Data Skrive:
The San Diego Padres (70-55) hope to avoid an upset as -159 favorites when they take on Ryan Jeffers (with homers in two straight contests) and the Minnesota Twins (70-54). First pitch is at 9:40 p.m. ET Monday, live from PETCO Park and airing on Fox Sports 1. Michael King gets the starting nod for San Diego while Zebby Matthews is Minnesota’s starter for the contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $32.58
Padres to win vs Twins -159
Padres vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Padres (-159)
- Underdog: Twins (+133)
- Over/under: 7
Padres vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Padres have been victorious in 45, or 58.4%, of the 77 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season San Diego has come away with a win 21 times in 31 chances when named as a favorite of at least -159 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Padres have a 61.4% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Twins have won 16 of the 39 games they were the underdog on the moneyline this season (41%).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +133 or longer, Minnesota has a 1-5 record (winning just 16.7% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Twins have an implied win probability of 42.9%.
Padres vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Jurickson Profar is batting .291 this season with a team-high 19 home runs and 73 RBI.
- Profar ranks 41st in Major League Baseball in home runs, and 22nd in RBI.
- Jackson Merrill has collected 123 hits this season and has an OBP of .322. He’s slugging .483 on the year.
- Carlos Santana is batting .241 with 22 doubles, 18 home runs and 48 walks.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Santana ranks 54th in home runs and 72nd in RBI.
- Willi Castro’s .258 batting average is a team-high mark.
Padres vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Padres have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, second-best in baseball.
- The Padres have pitched to a 3.94 ERA this season, which ranks 12th in baseball.
- Padres pitchers have a 1.227 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks second in MLB.
- Minnesota’s 4.08 team ERA ranks 17th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Twins have the second-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.173).