Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/6/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (+120) Detroit (-144)

The Detroit Tigers (66-48) will go up against the Minnesota Twins (52-60) at Comerica Park on Wednesday. The odds on this game have Minnesota at +120 and Detroit is priced at -144. The total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Joe Ryan and Jack Flaherty.

As a unit, the Minnesota Twins are knocking in 4.2 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 22nd in the league. They have tallied 465 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .311. The Twins have accrued 173 doubles as a team and have smacked 129 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 444 runs batted in in addition to 899 hits for the year, and their team batting average sits at .240. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .397 and have struck out 933 times, while drawing a walk on 330 occasions.

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The Twins are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.30 this season (23rd in MLB), and they have struck out 949 batters. Twins pitchers have surrendered 127 home runs and 502 total runs (20th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 290 hitters and their FIP is 3.89 as a team on the year. Minnesota has yielded 963 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 469 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 3.27 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.28.

Twins relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 79 times and also have had 137 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 76 holds on the year (6th in the league). The Twins relief pitchers have compiled a save rate of 56.8% and have come into the game in 115 save situations. They have tallied 21 saves on the year and have blown 16 out of their 37 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 111 runners on the campaign with 36.0% of those players ended up scoring. The Twins have dispatched 385 relief pitchers to the mound for the season.

The Milwaukee Brewers have a tally of 2,946 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 825 assists and 52 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which has them ranked 15th in pro baseball, and they have turned 59 double plays. The Twins have converted 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs in their 8,838 innings, which ranks them 27th in professional baseball.

Ryan has taken the hill for 597 innings and has tallied 666 punch outs so far in his MLB career. His earned run average is 3.69 (245 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.043. He has surrendered 489 base knocks (7.4 hits per nine innings) with 134 walks. Ryan (43-31 career mark) has earned a FIP of 3.64 while facing 2,412 batters in the major leagues.

The Tigers have a team SLG% of .423 and they are scoring 4.82 runs per contest (7th in baseball). They have put up 175 doubles, while getting a free base 346 times as well as scoring 549 runs. Detroit has accumulated 147 HRs over the course of the season and 529 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,002 instances (5th in baseball) and have earned 961 base hits. The Detroit Tigers have a team on-base percentage of .318 in addition to a team batting average of .250 over the course of the season.

The Tigers have a team WHIP of 1.226 and are the owners of a FIP of 3.84 as a team this year. They are currently ranked 13th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 915. The Detroit pitching staff have conceded 466 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.75 (421 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.70 (978 strikeouts against 322 walks). They have allowed 122 HR's and they concede 4.16 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball).

Sitting with 104 save situations, the Tigers have accrued 55 holds and also 16 blown saves. Detroit has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 46 save opportunities and they have come away with 30 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 94 times in high leverage situations in addition to 125 occasions with runners on. Detroit bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 27.7% of 173 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 11th in the league with a save percentage of 65.2%, and they have dispatched 352 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 89 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in pro baseball). The Tigers have recorded 959 assists, 55 errors and are sitting with 3,028 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 9,084 innings on the field, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (14th in pro baseball).

During his career, Flaherty has conceded 787 base hits while accumulating 1,086 punch outs in 944 frames. Flaherty (61-51 career mark) has earned a 3.73 ERA while giving up 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered a total of 391 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.192 and having a FIP of 3.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.20 and he has faced 3,924 batters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (+120)

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