Sacramento Athletics vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 8/20/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Twins.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (+102) Minnesota (-122)

The Sacramento Athletics (56-70) are traveling to Target Field on Wednesday where they will try to defeat the Minnesota Twins (58-66). The moneyline on this contest has Sacramento at +102 while Minnesota is at -122. The total is 8.5. The starting pitchers will be J.T. Ginn and Bailey Ober.

As a squad, the Sacramento Athletics are scoring 4.5 runs per game, which has them sitting at 12th in baseball. They have tallied 566 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .320. The Athletics have accrued 221 doubles as a team and have hit 174 balls out of the park. They have amassed 549 RBI's in addition to 1,094 hits this season, while their batting average is .254. Sacramento is slugging .434 and have struck out 1,073 times, while being walked on 399 occasions.

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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.32 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.38. Athletics pitchers have allowed 178 long balls and also 661 runs (28th in the league). Sacramento has given up 1,098 base hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 607 earned runs. The Athletics hold a team ERA of 4.89 for the year (28th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,035 batters. They have walked 447 opposing batters and their FIP is 4.71 as a team on the season.

The Athletics have sent 396 relievers to the mound so far this year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 180 base runners over the course of the season and 30.6% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. They have recorded 26 saves so far this year and have not converted 17 out of their 43 save chances. The Athletics bullpen have earned a save percentage of 60.5% and have stepped onto the mound in 93 save situations. The bullpen have earned 50 holds so far this year (29th in the league). Athletics pitchers have gone to the mound with players on base 126 times in addition to having 107 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Yankees have notched a total of 3,352 putouts over the course of the season, in addition to 929 assists and 73 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which puts them in 26th in the majors, and they have turned 85 double plays. The Athletics have turned 69.3% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,056 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 21st in baseball.

Ginn has taken the mound for 89 frames and has totaled 90 K's during his pro baseball career. Ginn (3-6 mark in his career) sits with a FIP of 4.68 while he has faced 379 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. His earned run average is 4.75 (47 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.324. He has surrendered 91 base knocks (9.2 hits per 9 innings) and has had 27 free passes.

The Minnesota Twins have an on-base percentage of .309 and a batting average of .238 so far this season. They have been rung up on 1,028 instances (17th in baseball) and have a total of 986 hits. Minnesota has compiled 144 home runs for the year as well as 493 RBIs. The Twins have a slugging percentage of .396 and they score 4.17 runs per game (22nd in MLB). They have put up 192 two-baggers, while walking 369 times as well as earning 517 runs.

The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.281 in addition to having a FIP of 3.98 as a staff for the season. They rank 23rd in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,062. The Minnesota pitching staff have surrendered 554 runs so far this year while holding a team ERA of 4.24 (515 earned runs allowed). Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.60 (1,045 strikeouts against 337 free passes). They have given up 143 long balls and they relinquish 4.57 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB).

Minnesota relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 34.6% out of 133 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 146 times in high leverage situations in addition to 93 occasions with base runners. With 121 save situations, the Twins have 78 holds and 18 blown saves. They sit at 25th in the league holding a save rate of 56.1%, and they have sent 427 relievers onto the diamond this season. Minnesota has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 41 save opportunities and they have come away with 23 saves.

The Minnesota Twins have gotten 69 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (16th in the majors). The Twins have 918 assists, 57 errors and are sitting with 3,276 putouts this year. In 9,828 innings on the diamond, the Twins have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.9% (25th in pro baseball).

Thus far in his career, Ober has allowed 523 hits while he has earned 570 strikeouts in 579 innings pitched. He has allowed 259 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.121 and a FIP of 4.0. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.52 and he has faced 2,362 hitters during his pro baseball career. Ober (29-28 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 4.02 earned run average while giving up 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Minnesota (-122)

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