Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 4/15/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Friday, April 15, 2022

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (-125) Boston (+105)

The Boston Red Sox (3-3) are welcoming the Minnesota Twins (2-4) at Fenway Park on Friday. The moneyline on this matchup has Minnesota at -125 and Boston opens at +105. The total comes in at 11. The expected starting pitchers will be Joe Ryan and Nick Pivetta.

The Twins have accumulated 7 doubles as a team and have hit 9 baseballs out of the park. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .362 and have struck out 60 times, while drawing a walk on 16 occasions. As a squad, the Minnesota Twins are scoring 3.3 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 25th in the league. They have 19 runs batted in and 34 base knocks this season, and their team batting average is at .181. They have notched a total of 20 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .256.

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The Twins have compiled a team earned run average of 3.83 on the campaign (13th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 48 batters. They have a K/BB ratio of 1.55 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.35. Twins pitchers have surrendered 7 home runs and 24 total runs (15th in baseball). They have walked 31 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.72 as a squad so far this season.

Twins pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 5 times in addition to having 3 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 0 holds for the year (29th in MLB). The Twins bullpen have recorded a save rate of 0.0% and has come into the game in 1 save situations. They have compiled 0 saves so far this season and have blown 1 of their 1 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 7 base runners this year with 57.1% of them earned a run for their team. The Twins have dispatched 24 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Minnesota Twins have a tally of 135 putouts this season, as well as 39 assists and 5 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .972 which is 29th in baseball, and they have turned 2 double plays. The Twins have converted 74.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 405 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 7th in the majors.

Ryan has pitched in 30 innings and is sitting with 34 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.11 (14 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 0.880. He has surrendered 18 hits (5.3 hits per nine innings) with 9 walks. Ryan (2-2 win-loss record in his career) has earned a FIP of 4.03 and he has gone up against 119 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Boston Red Sox have accumulated an on-base percentage of .287 and a batting average of .216 for the season. They have struck out on 50 occasions (18th in baseball) and have a total of 44 hits. Boston has recorded 5 home runs this season to go along with 26 RBIs. The Red Sox have a team SLG% of .363 and they have an average of 4.33 runs per contest (15th in baseball). They have put up 15 doubles, while taking a walk 19 times and racking up 26 runs.

The Red Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.264 in addition to having a FIP of 4.33 as a team this year. They are currently ranked 21st in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 48. The Boston pitching staff have allowed 26 runs on the year while holding a team ERA of 4.08 (24 earned runs yielded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 3.00 (57 strikeouts vs 19 bases on balls). They have surrendered 9 dingers and they give up 4.42 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league).

Sitting with 8 save situations, the Red Sox have accrued 4 holds and also 2 blown saves. Boston has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 4 save chances and they have come away with 2 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 14 times in high leverage situations in addition to 12 occasions with runners on. Boston relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 33.3% out of 18 inherited runners. They are ranked 18th in the league with a save percentage of 50.0%, and they have sent 26 relievers onto the field on the year.

The Boston Red Sox have gotten 3 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (19th in baseball). The Red Sox have recorded 34 assists, 3 errors and have amassed 132 putouts during this campaign. In their 396 innings on the diamond, the Red Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 71.3% (17th in the majors).

Thus far in his career, Pivetta has surrendered 569 base hits while he has totaled 613 strikeouts in 567 innings. He has surrendered 326 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.393 and a FIP of 4.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.77 and he has gone up against 2,454 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. Pivetta (30-39 career win-loss record) has a 5.17 ERA and has surrendered 9.0 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston (+105)

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