Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/25/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Monday, August 25, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

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

Rogers Centre is the location where the Toronto Blue Jays (74-54) will try to defeat the Minnesota Twins (58-69) on Monday. The moneyline on this game has Minnesota at +125 while Toronto is sitting at -150. The over/under is 8.5. The men taking the mound are Bailey Ober and Max Scherzer.

The Twins have recorded 199 two-baggers as a team and have hit 146 balls out of the stadium. Minnesota is slugging .395 and have been called out on strikes 1,052 times, while being walked on 379 occasions. As a team, the Minnesota Twins are notching 4.1 runs/g, which ranks them 23rd in MLB. They have accounted for 501 RBI's and 1,008 base knocks over the course of the season, and their team batting average is .237. They have notched a total of 525 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .309.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.09 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.28. Twins pitchers have given up 147 home runs and also 572 total runs (20th in the league). Minnesota has surrendered 1,090 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and 529 earned runs. The Twins are sitting with a team ERA of 4.25 on the campaign (21st in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,073 batters. They have walked 347 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.98 as a team for the year.

Twins relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 96 times as well as having 150 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have a total of 78 holds on the campaign (9th in the league). The Twins bullpen have a save rate of 56.1% and have entered the game in 121 save situations. They have earned 23 saves for the year and have not converted 18 of their 41 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 137 runners so far this year and 33.6% of them crossed the plate. The Twins have dispatched 437 relief pitchers to the mound on the season.

The Twins have transformed 68.9% of balls in play into outs in their 10,080 innings on the field, ranking them 25th in the majors. The Milwaukee Brewers have a total of 3,360 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 943 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .986 which has them sitting 16th in pro baseball, and have a total of 71 double plays.

Ober has thrown 585 innings and is sitting with 577 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 4.01 (261 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.116. He has allowed 526 hits (8.1 hits per nine innings) and has 127 free passes. Ober (29-28 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.95 while facing 2,383 batters during his time in the major leagues.

Toronto has recorded 151 HRs this year as well as 601 RBIs. They have notched 229 two-baggers, while taking a walk 418 times as well as putting up 625 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays hold a team on-base percentage of .337 as well as a team batting average of .267 for the season. The Blue Jays hold a team slugging percentage of .428 and they tally 4.88 runs per game (7th in baseball). They have struck out on 865 occasions (30th in MLB) and have 1,168 base hits.

The Toronto pitching staff have given up 572 runs this year while holding a team ERA of 4.21 (530 earned runs surrendered). They have surrendered 170 long balls and they relinquish 4.54 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.266 in addition to having a FIP of 4.33 as a squad so far this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 9.00 (1,131 strikeouts against 411 bases on balls). They come in at 11th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 1,024.

Toronto relievers hold an inherited score rate of 29.3% out of 191 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 126 times in high leverage situations and on 131 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 132 save situations, the Blue Jays have recorded 75 holds in addition to 19 blown saves. They sit at 9th in baseball with a save percentage of 64.8%, and they have sent 440 relief pitchers to the hill this season. Toronto has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 54 save chances and they have recorded 35 saves.

The Toronto Blue Jays have turned 91 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (22nd in baseball). The Blue Jays have recorded 952 assists, 71 errors and have notched a total of 3,401 putouts so far this year. In their 10,203 innings played, the Blue Jays hold a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (12th in baseball).

Scherzer (220-114 win-loss record in his career) holds a 3.17 earned run average while allowing 7.3 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 4.49 and he has faced 11,869 batters during his pro baseball career. He has allowed 1,034 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.078 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.1. In his pro baseball career, Scherzer has conceded 2,396 base hits and he has 3,463 K's in 2,938 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Toronto (-150)

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