Sacramento Athletics vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/19/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Twins.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+125) Minnesota (-145)

The Sacramento Athletics (56-70) are hitting the road to Target Field on Tuesday where they will go up against the Minnesota Twins (58-66). The odds on this game have Sacramento at +125 and Minnesota is opening at -145. The total is set at 8. The starting pitchers will be Jorge Lopez and Joe Ryan.

The Athletics have recorded 221 doubles as a team and have hit 174 baseballs out of the park. Sacramento owns a slugging percentage of .434 and have struck out 1,073 times, while drawing a walk on 399 occasions. As a team, the Sacramento Athletics are knocking in 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in the league. They have recorded 549 runs batted in as well as 1,094 hits this season, and their average at the plate sits at .254. They have racked up 566 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .320.

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The Athletics have a team ERA of 4.89 on the campaign (28th in the league), and the staff has rung up 1,035 batters. Athletics pitchers have given up 178 home runs in addition to 661 runs (28th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 447 batters and their FIP is 4.71 as a team for the season. Sacramento has given up 1,098 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) in addition to 607 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.32 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.38.

The Athletics have sent 396 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 180 runners for the year with 30.6% of them ended up scoring. They have earned 26 saves on the campaign and have not converted 17 of their 43 chances to get a save. The Athletics bullpen have a save rate of 60.5% and have come into the game in 93 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 50 holds for the season (29th in baseball). Athletics pitchers have entered the game with runners on 126 times as well as having 107 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Athletics have transformed 69.3% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 10,056 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 21st in professional baseball. The New York Yankees have accumulated 3,352 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 929 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which is 26th in MLB, and have a total of 85 double plays.

Lopez (30-43 career mark) sits with a FIP of 5.23 while he has gone up against 2,454 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 594 base hits (9.6 hits per nine innings) and has 217 walks. His ERA is 5.31 (329 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.455. Lopez has taken the ball for 557 innings and has accumulated 485 K's in his MLB career.

Minnesota has 144 long balls so far this season to go along with 493 RBIs. They have hit 192 doubles, while taking a walk 369 times as well as scoring 517 runs. The Minnesota Twins have a team on-base percentage of .309 in addition to a batting average of .238 this year. The Twins hold a slugging % of .396 and they have an average of 4.17 runs per game (22nd in baseball). They have struck out on 1,028 occasions (17th in the league) and have tallied 986 base knocks.

The Twins have a team WHIP of 1.281 in addition to having a FIP of 3.97 as a staff on the campaign. Their K/BB ratio is 8.60 (1,045 strikeouts against 337 walks). They rank 23rd in the league as a staff in total hits given up with 1,062. They have allowed 143 homers and they surrender 4.57 runs per 9 innings (21st in the league). The Minnesota pitching staff have allowed 554 runs so far this season while having a team ERA of 4.24 (515 earned runs given up).

Minnesota relievers have an inherited score percentage of 34.6% out of their 133 inherited runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 146 times in high leverage situations and on 93 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 121 save situations, the Twins have compiled 78 holds in addition to 18 blown saves. They are ranked 25th in the league with a save percentage of 56.1%, and they have dispatched 427 relief pitchers onto the diamond on the season. Minnesota has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 41 save opportunities and they have walked away with 23 saves.

In 9,828 innings on the diamond, the Twins hold a efficiency on defense of 68.9% (25th in MLB). The Minnesota Twins have turned 69 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (16th in professional baseball). The Twins have recorded 918 assists, 57 errors and are sitting with 3,276 putouts on the season.

In his pro baseball career, Ryan has given up 497 base hits and he has 678 strikeouts in 609 innings pitched. He has conceded 247 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.039 and having a FIP of 3.6. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.99 and he has faced 2,457 hitters during his career. Ryan (45-31 win-loss record in his career) has a 3.65 ERA and has given up 7.3 hits per 9 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Sacramento (+125)

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