Guardians vs Twins Betting Odds: Twins Push for AL Central Title

Minnesota Seeks to Be Fourth American League Team with 40 Home Wins

Time is running out on the Cleveland Guardians making a run at the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central Division race.

When looking at the Guardians vs Twins betting odds, keep in mind that Cleveland is 3-7 over the last 10 games and six games in back of Minnesota in the AL Central.

When looking at the MLB lines, Minnesota is favored in the series opener at -170 with the total set at 8.5.

A 29-36 road record is just one of the issues for Cleveland this season as the Guardians are struggling when it comes to the 2023 American League baseball standings.

The last time the teams met, they split the four games with a total of 10 runs scored in the final three meetings.

Minnesota (+2500) is 10th in the odds to win the World Series while the Guardians are priced at +25000 in the championship odds.

Probable Starting Pitchers

Monday: Xzavion Curry (Guardians); Kenta Maeda (Twins)
Tuesday: Gavin Williams (Guardians); Pablo Lopez (Twins)
Wednesday: Tanner Bibee (Guardians); Sonny Gray (Twins)

Flexing Their Muscles

Minnesota is one of four teams with at least 40 home runs during the month of August. Keep that in mind when looking at the Guardians vs Twins betting odds.

Outfielder Michael Taylor, who just returned after missing a couple of games, leads the Twins with seven home runs during the month with Max Kepler and Ryan Jeffers combining for 11 home runs and 25 RBIs. Kepler is hitting .320 and Jeffers has a .281 batting average in August.

Ready to Pitch In

When the Cleveland Guardians look back on the 2023 season, the pitching will not be the cause of a disappointing year in what could be Terry Francona’s final season as the Cleveland manager.

Even with ace Shane Bieber as well as Cal Quantrill currently sidelined, Cleveland is still third in the American League with a 3.83 ERA this season. The ERA was 3.81 before the MLB All-Star Game and 3.85 in the second half of the season. That could factor into the Guardians vs Twins betting odds.

Bibee allowed six hits and three runs in five innings in his first start of the season against Minnesota.

Who’s Hot

• Gabriel Arias, Cleveland Guardians OF: Arias leads Cleveland with four home runs in August.
• Tanner Bibee, Cleveland Guardians P: Bibee is 3-1 with a 2.70 ERA in his last five starts with 31 strikeouts in 30 innings.
• Sonny Gray, Minnesota Twins P: Gray is 3-2 with an ERA of 2.48 in his last five starts. He has allowed 24 hits and struck out 36 in 32.2 innings during the stretch.
• Max Kepler, Minnesota Twins OF: Kepler has three straight two-hit games with three extra-base hits and three walks in those games.

Who’s Not

• Andres Gimenez, Cleveland Guardians IF: Gimenez is 2-for-20 with eight strikeouts in his last five games.
• Pablo Lopez, Minnesota Twins P: After not allowing a run in his previous three starts, Lopez gave up 10 hits, three home runs and five runs the last time out.
• Jordan Luplow, Minnesota Twins OF: Luplow is batting .059 with six strikeouts in his last eight games.
• Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians P: Williams surrendered a season-high seven runs and matched his season-high with eight hits allowed in his last appearance.

Guardians vs Twins Injury Update

Outfielder Will Brennan, who is hitting .375 against the Twins this season, is questionable while catcher David Fry and pitcher Cal Quantrill are on the injured list for Cleveland.

For Minnesota, first basemanAlex Kirilloff and designated hitter Byron Buxton are both on the MLB injured list.

Twins vs Guardians Betting Odds

Cleveland has 18 home runs in August, the fewest in the majors.

When looking at the MLB schedule, the teams will meet again from Sept. 4-6.

The total has gone over in each of the last six games for the Twins. For the Guardians, eight of the last 12 games finished under the total.

Minnesota is 52-36 as the favorite this season while Cleveland has a 26-36 record as the underdog.

Cleveland has covered 35 of 65 road games while Minnesota is just 31-35 against the spread at home.

Minnesota has seen 33 of its home games go over the total and that includes five of the last six.

With the way Cleveland is struggling to hit the ball, Minnesota is looking like a pretty good bet in this series. The total is set at 8.5 in the series opener and based on the pitching matchup, it could finish over.

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