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The Cleveland Guardians (87-64) and Minnesota Twins (79-71) meet Wednesday at Progressive Field, starting at 6:40 p.m. ET on BSGL. The Guardians are -117 moneyline favorites for the contest, however, the Twins are favored against the spread of 1.5 runs with +163 odds. Tanner Bibee starts for Cleveland while Bailey Ober is Minnesota’s starter for the contest.
Be sure to check out our betting preview for this matchup, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $37.09
Guardians to win vs Twins -117
Guardians vs. Twins Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-117)
- Underdog: Twins (-103)
- Over/under: 7.5
Guardians vs. Twins Betting Insights
- The Guardians have won in 62, or 66%, of the 94 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Cleveland has a record of 52-24 when favored by -117 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 53.9% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Twins are 17-29 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 37% of those games).
- Minnesota is 11-22 (winning only 33.3% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -103 or longer.
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 50.7% in this game.
Guardians vs. Twins Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez is batting .273 this season with a team-high 35 home runs and 107 RBI.
- Among all hitters in Major League Baseball, Ramirez’s home run total places him eighth and his RBI tally places him sixth.
- Josh Naylor is batting .245 with an OBP of .323 and a slugging percentage of .459 this season.
- Carlos Santana paces the Twins in home runs (22) and runs batted in (65).
- Santana’s home run total ranks 45th in the big leagues, and he is 73rd in RBI.
- Willi Castro is batting .249 to pace his team.
Guardians vs. Twins Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-best in MLB.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.70 this year, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Guardians have a combined 1.205 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
- The 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Twins pitching staff ranks second in MLB.
- Minnesota has a 4.23 team ERA that ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Twins combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.203).