Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins MLB Picks, Odds, Predictions 10/1/21

The Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Royals meet Friday in MLB action at Kauffman Stadium. The Twins look for a win after splitting their last six games. The Royals look for a win after splitting their last eight games.

The Minnesota Twins have scored 15 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in five of their last nine games. The Twins have won six of their last seen games when scoring four or more runs. Jorge Polanco leads the Twins with 156 hits and 94 RBI while Luis Arraez and Josh Donaldson have combined for 227 hits and 106 RBI. John Gant gets the ball, and he is 5-10 with a 3.74 ERA and 89 strikeouts this season. Gant is 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA and two strikeouts in his career against the Royals.

The Kansas City Royals have scored 17 runs in their last three games and three or less runs in six of their last eight games. The Royals have lost seven of their last nine games when scoring three or less runs. Whit Merrifield leads the Royals with 180 hits and 73 RBI while Salvador Perez and Nicky Lopez have combined for 316 hits and 164 RBI. The Kansas City Royals didn’t announce a starting pitcher at the time this article was published.

The Twins are 4-0 in their last 4 during game 1 of a series and 6-2 in their last 8 overall. The Royals are 5-1 in their last 6 Friday games and 10-3 in their last 13 during game 1 of a series. The under is 6-0 in Twins last 6 overall. The under is 8-2 in Royals last 10 Friday games. The over is 10-4-2 in the last 16 meetings.

Neither of these clubs have anything to play for entering the last weekend and I like to look at the plus money in these spots. The Royals are at home and have arguably been the better team overall this season, with a top-10 batting average, the most stolen bases and the third best strikeout per game average. Better options out there, but I’ll look at the Royals and the plus money.