Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction MLB Picks 8/12/24

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Kansas City

-Recent Betting trends and streaks involving Minnesota

-Recent betting trends in games played between Kansas City and Minnesota

-A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for Today’s Game between the Royals and Twins.

Royals Coming Off an Off Day

The Royals had a rare off day on Sunday, as their season against the St. Louis Cardinals rapped up on Saturday. The Royals' offense scored eight runs on Saturday and that was enough for the five run victory. Bobby Witt Jr had a strong game, finishing with two hits and three RBis. The Royals are averaging 4.81 runs, while their pitching is giving up 3.99 runs per game. The offense is ranked 9th in the league, while the pitching is ranked 5th. Bobby Witt has hit 22 home runs and driven in 87 RBIs so far this season. Getting the start for the Royals will be Brady Singer, who sits with a 4-3 record and an ERA of 5.44. In his last start against the Boston Red Sox, he went 5.2 innings giving up 10 hits and four runs. 

Why the Royals Will Beat the Twins

• The underdogs have won each of the Twins' last three games.
• The Twins have lost three of their last four games as favorites.
• The underdogs have covered the run line in each of the last five games between the Royals and Twins.
• The Twins have failed to cover the run line in 16 of their last 19 home games against AL Central opponents that held a winning record.

Twins Split with Cleveland

The Twins won the first two games against Cleveland, but they have lost two straight games and the pitching hasn’t been great. On Sunday, the Twins got the bases loaded with no outs in the 9th inning, but couldn’t get a run across the board, and they ended up losing 5-3. Byron Buxton did hit two home runs to pace them. The Twins are averaging 4.85 runs per game, while the pitching is giving up 4.37 runs per game. Ryan Jeffers has hit 17 home runs and driven in 53 RBIs so far this season. Getting the start for the Twins will be Pablo Lopez who sits with a 10-8 record and an ERA of 4.74. The Twins need Lopez to be excellent in this game. In his last start against the Chicago Cubs, he went five innings giving up seven hits and four runs. 

Kansas City Royals vs Minnesota Twins Prediction

Lopez is still a good pitcher, but he has been inconsistent, and I really don’t trust him here to find a lot of success. In his last start, he gave up seven hits and four runs, and the Royals will tee off on him here. Singer hasn’t been dynamic, but the Twins bats have been ice-cold. The Twins are going to struggle to get even get three runs here, and the Royals will get the job done. Back the Royals.