Twins vs. Guardians odds, tips and betting trends

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28 August 2023

Twins vs. Guardians odds, tips and betting trends

At Target Field on Monday, the Cleveland Guardians (62-69) meet the Minnesota Twins (68-63), fellow members of the AL Central, at 7:40 PM ET.

The Guardians (+139 underdog moneyline odds) visit the Twins (-163). The scheduled starters are Kenta Maeda (3-7) for the Minnesota Twins, and Xzavion Curry (3-2) for the Cleveland Guardians.

The Twins won their most recent contest versus the Rangers by a 7-6 score yesterday, with Dylan Floro picking up the win pitching going one inning without giving up a hit or an earned run while striking out two. Royce Lewis went 1-for-6 with a home run and four RBI to lead them offensively.

The Guardians beat the Blue Jays 10-7 yesterday. Ramon Laureano went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run and two RBI, and Emmanuel Clase got the win, pitching 1 2/3 innings without giving up an earned run on one hit, while striking out two.

Here’s everything you need to get ready for Monday’s Twins vs. Guardians contest, including viewing options.

Minnesota Twins vs. Cleveland Guardians Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Twins (-163, bet $163 to win $100)
Underdog: Guardians (+139, bet $100 to win $139)
Over/under: 8.5

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Twins Stats and Trends

Twins Betting Records

This season, the Twins have been favored 88 times and won 52, or 59.1%, of those games.
Minnesota is 16-14 this season when entering a game favored by -163 or more on the moneyline.
The moneyline for this contest implies a 62% chance of a victory for the Twins.
Games involving Minnesota has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 63 of 131 chances this season.
The Twins have an ATS record of 62-69-0 in 131 games with a spread this season.

Kenta Maeda (Twins Probable Starter)

Maeda (3-7) takes the mound for the Twins in his 16th start of the season. He has a 4.22 ERA in 74 2/3 innings pitched, with 88 strikeouts.
In his most recent appearance on Wednesday, the righty tossed five innings against the Milwaukee Brewers, allowing three earned runs while surrendering four hits.
The 35-year-old has put up an ERA of 4.22, with 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings, in 15 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .239 batting average against him.
Maeda is looking to record his sixth quality start of the season.
Maeda has put together 11 starts this season in which he pitched five or more innings.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in one of his 15 appearances this season.
The opposing Guardians offense has the 28th-ranked slugging percentage (.379) and is last in MLB play with 100 home runs. It has a collective .248 batting average, and is 16th in MLB with 1104 total hits and 26th in MLB action scoring 530 runs.

Twins Batting Stats

The Twins rank fifth in Major League Baseball with 182 home runs.
Fueled by 419 extra-base hits, Minnesota ranks 11th in MLB with a .420 slugging percentage this season.
The Twins rank 22nd in MLB with a .239 team batting average.
Minnesota ranks 14th in the majors with 589 total runs scored this season.
The Twins have an on-base percentage of .318 this season, which ranks 16th in the league.
Minnesota ranks last in strikeouts per game (10.3) among MLB offenses.

Guardians Stats and Trends

Guardians Betting Records

The Guardians have been victorious in 27, or 42.2%, of the 64 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
This season, Cleveland has come away with a win three times in 16 chances when named as an underdog of at least +139 or worse on the moneyline.
The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 41.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
Cleveland and its opponents have gone over in 54 of its 129 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
In 129 games with a line this season, the Guardians have a mark of 68-61-0 against the spread.

Xzavion Curry (Guardians Probable Starter)

Curry (3-2 with a 3.51 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 77 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Guardians, his eighth of the season.
The right-hander’s most recent appearance was on Thursday against the Los Angeles Dodgers, when he threw two innings, surrendering three earned runs while allowing five hits.
The 25-year-old has an ERA of 3.51, with 6.2 strikeouts per nine innings in 32 games this season. Opponents are batting .249 against him.
Curry has recorded one quality start this year.
Curry enters the matchup with four outings of five or more innings pitched this campaign.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in 15 of his 32 appearances this season.
He meets a Twins offense that ranks 14th in the league with 589 total runs scored while batting .239 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .420 slugging percentage (11th in MLB action) and has hit a total of 182 home runs (fifth in the league).
Curry has pitched one inning without giving up an earned run on one hit, while striking out one against the Twins this season.

Guardians Batting Stats

The Guardians have hit the fewest home runs in MLB action this season (100).
So far this season, Cleveland is slugging .379, the third-lowest percentage in the majors.
The Guardians have the 16th-ranked batting average in the majors (.248).
Cleveland is the fifth-lowest scoring team in MLB action averaging four runs per game (530 total).
The Guardians rank 24th in baseball with an on-base percentage of .310.

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