Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/9/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Twins.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-150) Minnesota (+125)

Target Field is the site where the Minnesota Twins (54-60) will play the Kansas City Royals (57-58) on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Kansas City at -150 while Minnesota is at +125. The over/under is 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start are Noah Cameron and Bailey Ober.

The Royals have tallied 206 two-baggers as a team and have hit 100 balls out of the stadium. Kansas City is slugging .385 and have struck out 793 times, while taking a walk on 278 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are recording 3.7 runs per contest, which has them at 29th in baseball. They have recorded 418 runs batted in as well as 942 base knocks on the year, and their batting average sits at .244. They have 425 runs and have an on-base percentage of .301.

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The Royals are sitting with a team earned run average of 3.58 on the year (2nd in baseball), and they have struck out 910 hitters. Royals pitchers have allowed 115 long balls and 439 runs in total (3rd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 348 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.91 as a team for the season. Kansas City has relinquished 911 base knocks (8.0 per 9 innings) and 407 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.61 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.23.

The Royals bullpen have accumulated a save rate of 68.9% and have entered the game in 101 save situations. The relievers have inherited 159 runners this year and 29.6% of them earned a run for their team. Royals pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 115 times and also have had 122 appearances in high leverage situations. The Royals have dispatched 380 relief pitchers to the mound on the year. The relief pitchers have accumulated 55 holds on the season (23rd in MLB). They have compiled 31 saves on the season and have missed out on 14 out of their 45 save opportunities.

The Houston Astros have accumulated 3,067 putouts so far this season, as well as 1,029 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .988 which puts them in 5th in baseball, and have a total of 88 double plays. The Royals have turned 71.1% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,201 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting at 7th in the majors.

Cameron (5-5 record in his career) has a FIP of 2.65 while he has gone up against 347 batters in the majors. He has given up 64 base hits (6.6 hits per nine innings) and has had 24 walks. His earned run average is 2.69 (26 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.010. Cameron has taken the mound for 87 innings and has earned 72 K's in his career.

Minnesota has accumulated 134 HRs on the year as well as 458 RBIs. They have recorded 180 doubles, while taking a walk 339 times as well as notching 480 runs. The Minnesota Twins have a team on-base percentage of .313 and a team batting average of .241 over the course of the season. The Twins hold a team SLG% of .401 and they score 4.21 runs per contest (21st in baseball). They have been rung up on 939 occasions (17th in baseball) and are sitting with 919 hits.

The Twins have a WHIP of 1.272 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.89 as a team so far this year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.70 (966 strikeouts against 292 free passes). They are sitting at 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 980. They have given up 130 home runs and they relinquish 4.58 runs per 9 innings (21st in MLB). The Minnesota pitching staff have allowed 509 runs so far this season while having an ERA of 4.28 (476 earned runs relinquished).

Minnesota relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.4% out of their 113 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 137 times in high leverage situations and also on 81 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 116 save situations, the Twins have accrued 76 holds in addition to 16 blown saves. They rank 24th in baseball with a save rate of 57.9%, and they have dispatched 392 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this year. Minnesota has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 38 save opportunities and they have tallied 22 saves.

The Minnesota Twins have turned 61 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .987 (13th in pro baseball). The Twins have recorded 840 assists, 52 errors and have notched a total of 3,000 putouts for the year. In 9,000 innings on the diamond, the Twins have earned a efficiency on defense of 68.7% (27th in professional baseball).

Ober (29-27 career win-loss record) has a 4.04 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. His K/BB ratio is 4.50 and he has faced 2,320 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has given up 255 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.127 and having a FIP of 4.0. In his pro baseball career, Ober has allowed 515 base hits while accumulating 562 strikeouts in 568 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Kansas City (-150)

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