Oakland A’s at Minnesota Twins odds, predictions, picks and best bets

The Oakland A's and Minnesota Twins open a four-game set at Target Field on Thursday at 8:10 p.m. ET. Oakland took two of three games at home from Minnesota in early July.

Mike Fiers and Kyle Gibson are the projected starting pitchers for Oakland A's and Minnesota Twins. Fier is 9-3 with a 3.61 ERA and 74/31 K-BB ratio in 20 starts. Gibson is 8-4 with 4.03 ERA in 19 starts and 2-2 with 3 3/4 ERA against A’s.

The A's are 5-0 since the All-Star break. The offense has homered in 17 consecutive games. Minnesota's lead in the AL Central has slipped to four games, their smallest advantage since May 19. A’s CF Ramon Laureano is an .800 career hitter (4-for-5) with one HR in his career against Gibson. Twins 1B C.J. Cron has three career HRs, but is only hitting .200 (four- for-20) against Fiers.

The A's are 5-0 since the All-Star break. The offense has homered in 17 consecutive games. Minnesota's lead in the AL Central has slipped to four games, their smallest advantage since May 19.

The A’s are 11-8 in Fiers” starts and 12-6 in Gibson “. A's CF Ramon Laureano is an .800 career hitter (4-for-5) with one HR in his career against Gibson. Twins 1B C.J. Cron has three career HRs, but is only hitting .200 (‘only‚‼‬4 for 20) against Fier.

Matt Chapman is day to day with a sore left ankle. Stephen Piscotty is on the 10-day injured list.

Byron Buxton is on the 7-day injured list and Jonathan Schoop is day to day.

Oakland A's are +124 on the moneyline. Minnesota Twins are -142.

The A’s are +1.5, +146, while the Twins are -1,5 and +124.

The Twins are 20-23-2 O/U at home. The starting pitchers are each 0-3 O-U in their last three starts.

Johnny's MLB strongest plays since the All-Star break are 3-2.