Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/5/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Thursday, May 5, 2022

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: MASN

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where the Baltimore Orioles (8-16) will meet the Minnesota Twins (15-9) on Thursday. The starting pitchers will be Chris Archer and Spenser Watkins.

The Twins have tallied 42 doubles as a unit and have hit 25 baseballs out of the park. Minnesota has a slugging rate of .386 and have been called out on strikes 215 times, while taking a walk on 83 occasions. As a unit, the Minnesota Twins are putting up 4.3 runs per game, which ranks them 12th in the league. They have earned 96 RBI's and 183 base knocks this year, while their average at the plate is .234. They have accumulated 103 runs and have an OBP of .314.

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Twins pitchers have conceded 23 home runs in addition to 74 total runs (3rd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 68 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.58 as a team on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.03 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.13. The Twins are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.01 over the course of the season (5th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 206 hitters.

Twins pitchers have stepped onto the hill with players on base 15 times as well as having 18 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 11 holds for the season (19th in the league). The Twins relievers have earned a save rate of 57.1% and stepped onto the hill in 18 save situations. They have recorded 4 saves on the campaign and have blown 3 of their 7 chances to get a save. The relief pitchers have inherited 23 runners for the year with 34.8% of those runners earned a run for their team. The Twins have sent 74 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Minnesota Twins have amassed 636 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 191 assists and 10 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .988 which is 10th in baseball, and have earned 17 double plays. The Twins have converted 72.4% of balls in play into outs out of their 1,908 innings, which ranks them 6th in the majors.

Archer (61-81 record in his career) has earned a FIP of 3.68 and he has gone up against 5,352 opposing batters during his time in the majors. He has conceded 1,156 base hits (8.2 hits per 9 innings) and has 437 walks. His ERA is 3.86 (545 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.255. Archer has pitched in 1,269 innings and is sitting with 1,384 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career.

The Orioles hold a slugging percentage of .311 and they tally 3.08 runs per contest (29th in the league). They have hit 39 two-baggers, while walking 80 times as well as recording 74 runs. Baltimore is sitting with 11 HRs so far this year and 72 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 230 occasions (3rd in baseball) and have a total of 171 hits. The Baltimore Orioles have earned a team on-base percentage of .298 as well as a team batting average of .215 this season.

The Baltimore pitching staff have given up 102 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 3.75 (87 earned runs yielded). They have yielded 21 home runs and they surrender 4.39 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Orioles hold a team WHIP of 1.301 and have a FIP of 3.94 as a team over the course of the season. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 2.31 (178 strikeouts against 77 bases on balls). They sit at 26th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 195.

Sitting with 14 save situations, the Orioles have tallied 9 holds and also 1 blown save. Baltimore has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 5 save chances and they have tallied 4 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 31 times in high leverage situations and also on 29 occasions with runners on. Baltimore relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 36.2% out of 47 inherited runners. They rank 6th in the league with a save percentage of 80.0%, and they have sent 89 relief pitchers to the hill this season.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 25 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .978 (27th in MLB). The Orioles have recorded 232 assists, 19 errors and have 627 putouts on the season. In 1,881 innings on the field, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.0% (25th in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Watkins has surrendered 88 base hits and he has 43 K's in 72 innings pitched. Watkins (2-7 record in his career) is the owner of a 6.72 ERA and has allowed 10.9 hits per nine innings. He has given up a total of 54 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.590 and a FIP of 6.1. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.59 and he has faced 331 opposing hitters thus far in his career.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Minnesota

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