The Minnesota Twins (50-44) and Detroit Tigers (38-56) meet on Saturday to begin a two-game series, with the first pitch at 6:10 PM ET at Comerica Park. Joe Ryan starts for Minnesota (
to win), and Michael Pineda is Detroit’s ( ) choice to start.The betting trends in this article are based off odds valid as of July 23, 2022 at 5:28 PM ET.
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Twins vs Tigers Betting Odds
Pitching Matchup
Ryan (MIN) | Pitcher | Pineda (DET) |
---|---|---|
6 – 3 | W/L | 2 – 5 |
75.1 | IP | 39.2 |
2.99 | ERA | 5.22 |
1.062 | WHIP | 1.361 |
7.9 | K/9 | 4.5 |
2.6 | BB/9 | 1.4 |
Twins Probable Starter Joe Ryan
- Ryan gets the start for the Twins, his 15th of the season. He is 6-3 with a 2.99 ERA and 66 strikeouts in 75 1/3 innings pitched.
- In his last outing on Wednesday, July 13 against the Milwaukee Brewers, the right-hander went 5 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering two hits.
- In 14 games this season, the 26-year-old has an ERA of 2.99, with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .209 against him.
- Ryan is trying to pick up his seventh quality start of the season in this matchup.
- The opposing Tigers offense has the worst slugging percentage (.333) and is last in MLB play with 54 home runs. It has a collective .229 batting average, and is 26th in MLB with 705 total hits and last in MLB action scoring 295 runs.
Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 23, 2022 at 5:28 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.
Tigers Stats vs Ryan
Player | AB | AVG | H | HR | RBI | OBP | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robbie Grossman | 6 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Jonathan Schoop | 5 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .400 | 1.000 |
Akil Baddoo | 4 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 |
Jeimer Candelario | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 |
Miguel Cabrera | 3 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .666 |
Javier Báez | 3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Eric Haase | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Harold Castro | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 1.500 |
Willi Castro | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 |
Tigers Probable Starter Michael Pineda
- Pineda (2-5) will take the mound for the Tigers, his 10th start of the season.
- The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, July 16, when he tossed 2 2/3 innings while giving up eight earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Cleveland Guardians.
- The 33-year-old has pitched to a 5.22 ERA this season with 4.5 strikeouts per nine innings compared to 1.4 walks per nine across nine games.
- He has started nine games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in one of them.
- The Twins have scored 421 runs this season, which ranks 12th in MLB. They are batting .252 for the campaign with 117 home runs, ninth in the league.
Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of July 23, 2022 at 5:28 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.
Twins Stats vs Pineda
Player | AB | AVG | H | HR | RBI | OBP | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carlos Correa | 27 | .407 | 11 | 3 | 6 | .433 | 1.322 |
Byron Buxton | 7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Gio Urshela | 6 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .334 |
Max Kepler | 6 | .500 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .571 | 2.238 |
Gary Sánchez | 4 | .250 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .650 |
Luis Arraez | 3 | .667 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1.334 |
Nick Gordon | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 |
Jorge Polanco | 2 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
Twins Betting Trends
- The Twins have put together a 35-23 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 60.3% of those games).
- Minnesota has an 11-2 record (winning 84.6% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -175 or shorter.
- The Twins have an implied moneyline win probability of 63.6% in this game.
- Minnesota has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 44 times this season for a 44-44-6 record against the over/under.
- The Twins are 39-55-0 ATS this season.
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Tigers Betting Trends
- This season, the Tigers have been the underdog 74 times and won 29, or 39.2%, of those games.
- Detroit has a record of 8-22 in games where oddsmakers have them as underogs of at least +146 on the moneyline.
- The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 40.7% chance of a victory for the Tigers.
- Games involving Detroit have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 36 of 94 chances this season.
- In 94 games with a spread this season, the Tigers are 45-49-0 ATS.
Twins Players to Watch
- Luis Arraez has put up a team-high OBP (.411) and slugging percentage (.445), while batting .338 with 16 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 37 walks.
- Among the qualifying hitters in baseball, Arraez’s batting average ranks first, his on-base percentage ranks second, and he is 57th in the league in slugging.
- Jorge Polanco has 10 doubles, 14 home runs and 47 walks while hitting .245.
- Among qualifiers, Polanco ranks 94th in batting average, 39th in on-base percentage, and 67th in slugging.
- Max Kepler is batting .245 with 13 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 41 walks.
- Byron Buxton has 11 doubles, three triples, 23 home runs and 24 walks while batting .216, and he paces his team with 59 hits.
Twins Batting Stats (2022)
Player | AB | AVG | R | HR | RBI | OBP | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Luis Arraez | 308 | .338 | 52 | 5 | 30 | .411 | .856 |
Gio Urshela | 283 | .261 | 33 | 8 | 36 | .308 | .718 |
Max Kepler | 282 | .245 | 39 | 9 | 37 | .345 | .739 |
Jorge Polanco | 274 | .245 | 41 | 14 | 48 | .352 | .786 |
Byron Buxton | 273 | .216 | 50 | 23 | 43 | .293 | .824 |
Carlos Correa | 269 | .279 | 39 | 11 | 33 | .353 | .803 |
Gary Sánchez | 253 | .217 | 28 | 10 | 36 | .279 | .686 |
Nick Gordon | 198 | .258 | 23 | 4 | 13 | .300 | .694 |
Jose Miranda | 187 | .251 | 16 | 8 | 32 | .293 | .737 |
Gilberto Celestino | 150 | .267 | 16 | 0 | 8 | .325 | .652 |
Tigers Players to Watch
- Javier Baez has 68 hits, which is best among Detroit hitters this season, while batting .219 with 29 extra-base hits.
- Baez is 139th in batting average, 156th in on-base percentage and 126th in slugging percentage among all qualified hitters in the majors.
- Jonathan Schoop has collected 72 hits this season to earn an on-base percentage of .245.
- Schoop’s batting average is 144th among all qualified players, his on-base percentage puts him 157th, and he is 148th in slugging.
- Miguel Cabrera is slashing .285/.326/.344 this season and leads the Tigers with an OPS of .670.
- Harold Castro is batting .280 with a .311 OBP and 19 RBI for Detroit this season.
Tigers Batting Stats (2022)
Player | AB | AVG | R | HR | RBI | OBP | OPS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jonathan Schoop | 338 | .213 | 31 | 6 | 25 | .245 | .562 |
Javier Báez | 310 | .219 | 32 | 9 | 35 | .256 | .633 |
Miguel Cabrera | 288 | .285 | 19 | 3 | 34 | .326 | .670 |
Robbie Grossman | 248 | .210 | 22 | 2 | 22 | .316 | .602 |
Jeimer Candelario | 248 | .198 | 28 | 7 | 24 | .263 | .590 |
Willi Castro | 210 | .248 | 24 | 2 | 16 | .281 | .624 |
Harold Castro | 200 | .280 | 20 | 4 | 19 | .311 | .726 |
Tucker Barnhart | 172 | .209 | 8 | 0 | 9 | .269 | .513 |
Eric Haase | 160 | .238 | 23 | 7 | 20 | .301 | .726 |
Victor Reyes | 120 | .283 | 9 | 1 | 11 | .310 | .677 |
Twins vs Tigers Player Props
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