Twins vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 9, 2024

The Minnesota Twins (63-50) are favored on the moneyline (-118) in Friday’s contest with the Cleveland Guardians (67-47). Game time is at 8:10 PM ET on Apple TV+. The Guardians, with +160 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Minnesota’s Louie Varland gets the start, and he’ll go against Cleveland’s Alex Cobb.

Here is our preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Twins vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Twins (-118)
• Underdog: Guardians (-102)
• Over/under: 8.5

Twins vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Twins have been favorites in 78 games this season and have come away with the win 49 times (62.8%) in those contests.
• Minnesota has a record of 44-28 when favored by -118 or more this year.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Twins have a 54.1% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Guardians have won 18 of the 39 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (46.2%).
• Cleveland has a record of 15-20 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -102 or longer (42.9%).
• The Guardians have a 50.5% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Twins vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Carlos Santana has been key for Minnesota with 14 home runs, 48 RBI and a batting average of .244 this season.
• Among all MLB batters, Santana ranks 93rd in batting average, 59th in on-base percentage, and 74th in slugging.
• Willi Castro is batting .257 to lead Minnesota, while adding eight homers and 41 runs batted in this season.
• Jose Ramirez paces the Guardians with 30 home runs and 96 runs batted in.
• Ramirez’s home run total ranks fifth in the majors, and he is second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is hitting .246 with 18 doubles, 25 home runs and 42 walks.

Twins vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Twins strike out a league-high 9.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
• Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.19 this year, which ranks 20th in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.180 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
• The nine strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Guardians pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB.
• Cleveland’s 3.77 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Guardians have the sixth-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.225).