Arizona Diamondbacks vs Minnesota Twins 8/4/2023 Picks

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The Arizona Diamondbacks will go against the Minnesota Twins in MLB action in Target Field, MN, on Friday, August 4, 2023, at 8:10 PM ET.

The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the San Francisco Giants, 57-52, in the last game of a four-game series at Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Thursday’s games were left out of the analysis. The D-backs wanted to snap a two-game losing streak.

Arizona suffered two difficult losses in San Francisco, 4-3 and 4-2, after defeating the Giants 4-3 in 11 innings in the opening game.

The Diamondbacks had a dismal since the All-Star break, slicing an uninspiring. In 609 at-bats, the batter hit .243/.311/.407 with 30 doubles, eight triples, and 18 home homers.

Through Arizona’s first 18 games of the second half of the season (5-13 record), their pitching rotation was terrible, compiling a 5.98 ERA, 1.47 WHIP, and .283 batting average against.

On Thursday, Arizona was one game out of the final National League wild-card slot and five and a half games out of the NL West-leading LA Dodgers.

Merrill Kelly will start Friday’s game in Minnesota. The 34-year-old right-hander is 9-5 with a 3.23 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, and 109/41 K/BB ratio in 18 starts (106 innings pitched) this year.

Kelly suffered a loss last Sunday in a 4-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners after pitching five innings and giving three earned runs on seven hits and two walks.

This year, the Diamondbacks sent 352 relief pitchers to the mound. Of 160 baserunners that the relief pitchers inherited this season, 31.3% advanced to the plate.

They made 28 saves this year, but 19 of their 47 opportunities to win the game were lost. The Diamondbacks’ relievers entered the game in 100 situations with a cumulative save percentage of 59.6%.

The relievers are now ranked 19th in the league with 52 holds this season. Pitchers in the Diamondbacks bullpen entered games 108 times with runners on base and had 105 outings in high-leverage situations.

The total went UNDER in 7 of Arizona’s last 7 matches.
The Diamondbacks are 1-4 SU in their last 5 outings.
The Arizona Diamondbacks are 2-6 SU in their last 8 matches against Minnesota.

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Arizona Diamondbacks vs Minnesota Twins Predictions 8/4/2023

On Thursday night at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, the 55-54 Minnesota Twins took on the St. Louis Cardinals in an attempt to wrap out a three-game series.

The Twins lost 7-3 on Wednesday after winning 3-2 in the first game, marking their sixth loss in the past seven matches.

Minnesota continued to lead the AL Central, six and a half games better than the Detroit Tigers and two matches better than the Cleveland Guardians.

The Twins are making solid contact. Since the All-Star break, the player hit .258/.338/.466 with 35 doubles, seven triples, and 27 round-trippers.

In the second half of the season, their pitching staff had a mediocre 4.96 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, and a .259 batting average against.

The 28-year-old right-hander Bailey Ober, who will start on Friday, is 6-5 with a 3.19 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, and a 95/18 K/BB ratio in 17 starts (98.2 IP) in 2023.

In 29 innings of work, Ober, who had five starts in July and finished 2-1, allowed 13 runs, 12 of them earned, on 29 hits and three walks.

Last Saturday, he pitched just four innings and took the loss in a 10-7 loss to the Kansas City Royals after allowing six earned runs on 11 hits.

Out of 112 inherited base runners, Minnesota bullpen pitchers have a 32.1% inherited scoring rate. Their relievers took the mound 85 times with base runners and 122 times in high-leverage situations.

The Twins now have 99 save opportunities, with 99 holds and 21 missed saves. They used 321 bullpen pitchers this season, ranking 25th in baseball with a save percentage of 53.3%.

In 45 opportunities to make a save, Minnesota relied on relievers to enter the contest, and they made 24 saves.

The total hung OVER in 14 of the Twins’ last 20 matches.
The Minnesota Twins are 2-6 SU in their last 8 outings.
The total went OVER in 5 of Minnesota’s last home seven matches.

Arizona Diamondbacks vs Minnesota Twins. The MLB chose the Minnesota Twins to win this match. One must pick the Twins because their offense recently hit well against right-handed pitchers, posting a 114 wRC+ and.189 ISO.

The Diamondbacks, on the other hand, have a 91 wRC+ over that time period against right-handed pitchers, while neither team fared well against Southpaws. Truly, making a wager on this game seems to be a coin toss.

The starting pair ought to do well, but these two bullpens pitched quite poorly over the past ten days.

During that time, the Twins’ bullpen went 1-2 with a 6.99 ERA and 5.21 FIP, while the Diamondbacks’ relievers went 3-3 with a 5.02 ERA and 4.18 FIP. The Minnesota Twins will win to a predicted score of 7-2.

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