Joe Ryan hasn't been touched in over a month. Eight starts since the beginning of May, he's carrying a 2.66 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with a 44:6 strikeout-to-walk ratio, the kind of command profile that keeps a bullpen in the dugout for seven innings at a time. Five quality starts over his last six outings. He arrives in Texas tonight at 3.29 ERA and 0.88 WHIP for the season, one of the cleaner lines any starter in the American League is running. Jack Leiter is operating on a different trajectory, but a promising one: after a rough three-start stretch in April and May pushed his ERA toward five, he bounced back last time out against Cincinnati — nine strikeouts, one run in five innings. Minnesota is exactly the lineup that benefits him. The Twins strike out at an above-average clip while walking at one of the lower rates in the league, a profile that turns Leiter's occasional wildness into a rarer problem and his power arsenal into the story. Ryan limits damage by design. Leiter limits it by matchup. Take the UNDER.
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Who was the public on? 72% of the public money was on Minnesota Twins to win on the moneyline. And, 93% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Minnesota would win by a score of 5.0 to 3.9 with Minnesota winning on the moneyline, Texas winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Minnesota at Texas
2:35 PM Eastern
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 65% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 84% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Texas would win by a score of 5.2 to 4.3 with Texas winning on the moneyline, Minnesota winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Minnesota at Texas
8:05 PM Eastern
The Texas Rangers have been one of the worst offensive clubs in baseball all season, ranking 29th in the majors and averaging less than 4.0 runs per game. That number is already shaky, and it got worse — Corey Seager, one of the few Rangers who can hit for power, has missed consecutive games with a rib/jaw issue, reshaping a lineup that was already struggling to manufacture runs. Kumar Rocker has been a different pitcher over the last month. After a rough April, he's allowed two earned runs or fewer in four of his last five starts, posting under a 2.00 ERA in that stretch. He walks too many and doesn't pile up strikeouts, but he's finding ways to keep the ball in the park and strand traffic. Zebby Matthews has been up and down for Minnesota, and his ERA has crept into the fives in recent weeks, but the Twins still have to put the ball in play against a Rangers defense that's been solid. When you run the math on a team averaging 3.99 runs with their best hitter watching from the dugout, it doesn’t get you to 8.5, and sharp money’s already moved this number off the opener. Take the UNDER.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 75% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 88% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
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My computer prediction for this game was that Texas would win by a score of 5.0 to 4.5 with Texas winning on the moneyline, Minnesota winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 70% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 51% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Texas would win by a score of 4.8 to 3.7 with Texas winning on the moneyline, Minnesota winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 63% of the public money was on Texas Rangers to win on the moneyline. And, 54% of the bets were on the game to go OVER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Texas would win by a score of 4.4 to 4.0 with Texas winning on the moneyline, Minnesota winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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