The Minnesota Twins and the Tampa Bay Rays meet Wednesday in MLB action from Tropicana Field. Here’s a Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins prediction. This will be the third installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Rays vs Twins pick.
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
Over the weekend the Twins took on the Toronto Blue Jays. Minnesota lost Saturday 15-0 but won the other pair for a series victory. After a 5-4 win over the Rays on Monday, in game two the Twins posted six hits in a tough loss 2-1. Starter David Festa finished with 5.0 innings and both earned runs.
In the starter slot for Minnesota on Wednesday it’ll be Ronny Henriquez. So far over nine games, Henriquez is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA. In his career, Henriquez is 1-1 with a 2.38 ERA in 12 games.
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview
On the Rays’ side, they lost two of three games to the San Diego Padres over the weekend. On Tuesday Tampa Bay scored both their runs in the fourth inning. Jeffrey Springs left after 6.0 innings and the one earned run.
The starter for Wednesday will be the Rays’ Cole Sulser. Over six games this year without a decision Sulser has a 5.40 ERA. In 135 career games, Sulser is 7-13 with a 3.96 ERA.
Total Runs Facts
- Nine of the Rays’ last 10 night games against American League opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Five of the Twins’ last six road games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rays’ last six Wednesday night games at Tropicana Field.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Twins’ last five Wednesday games against American League opponents.
Tampa Bay Rays Player Prop Facts
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one RBI in three of his last four appearances in night games against teams that held a winning record.
- Josh Lowe has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rays’ last eight night games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Brandon Lowe has scored at least one run in five of his last six home appearances against opponents that held a winning record.
- Josh Lowe has recorded at least one Single in each of the Rays’ last eight night games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Jose Siri has hit a home run in three of his last five appearances with the Rays against AL opponents.
- Josh Lowe has recorded at least one total base in each of the Rays’ last eight night games against opponents that held a winning record.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- Carlos Correa has recorded at least one total base in each of his last nine appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Carlos Santana has hit a home run in four of the Twins’ last five road games against AL East opponents that held a losing record.
- Carlos Santana has recorded at least one RBI in six of his last seven road appearances against AL East opponents.
- Carlos Correa has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Carlos Correa has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight road appearances.
- Carlos Correa has recorded a Single in four of his last five road appearances against AL East opponents that held a losing record.
- Byron Buxton has recorded at least one Double in five of his last six road appearances against AL opponents that held a losing record.
Tampa Bay Rays vs Minnesota Twins Prediction
I’ll probably lean toward Tampa Bay. Also probably not touching it, though. It’ll be a bullpen game on both sides, and Sulser probably won’t be in there for more than a couple of innings. In his last outing, Sulser went 2.2 frames with one hit, three walks, and no earned. Henriquez is coming off a clean inning on Monday.
In Tuesday’s matchup, the Rays didn’t get a ton of production from their hitters but the pitching staff took care of the heavy lifting. I like Tampa Bay to keep it going, but I’m staying away. This one’s going to have a lot of variables.