Minnesota Twins vs Sacramento Athletics Prediction, 8/26/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Minnesota Twins vs Sacramento Athletics

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Location: Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, CA

TV: NBC Sports California

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

The Minnesota Twins (64-68) are headed to Sutter Health Park on Wednesday where they will take on the Sacramento Athletics (51-81). The moneyline on this contest has Minnesota at -150 and Sacramento opens at +125. The over/under comes in at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Connor Prielipp and J.T. Ginn.

Minnesota is slugging .406 and have struck out 1,056 times, while drawing a walk on 425 occasions. They have compiled 581 runs batted in and 1,096 base knocks this season, and their average at the plate is .246. The Twins have tallied 217 two-baggers as a squad and have smacked 152 balls out of the park. They are sitting with 609 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .320. As a unit, the Minnesota Twins are recording 4.6 runs/g, which has them at 9th in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.25 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.39. Twins pitchers have conceded 152 home runs and 660 total runs (27th in MLB). Minnesota has given up 1,131 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) and also 604 earned runs. The Twins have a team ERA of 4.67 this season (26th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,088 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 484 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 4.31 as a team this year.

Twins relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 126 times and also have had 142 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 87 holds this year (4th in the league). The Twins relievers have recorded a save rate of 71.7% and have come into the game in 144 save situations. They have accumulated 38 saves for the season and have blown 15 out of their 53 save opportunities. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 183 runners so far this season and 36.6% of them crossing home plate. The Twins have dispatched 439 relievers to the mound so far this season.

The Minnesota Twins have earned 3,491 putouts this year, as well as 1,009 assists and 62 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .986 which puts them in 12th in MLB, and have a total of 91 double plays. The Twins have converted 69.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,473 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 25th in professional baseball.

Prielipp has pitched in 93 innings and has accounted for 101 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His earned run average is 5.60 (58 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.406. He has given up 93 base knocks (9.0 hits per nine innings) with 38 walks. Prielipp (3-7 win-loss mark in his career) has a FIP of 5.52 while he has gone up against 408 hitters in the major leagues.

Sacramento has tallied 156 home runs this year to go along with 549 runs batted in. They have hit 205 doubles, while taking a walk 440 times as well as putting up 574 runs. The Sacramento Athletics have accumulated an OBP of .319 and a batting average of .245 this season. The Athletics have a slugging percentage of .400 and they have an average of 4.35 runs per game (20th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,127 occasions (10th in the league) and have earned a total of 1,096 base hits.

The Athletics have a team WHIP of 1.511 and have a FIP of 4.94 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 8.50 (1,106 strikeouts against 525 walks). They are currently ranked 29th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,238. They have yielded 201 homers and they relinquish 5.89 runs per 9 innings (29th in baseball). The Sacramento pitching staff have conceded 764 runs on the year while holding an ERA of 5.50 (713 earned runs surrendered).

They rank 26th in the league with a save percentage of 55.2%, and they have dispatched 452 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 128 times in high leverage situations in addition to 148 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 134 save situations, the Athletics have accumulated 73 holds and also 26 blown saves. Sacramento has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 58 save chances and they have recorded 32 saves. Sacramento bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 37.2% out of their 223 inherited runners.

The Sacramento Athletics have turned 95 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .986 (14th in pro baseball). The Athletics have accrued 990 assists, 64 errors and are sitting with 3,501 putouts this year. In their 10,503 innings played, the Athletics have a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (28th in pro baseball).

So far in his MLB career, Ginn has surrendered 236 base hits while earning 246 strikeouts in 256 frames. He has given up a total of 120 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.292 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.59 and he has faced 1,089 batters in his career. Ginn (13-16 career win-loss mark) has a 4.22 ERA while surrendering 8.3 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Minnesota (-150)

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