Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins Prediction, 6/26/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Seattle Mariners vs Minnesota Twins

Date: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Location: Target Field in Minneapolis, MN

TV: Twins.TV

Odds/Point Spread: Seattle (-196) Minnesota (+162)

The Minnesota Twins (37-42) will go up against the Seattle Mariners (41-37) at Target Field on Thursday. The moneyline on this game has Seattle at -196 and Minnesota is priced at +162. The over/under has been set at 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound are Emerson Hancock and Simeon Woods Richardson.

Seattle has a slugging percentage of .411 and have struck out 681 times, while drawing a walk on 274 occasions. They have accrued 346 RBI's and 657 hits for the season, and their average at the plate comes in at .249. The Mariners have tallied 107 doubles as a team and have smacked 105 balls out of the park. They have tallied 358 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .326. As a unit, the Seattle Mariners are notching 4.7 runs per game, which has them sitting at 10th in MLB.

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The Mariners have compiled a team earned run average of 3.96 for the year (18th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 630 hitters. Mariners pitchers have surrendered 97 home runs and also 337 runs in total (18th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 233 batters and their FIP sits at 4.21 as a team this season. Seattle has conceded 660 base hits (8.5 per 9 innings) and also 306 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.70 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.28.

The Mariners have dispatched 259 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 61 runners on the year and 24.6% of those players ended up scoring. They have compiled 19 saves this season and have not converted 12 out of their 31 save chances. The Mariners relief pitchers have earned a save percentage of 61.3% and have come into the game in 69 save situations. The relief pitchers have tallied 38 holds on the campaign (24th in baseball). Mariners bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 54 times as well as having 98 appearances in high leverage situations.

The San Francisco Giants have amassed 2,088 putouts for the season, as well as 664 assists and 29 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .990 which has them sitting 2nd in MLB, and have 66 double plays. The Mariners have converted 70.2% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 6,264 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 13th in the majors.

Hancock (7-7 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 5.00 while going up against 598 opposing batters during his time in the major leagues. He has conceded 146 hits (9.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 46 free passes. His ERA is 5.08 (78 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.388. Hancock has taken the ball for 138 frames and is sitting with 95 punch outs in his career.

The Minnesota Twins hold a team on-base percentage of .314 as well as a batting average of .243 on the season. They have struck out on 648 instances (15th in MLB) and have accounted for 639 base knocks. Minnesota has accounted for 88 home runs so far this season as well as 318 RBIs. The Twins have a team SLG% of .396 and they score 4.23 runs per game (20th in baseball). They have 123 doubles, while taking a walk 231 times and earning 330 runs.

The Minnesota pitching staff have surrendered 349 runs on the year while having a team ERA of 4.26 (324 earned runs conceded). They have given up 83 long balls and they relinquish 4.59 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball). The Twins hold a team WHIP of 1.265 with a FIP of 3.77 as a team this year. They currently have a K/BB ratio of 8.80 (671 strikeouts against 211 free passes). They rank 17th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 654.

Minnesota has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 27 save chances and they have come away with 14 saves. They sit at 26th in the league with a save rate of 51.9%, and they have sent 266 bullpen pitchers to the mound this season. Their relievers have stepped onto the hill 90 times in high leverage situations in addition to 57 occasions with runners on base. Minnesota bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 37.0% out of their 81 inherited base runners. Sitting with 79 save situations, the Twins have amassed 50 holds in addition to 13 blown saves.

In 6,156 innings on the diamond, the Twins have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (21st in professional baseball). The Minnesota Twins have turned 39 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in professional baseball). The Twins have accrued 577 assists, 39 errors and have a total of 2,052 putouts this year.

In his career, Woods Richardson has allowed 192 hits while tallying 171 K's in 196 innings pitched. Woods Richardson (7-10 career record) has a 4.54 ERA while surrendering 8.8 hits per nine innings. He has surrendered 99 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.356 and a FIP of 4.5. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and he has faced 848 hitters in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Seattle (-196)

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