Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays Prediction, 8/26/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Toronto Blue Jays

Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Location: Rogers Centre in Toronto, ON

TV: Sportsnet

Odds/Point Spread: Minnesota (+110) Toronto (-130)

Rogers Centre is the site where the Toronto Blue Jays (76-55) will meet the Minnesota Twins (59-71) on Tuesday. The odds on this game have Minnesota at +110 and Toronto opens at -130. The total comes in at 8.5. The pitchers who are expected to start will be Bailey Ober and Chris Bassitt.

As a team, the Minnesota Twins are earning 4.1 runs per game, which ranks them 24th in MLB. They have accumulated 537 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .310. The Twins have hit 202 doubles as a squad and have hit 150 balls out of the stadium. They have recorded 512 runs batted in and 1,032 hits this season, and their batting average is sitting at .237. Minnesota has a slugging percentage of .394 and have struck out 1,080 times, while drawing a walk on 392 occasions.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.04 and their pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.30. Twins pitchers have conceded 151 home runs and 594 total runs (22nd in baseball). Minnesota has allowed 1,125 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 553 earned runs. The Twins have an earned run average of 4.35 this year (22nd in baseball), and their staff has struck out 1,090 hitters. They have walked 358 opposing batters and their FIP sits at 4.00 as a unit on the season.

The Twins have sent 443 relief pitchers to the hill on the season. The relievers have inherited 141 base runners this year and 34.8% of those runners crossed home plate. They have accumulated 24 saves for the year and have not converted 18 out of their 42 save opportunities. The Twins relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 57.1% and have stepped onto the mound in 122 save situations. The relievers have accumulated 78 holds this season (9th in the league). Twins pitchers have come into the game with runners on base 98 times in addition to having 151 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Milwaukee Brewers have notched a total of 3,435 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 968 assists and 60 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which has them sitting 15th in MLB, and have accumulated 76 double plays. The Twins have converted 68.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,305 innings on the field, which has them ranked 27th in professional baseball.

Ober has pitched in 585 frames and has racked up 577 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Ober (29-28 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.95 while he has faced 2,383 opposing hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.01 (261 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.116. He has surrendered 526 base hits (8.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 127 walks.

Toronto has accounted for 154 long balls this season and 616 RBIs. They have recorded 235 two-baggers, while getting a free base 429 times as well as putting up 640 runs. The Toronto Blue Jays have tallied a team on-base percentage of .336 and a batting average of .266 this year. The Blue Jays have a team slugging percentage of .426 and they are earning 4.89 runs per outing (7th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 877 occasions (30th in baseball) and have earned a total of 1,191 base hits.

The Blue Jays have a team WHIP of 1.261 in addition to having a FIP of 4.30 as a squad so far this year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.00 (1,163 strikeouts vs 418 bases on balls). They sit at 10th in baseball as a staff in total hits relinquished with 1,048. They have conceded 173 home runs and they relinquish 4.53 runs per 9 innings (19th in baseball). The Toronto pitching staff have given up 585 runs over the course of the season while holding an ERA of 4.19 (541 earned runs relinquished).

Toronto has had relief pitchers enter the game in 58 save opportunities and they have tallied 37 saves. They rank 13th in the league holding a save percentage of 63.8%, and they have sent 452 relief pitchers onto the field on the campaign. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 133 times in high leverage situations in addition to 136 occasions with base runners. Toronto bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 29.1% out of 196 inherited base runners. Sitting with 139 save situations, the Blue Jays have tallied 78 holds in addition to 21 blown saves.

In 10,464 innings played, the Blue Jays have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.2% (13th in the majors). The Toronto Blue Jays have gotten 93 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (23rd in MLB). The Blue Jays have racked up 981 assists, 73 errors and have 3,488 putouts for the season.

So far in his career, Bassitt has given up 1,162 base hits and he has 1,167 punch outs in 1,252 frames. He has given up 509 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.246 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.93 and he has faced 5,299 hitters so far in his career. Bassitt (83-63 record in his career) is the owner of a 3.66 earned run average and has conceded 8.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (+110)

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