Taj Bradley’s Minnesota Twins (49-49) are moneyline underdogs (+125) against the Chicago Cubs (54-43), who are at -154, on Saturday as he attempts to collect his 10th win of the campaign. The outing begins at 2:20 p.m. ET. Matthew Boyd starts for Chicago, and Bradley is Minnesota’s choice to start.
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Cubs to win vs Twins -154
Cubs vs. Twins betting lines
- Favorite: Cubs (-154)
- Underdog: Twins (+125)
- Over/under: 11
Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Cubs betting info
- The Cubs have won 37 of the 67 games they were the moneyline favorite this season (55.2%).
- Chicago has gone 15-10 (winning 60% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -154 or shorter.
- The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 60.6% in this matchup.
- In the 97 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Chicago, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 51 times (51-44-2).
- The Cubs have covered 43.3% of their games this season, going 42-55-0 against the spread.
Cubs hitting info
- Pete Crow-Armstrong paces the Cubs with 21 home runs while putting up a team-high batting average of .288.
- Crow-Armstrong’s home runs rank 14th in MLB and he ranks 37th in RBI in MLB.
- Nico Hoerner is batting .235 with 23 doubles, four home runs and 36 walks.
- Among all MLB batters, Hoerner ranks 264th in home runs and 114th in RBI.
- Dansby Swanson has accumulated a team-high 58 runs batted in.
- Alex Bregman has 15 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 50 walks while hitting .239.
Cubs pitching rankings
- The pitching staff for the Cubs has a collective 7.9 K/9, which ranks 25th in the majors.
- Chicago has a 4.33 team ERA that ranks 21st among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Cubs average MLB’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.276).
- The Cubs give up the second-most home runs in baseball (149 total, 1.5 per game).
- Chicago defeated the Reds 8-4 in its last game with six strikeouts while allowing nine hits.
Twins betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Twins betting info
- This season, the Twins have been the underdog 64 times and won 30, or 46.9%, of those games.
- Minnesota has a record of 11-12, a 47.8% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +125 or more by bookmakers this season.
- The moneyline for this contest implies a 44.4% chance of a victory for the Twins.
- Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 55 of its 98 games with a total this season.
- The Twins are 53-45-0 ATS in their 98 games with a spread this season.
Twins hitting info
- Brooks Lee has been key for Minnesota with 86 hits, an OBP of .309 plus a slugging percentage of .426.
- Lee’s home run total ranks 63rd in the majors, and he is 44th in RBI.
- Josh Bell leads Minnesota in runs batted in with 60 while batting .248 with 13 homers.
- Among all major league hitters, Bell ranks 74th in home runs and 17th in RBI.
- Kody Clemens has 73 hits this season and a slash line of .239/.299/.475.
- Trevor Larnach is batting .289 with an OBP of .381 and a slugging percentage of .449 this season.
- Larnach has safely hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
Twins pitching rankings
- The Twins average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
- Minnesota has pitched to a 4.66 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
- The Twins rank 23rd in MLB with a combined 1.372 WHIP this season.
- With 115 homers allowed, the Twins rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
- Minnesota earned a 4-2 win in its most recent game, striking out eight Angels batters while allowing seven hits.
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