Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins odds, picks, and predictions
Examining the Wednesday game of Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins odds and lines along with MLB expert tips forecasts, best bets and predictions.
By Skip Snow
Aug 14, 2024 07:35 AM
The Kansas City Royals (62-55) and Minnesota Twins (67-52) meet for a Wednesday matinee, as they close out a 3-game series in Minneapolis. First pitch at Target Field is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Royals vs. Twins odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Series: Twins lead 7-2; won 8-3 on Monday Wednesday, 13-3 Monday
Kansas City has been outscored 21-6 during the first two games in this series. The Royals will play Wednesday’s series finale after losing 5 of their last 6 games to Minnesota.
The Twins were able to hit eight extra-base hits on Tuesday, have posted the .841 OPS since July 31. In the nine home games played over the period, Minnesota has registered a solid .919 OPS.
Royals at Twins expected as starters
LHP Cole Ragans LHP Cole Ragans. Undecided
Ragans (9-7, 3.27 ERA) makes his 25th appearance. He has an 1.17 WIP and WHIP of 3.0 BBB/9 as well as 10.7 K/9 in 140 1/3 innings in 24 games.
- Last game: Win, 6 1/3 inning 1 ER 2 BB, 6 H 7 K, 8-4 win over. Boston Red Sox Wednesday
- Career vs. Twins: 0-2, 3.00 ERA (15 IP, 5 ER), 18 H, 6 BB, 18 K
RHP Louie Varland is a potential returning player from Triple-A St. Paul, is an option to start in the Twins. Varland has played in seven game for the Twins and six as the starter. Varland has an 6.46 ERA across 30 2/3 IP. The 26-year old has recorded the 4.91 ERA in 29 career games.
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Royals are Twins odds
The service is provided through BetMGM Sportsbook Access USA Today’s Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a complete list. Lines last updated on 7:31 a.m. ET.
- Moneyline: Royals -110 (bet $100 to win $110) | Twins -110 (bet $110 to win $100)
- The Run Line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Royals +1.5 (-250) | Twins -1.5 (+185)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8 (O: -120 | U: +100)
Royals at Twins predictions and picks
Prediction
Twins 4, Royals 3
Moneyline
Ragans has been very impressive this year, however Ragans has artificially reduced 3.80 ERA over his last four starts, and is likely to be a bit overrated.
The Twins are enjoying a good run in their series against Kansas City and are tough when it comes to left-handed pitching (.759 OPS and power). Minnesota is 8-2 over the last 10 home games and has a 36-23 record on the whole on Target Field.
With the question mark on the mound Minnesota (-110) is the most profitable bet.
Spread/Run line
There is so much juice that it will overwhelm any leverage here. AVOID.
Over/Under
Peg The team’s 4.78 per-game runs as somewhat suspicious on the high end. Kansas City, which has been able to produce an .775 OPS at home but only the .672 score abroad is helped by the .329 batsman’s average on balls played with players in scoring positions.
Minnesota has been hitting the ball very well in recent times however, it has a rocky track record in the game against Ragans (.669 OPS as per ESPN). Ragans is also supported by an unrested Kansas City bullpen.
It might be worthwhile to hold on for 8.5 runs however this lower number of runs (+100) is worth an action that is a part of the unit.
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