The Athletics and Minnesota Twins meet Wednesday in MLB action at Target Field. Here’s a Twins vs Athletics Prediction. This article will include a Twins vs Athletics Pick.
Athletics Betting Preview
The Athletics are 57-70 on the year and play the Mariners, Twins, and Rangers next. The Athletics are batting .254 on the season, have a .320 OBP, and a .435 slugging percentage. The Athletics pitching staff has a 4.87 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP. Brent Rooker leads the Athletics with 135 hits and 72 RBI, while Tyler Soderstrom and Jacob Wilson have combined for 234 hits and 118 RBI.
J.T. Ginn gets the ball for the Athletics, and he is 2-5 with a 5.04 ERA and 61 strikeouts this season. This will be Ginn’s first career game against the Minnesota Twins.
Minnesota Twins Betting Preview
The Minnesota Twins are 58-67 on the year and play the White Sox, Blue Jays, and Padres next. The Minnesota Twins are batting .237 on the season, have a .309 OBP, and a .396 slugging percentage. The Minnesota Twins pitching staff has a 4.23 ERA and a 1.28 WHIP. Byron Buxton leads the Minnesota Twins with 99 hits and 61 RBI while Trevor Larnach and Ryan Jeffers have combined for 187 hits and 91 RBI.
Bailey Ober gets the ball for the Minnesota Twins, and he is 4-7 with a 5.15 ERA and 86 strikeouts this season. Ober is 3-0 with a 1.33 ERA and 26 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
Why the Minnesota Twins will win
- The Twins have won each of their last 10 Wednesday games against teams that held a losing record.
- The Athletics have lost each of their last four games against AL Central opponents following a win.
- The Twins have covered the run line in each of their last six games as home favorites against AL West opponents following a home loss.
- The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in each of their last four games against AL Central opponents following a win.
- The Athletics have trailed after 3 innings in four of their last five games against AL Central opponents.
- The Athletics have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last five Wednesday night games against American League opponents that held a losing record.
Why the Athletics will win
- The Athletics have won eight of their last nine games as road underdogs.
- The Twins have lost each of their last five games as home favorites after playing the previous day.
- The Athletics have covered the run line in each of their last 10 games as road underdogs.
- The Twins have failed to cover the run line in nine of their last 10 night games against teams that held a losing record.
- The Twins have trailed after 3 innings in seven of their last eight night games against American League opponents.
- The Athletics have led after 5 innings in each of their last seven games at Target Field against American League opponents that held a losing record.
Minnesota Twins Player Prop Facts
- James Outman has hit a home run in two of his three previous appearances at Target Field against AL opponents that held a losing record.
- Bailey Ober has recorded eight or more strikeouts in each of his three previous appearances against the Athletics.
- Ryan Jeffers has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances with the Twins as favorites.
- Bailey Ober has recorded a win in each of his three previous appearances against the Athletics.
- Byron Buxton ranks 6th amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.550) this season.
Athletics Player Prop Facts
- Shea Langeliers has hit a home run in four of his last five appearances with the Athletics as road underdogs against AL Central opponents.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances with the Athletics as road underdogs against AL Central opponents.
- Shea Langeliers has recorded a Double in six of his last seven appearances against AL Central opponents.
- Shea Langeliers ranks 7th amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.549) this season.
Twins vs Athletics Prediction
I was looking at the over in this pitching matchup, but the Twins are in such bad shape, it has me leaning toward the Athletics. As bad as Ginn has been this season, the Twins haven’t won on the mound with Ober since May 19. Ober has allowed 22 runs in his last 29 innings. Ginn has pitched his best on the road, where he has a 3.29 ERA and .212 allowed batting average in 27.1 innings. We’re getting the more favorable price with the A’s. I’ll take it.