Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox Prediction, 4/18/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Boston Red Sox

Date: Monday, April 18, 2022

Location: Fenway Park in Boston, MA

TV: NESN

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (+125) Boston (-145)

Fenway Park is the location where the Boston Red Sox (5-4) will attempt to defeat the Minnesota Twins (3-6) on Monday. The odds on this game have Minnesota at +125 while Boston is coming in at -145. The over/under is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Dylan Bundy and Rich Hill.

Minnesota owns a slugging percentage of .351 and have struck out 83 times, while being walked on 28 occasions. They have amassed 27 RBI's in addition to 47 hits for the season, while their team batting average is .187. The Twins have accumulated 11 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 10 balls out of the stadium. They have a total of 28 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .282. As a unit, the Minnesota Twins are notching 3.5 runs per game, which has them at 24th in the league.

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Twins pitchers have given up 11 home runs and also 32 total runs (11th in MLB). They have walked 33 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 4.72 as a squad on the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.97 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.25. The Twins hold a team ERA of 3.93 on the campaign (16th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 65 hitters.

Twins relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 5 times in addition to having 3 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 0 holds on the campaign (30th in the league). The Twins relief pitchers have a save percentage of 0.0% and stepped onto the hill in 1 save situations. They have earned 0 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 1 of 1 save chances. The relievers have inherited 7 runners on the year with 57.1% of those players earned a run for their team. The Twins have sent 28 relief pitchers to the hill for the year.

The Twins have turned 74.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of 639 innings, which has them ranked 5th in the majors. The Minnesota Twins have earned a total of 213 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 64 assists and 7 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .975 which has them sitting 29th in MLB, and have a total of 4 double plays.

Bundy has taken the hill for 775 innings and is sitting with 760 punch outs so far in his pro baseball career. Bundy (47-57 career record) has a FIP of 4.68 and he has gone up against 3,310 batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.69 (404 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.302. He has given up 752 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has 258 free passes.

The Boston Red Sox have accumulated an OBP of .278 and a batting average of .217 this year. They have struck out on 67 occasions (21st in MLB) and have totaled 58 base hits. Boston has hit 9 long balls on the year to go along with 34 runs batted in. The Red Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .386 and they average 4.25 runs per game (16th in MLB). They have recorded 18 doubles, while walking 21 times and earning 34 runs.

The Red Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.296 in addition to having a FIP of 4.20 as a staff this season. They come in at 11th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 61. The Boston pitching staff have surrendered 34 runs on the campaign while holding a team ERA of 4.06 (32 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio sits at 2.58 (80 strikeouts vs 31 free passes). They have allowed 10 homers and they give up 4.31 runs per 9 innings (15th in the league).

Sitting with 8 save situations, the Red Sox have amassed 4 holds in addition to 2 blown saves. Boston has called on relief pitchers to step onto the hill in 4 save chances and they have earned 2 saves. Their relievers have come in 14 times in high leverage situations and on 14 occasions with runners on base. Boston relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 30.0% out of their 20 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 25th in the league holding a save rate of 50.0%, and they have dispatched 33 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Boston Red Sox have gotten 7 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (18th in professional baseball). The Red Sox have recorded 56 assists, 4 errors and have accounted for 213 putouts this year. In 639 innings played, the Red Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 69.7% (19th in professional baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Hill has surrendered 945 hits while earning 1,189 strikeouts in 1,139 innings pitched. Hill (74-52 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.81 earned run average while allowing 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has allowed 482 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.221 and having a FIP of 4.0. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.67 and he has gone up against 4,772 hitters in his pro baseball career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Boston (-145)

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