Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/8/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Friday, August 8, 2025

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Twins.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-122) Minnesota (+102)

Target Field is the site where the Minnesota Twins (54-60) will take on the Kansas City Royals (57-58) on Friday. The moneyline on this matchup has the Royals at -122 and the Twins are at +102. The betting total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Seth Lugo and Joe Ryan.

Kansas City has a slugging percentage of .385 and have been called out on strikes 793 times, while drawing a walk on 278 occasions. They have tallied 418 RBI's as well as 942 base knocks on the season, while their average at the plate sits at .244. The Royals have recorded 206 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 100 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 425 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .301. As a team, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 29th in MLB.

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Their K/BB ratio is 2.61 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.23. Royals pitchers have surrendered 115 home runs and also 439 runs in total (3rd in the league). Kansas City has conceded 911 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) and 407 earned runs. The Royals have compiled a team ERA of 3.58 on the campaign (2nd in the league), and the staff has struck out 910 batters. They have walked 348 batters and their FIP sits at 3.91 as a squad this year.

Royals bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 115 times in addition to having 122 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 55 holds on the year (23rd in MLB). The Royals relief pitchers have a save rate of 68.9% and stepped onto the hill in 101 save situations. They have compiled 31 saves on the season and have not converted 14 of their 45 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 159 runners this season and 29.6% of them ended up crossing the plate. The Royals have sent 380 relief pitchers to the mound on the year.

The Royals have converted 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs in their 9,201 innings on the diamond, ranking them 7th in the majors. The Houston Astros have a tally of 3,067 putouts this year, as well as 1,029 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which has them ranked 5th in the majors, and have a total of 88 double plays.

Lugo (64-45 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.29 while he has gone up against 3,985 hitters during his time in the majors. He has given up 857 base hits (7.9 hits per 9 innings) and has had 262 walks. His ERA is 3.34 (360 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.153. Lugo has taken the mound for 970 innings and has earned 936 punch outs during his MLB career.

The Minnesota Twins have tallied an on-base percentage of .313 and a batting average of .241 so far this year. They have been rung up on 939 occasions (17th in the league) and have recorded 919 base hits. Minnesota has recorded 134 HRs this year as well as 458 RBIs. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .401 and they are earning 4.21 runs per game (21st in MLB). They have hit 180 doubles, while taking a walk 339 times and scoring 480 runs.

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.272 and have a FIP of 3.89 as a pitching staff so far this year. They have a ranking of 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits allowed with 980. The Minnesota pitching staff have surrendered 509 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.28 (476 earned runs conceded). Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.70 (966 strikeouts vs 292 free passes). They have relinquished 130 dingers and they relinquish 4.58 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB).

Minnesota has had relievers step onto the hill in 38 save chances and they have walked away with 22 saves. They are currently ranked 24th in the league holding a save percentage of 57.9%, and they have sent 392 relievers to the mound this year. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 137 times in high leverage situations in addition to 81 occasions with base runners. Minnesota bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.4% out of their 113 inherited runners. With 116 save situations, the Twins have earned 76 holds and 16 blown saves.

The Minnesota Twins have gotten 61 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in baseball). The Twins have accrued 840 assists, 52 errors and have earned a total of 3,000 putouts so far this year. In 9,000 innings on the field, the Twins hold a efficiency on defense of 68.7% (27th in the majors).

Ryan (43-31 mark in his career) has earned a 3.69 ERA while allowing 7.4 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.97 and he has faced 2,412 batters so far in his career. He has given up a total of 245 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.043 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. In his career, Ryan has conceded 489 base hits while earning 666 punch outs in 597 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (-122)

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