The Minnesota Twins (26-25) and Toronto Blue Jays (27-25) meet Saturday at Target Field, starting at 2:10 PM ET on BSN. The Twins are -119 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Blue Jays are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +166 odds.
Minnesota’s Pablo Lopez gets the start, and he’ll go against Toronto’s Chris Bassitt.
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Twins and Blue Jays Betting Trends
The Twins have won 63.6% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (21-12).
When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -119 or shorter, Minnesota has a 20-10 record (winning 66.7% of its games).
The Blue Jays have won eight, or 50%, of the 16 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
Toronto has a record of 5-6 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least -100 on the moneyline.
The Twins have had an over/under set by bookmakers 51 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 21 of those games (21-26-4).
The Blue Jays and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 26 of their 52 opportunities.
Twins Stats & Insights
The Twins have the No. 13 offense in baseball scoring 4.5 runs per game (231 total runs).
Minnesota ranks eighth-best in MLB action with 68 total home runs.
The Twins are 27th in MLB with a .227 batting average.
Minnesota strikes out 10 times per game, the worst average in MLB.
The Twins pitching staff is first in MLB with a collective 10 strikeouts per nine innings.
Minnesota has the second-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.38).
Blue Jays Stats & Insights
The Blue Jays are among the highest scoring teams in the majors, ranking 10th with 247 total runs this season.
Toronto’s 59 home runs rank 15th in Major League Baseball.
The Blue Jays rank fourth in MLB with a .264 team batting average.
Toronto ranks seventh in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.9 Ks per contest.
The Blue Jays strike out 9.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.96 ERA this year, which ranks 11th in MLB.
Twins Key Players to Watch
Lopez gets the start for the Twins, his 11th of the season. He is 2-3 with a 3.90 ERA and 75 strikeouts through 60 2/3 innings pitched.
Byron Buxton leads Minnesota with a batting average of .231. He’s also hit 10 home runs with 23 RBI.
Carlos Correa is batting .215 with an OBP of .310 and a slugging percentage of .395 this season.
Joey Gallo leads Minnesota in home runs with 11. He’s driven in 23 runs and is slugging .553.
Kyle Farmer has 23 hits and an OBP of .320 to go with a slugging percentage of .386 this season.
Blue Jays Key Players to Watch
The Blue Jays will hand the ball to Bassitt (5-3) for his 11th start of the season.
Bo Bichette leads the Blue Jays with 10 home runs and has a team-best batting average of .329.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s 34 runs batted in pace his team.
George Springer is batting .250 with four doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 19 walks.
Matt Chapman has 19 doubles, seven home runs and 22 walks while hitting .289.
Twins and Blue Jays Injuries
Twins: Jorge Polanco: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Max Kepler: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Trevor Larnach: 10 Day IL (Pneumonia), Nick Gordon: 10 Day IL (Shin), Kenta Maeda: 15 Day IL (Tricep), Jorge Alcala: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Caleb Thielbar: 15 Day IL (Oblique strain), Tyler Mahle: 60 Day IL (Arm), Royce Lewis: 60 Day IL (Knee), Gilberto Celestino: 60 Day IL (Thumb), Chris Paddack: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Blue Jays: Danny Jansen: 10 Day IL (Groin), Santiago Espinal: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Zach Pop: 15 Day IL (Hamstring), Mitchell White: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chad Green: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
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