Data Skrive:
The Minnesota Twins (78-69) are favorites (-238) on the moneyline when they take on the Cincinnati Reds (72-77) Saturday at 7:10 p.m. ET, live on MLB Network. Minnesota’s Simeon Woods Richardson and Cincinnati’s Nick Martinez have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $28.40
Twins to win vs Reds -238
Twins vs. Reds Betting Lines
- Favorite: Twins (-238)
- Underdog: Reds (+192)
- Over/under: 8.5
Twins vs. Reds Betting Insights
- The Twins have been victorious in 60, or 60%, of the 100 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season Minnesota has come away with a win nine times in 10 chances when named as a favorite of at least -238 on the moneyline.
- The Twins have an implied victory probability of 70.4% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Reds have been the underdog on the moneyline 82 total times this season. They’ve gone 38-44 in those games.
- Cincinnati has played as a moneyline underdog of +192 or longer in only one game this season, which it won.
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Reds’ implied win probability is 34.2%.
Twins vs. Reds Hitting Leaders
- Carlos Santana leads Minnesota in home runs with 21 and runs batted in with 63.
- Of all MLB hitters, Santana is 104th in batting average, 58th in on-base percentage, and 74th in slugging.
- Willi Castro leads Minnesota in batting with a .248 average while slugging 11 homers and driving in 54 runs.
- Elly De La Cruz has put up a team-best batting average of .259, while leading the Reds in home runs (24).
- In all of the majors, De La Cruz ranks 32nd in home runs and 55th in RBI.
- Spencer Steer’s 86 runs batted in lead his team.
Twins vs. Reds Pitching Rankings
- The Twins have a 9.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
- The Twins have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.20) in the majors this season.
- Twins pitchers have a 1.194 WHIP this season, third-best in the majors.
- The Reds pitching staff is 11th in MLB with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Cincinnati’s 4.06 team ERA ranks 16th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Reds average baseball’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.245).