Minnesota Twins vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 4/18/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Friday, April 18, 2025

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (-160) Atlanta (+132)

The Minnesota Twins (7-12) are en route to Truist Park on Friday where they will take on the Atlanta Braves (5-13). The moneyline on this game has Minnesota at -160 while Atlanta is at +132. The total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Chris Paddack and Bryce Elder.

Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .337 and have been called out on strikes 156 times, while taking a walk on 48 occasions. They have accumulated 63 RBI's as well as 135 hits for the season, and their team batting average comes in at .216. The Twins have compiled 33 doubles as a squad and have hit 13 baseballs out of the stadium. They have earned 66 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .284. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are knocking in 3.5 runs per game, which is 24th in the league.

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The Twins have an ERA of 3.74 this year (11th in the league), and the staff has struck out 162 hitters. Twins pitchers have conceded 20 home runs and 79 runs in total (18th in MLB). They have walked 49 batters and their FIP comes in at 3.74 as a unit so far this season. Minnesota has relinquished 150 base hits (8.1 per 9 innings) as well as 69 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.31 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.20.

The Twins have dispatched 67 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 26 runners on the season and 26.9% of those players ended up scoring. They have earned 1 save on the season and have not converted 4 out of their 5 chances to save the game. The Twins relief pitchers have a save rate of 20.0% and stepped onto the hill in 20 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 14 holds so far this year (6th in the league). Twins bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 17 times and also have had 17 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Twins have converted 69.5% of baseballs in play into outs out of 1,494 innings, which has them sitting at 21st in baseball. The Milwaukee Brewers have accumulated 498 putouts thus far, as well as 132 assists and 15 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .977 which has them ranked 27th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 11 double plays.

Paddack has thrown 435 innings and has accounted for 426 strikeouts so far in his career. Paddack (27-26 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.46 while he has gone up against 1,831 opposing hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.53 (219 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.211. He has surrendered 430 base knocks (8.9 hits per 9 innings) with 97 walks.

The Braves have a team slugging percentage of .373 and they tally 3.39 runs per contest (26th in baseball). They have put up 22 doubles, while taking a walk 64 times as well as scoring 61 runs. Atlanta has accounted for 22 long balls so far this year to go along with 58 RBIs. They have struck out on 178 occasions (3rd in the league) and have tallied 132 base hits. The Atlanta Braves have a team on-base percentage of .301 as well as a batting average of .222 for the season.

The Braves have a team WHIP of 1.346 with a FIP of 4.50 as a staff for the year. They rank 17th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 144. The Atlanta pitching staff have conceded 78 runs this year while holding an ERA of 4.47 (76 earned runs relinquished). Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.80 (150 strikeouts vs 62 free passes). They have yielded 25 dingers and they yield 4.59 runs per 9 innings (21st in baseball).

Sitting with 9 save situations, the Braves have compiled 4 holds and also 3 blown saves. Atlanta has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 5 save chances and they have converted 2 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 22 times in high leverage situations and on 19 occasions with base runners. Atlanta bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 45.8% out of their 24 inherited base runners. They sit at 27th in MLB holding a save percentage of 40.0%, and they have dispatched 55 relief pitchers onto the field so far this year.

Out of their 1,380 innings played, the Braves are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (18th in the majors). The Atlanta Braves have gotten 13 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (4th in baseball). The Braves have recorded 155 assists, 6 errors and have notched a total of 460 putouts for the year.

During his pro baseball career, Elder has given up 280 base hits while he has earned 228 strikeouts in 288 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 137 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.336 and having a FIP of 4.2. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.17 and he has faced 1,228 opposing batters during his career. Elder (16-14 career win-loss record) holds a 4.28 earned run average and has surrendered 8.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Atlanta (+132) and under 8 runs

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