (0-0 win-loss mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.41 while he has gone up against 56 opposing batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.46 (5 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.231. He has conceded 8 hits (5.5 hits per 9 innings) and has had 8 free passes.

The Minnesota Twins have accounted for a team OBP of .269 in addition to a batting average of .203 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 103 occasions (18th in baseball) and have accounted for 80 base hits. Minnesota has compiled 8 home runs so far this year as well as 40 runs batted in. The Twins have a team slugging percentage of .327 and they earn 3.50 runs per outing (22nd in MLB). They have recorded 23 doubles, while taking a walk 29 times and scoring 42 runs.

The Minnesota pitching staff have surrendered 53 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.11 (47 earned runs surrendered). They have allowed 15 long balls and they relinquish 4.63 runs per 9 innings (19th in MLB). The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.282 in addition to having a FIP of 4.12 as a pitching staff on the campaign. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.60 (98 strikeouts against 33 free passes). They come in at 21st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 99.

Minnesota bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 25.0% of 16 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 10 times in high leverage situations and on 10 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 9 save situations, the Twins have amassed 8 holds and also 1 blown save. They sit at 30th in the league with a save rate of 0.0%, and they have sent 42 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this year. Minnesota has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 1 save opportunity and they were unable take advantage of the opportunity.

In their 927 innings on the field, the Twins hold a defensive efficiency of 69.4% (20th in the majors). The Minnesota Twins have gotten 7 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .982 (21st in pro baseball). The Twins have racked up 77 assists, 7 errors and have notched a total of 309 putouts this season.

So far in his MLB career, Woods Richardson has surrendered 148 hits while he has accumulated 136 strikeouts in 152 frames. He has conceded a total of 75 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.353 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.34 and he has gone up against 658 hitters so far in his pro baseball career. Woods Richardson (5-7 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.43 ERA and has given up 8.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-128)

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