<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-former-all-star-eye-opening-minnesota-ownership-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'Former All-Star drops eye-opening Minnesota ownership admission');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Former-All-Star-drops-eye-opening-Minnesota-ownership-admission.jpg"></figure><h1>Former All-Star drops eye-opening Minnesota ownership admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-12T13:32:10-07:00">October 12th, 1:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-12T13:32:10-07:00">October 12th, 1:32pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While on Foul Territory, former Cleveland Guardians All-Star Jason Kipnis had no issues slamming <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-joe-pohlad-sale">the Minnesota Twins ownership</a> after it was recently announced that the Pohlad family, which has owned the organization for the last 40 years, is <a href="https://x.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1845117224811626631" rel="noopener">exploring a sale</a>.</p><p>“They can’t ever publicly say this. Now that I’m out of the game, I’ve gotta be the one to say it for [the current players]. Players are pissed off. The ones that have been there for a few years and you know your ownership… When you think you’re in the window, when you know you are in the window because you just had a playoff run, and your ownership is not going to help you? Not only are they not going to go out and help you, but they’re going to deduct from your roster? You’re pissed off as a player and you’re already trying to find your way out of that franchise. It sucks.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Even though they'd never say it publicly, Jason Kipnis says Twins players were likely very pissed off to be under bad ownership.</p><p>"You are in the window because you just had a playoff run, and your ownership's not gonna help you? .. It sucks." <a href="https://t.co/jp2JIZ2lV4">pic.twitter.com/jp2JIZ2lV4</a></p><p>— Foul Territory (@FoulTerritoryTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1845117224811626631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kipnis played for 10 years in the majors, nine with the Cleveland Guardians from 2011 to 2019.</p><h2><b>Minnesota Twins ownership claims to be not profitable</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Twins-Jim-Pohlad-schmoozing-before-a-game.jpg"><figcaption>© David Berding-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In July, the Twins were mentioned as having financial limitations in a <a href="https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/07/twins-reportedly-working-with-payroll-limitations-at-trade-deadline.html" rel="noopener">trade deadline article</a> by ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Last November, Twins president of baseball operations Derek Falvey told the media the team would be reducing payroll due to reduced revenue coming from the club’s TV contract.</p><p>On Thursday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-joe-pohlad-sale">Twins ownership announced their decision</a> to explore a sale.</p><p>“After months of thoughtful consideration, our family reached a decision this summer to explore selling the Twins,” Twins executive chair Joe Pohlad wrote. “As we enter the next phase of this process, the time is right to make this decision public.”</p><p>“It’s our objective to find an ownership group who all of us can be proud of and who will take care of the Minnesota Twins,” Pohlad continued. “After four decades of commitment, passion, and countless memories, we are looking toward the future with care and intention–for our family, the Twins organization, and this community we love so much.”</p><p>Major League Baseball’s most recent sale, David Rubenstein’s purchase of the Baltimore Orioles during the summer, netted $1.725 billion. Before that, Steve Cohen bought the New York Mets for $2.4 billion in 2020.</p><p>Only the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Phillies have been led by the same owners for longer than the Twins. The Pohlad family bought the Twins for $44 million in 1984. The organization is estimated to be worth between $1.5 and $2 billion.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Former All-Star drops eye-opening Minnesota ownership admission

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-joe-pohlad-sale');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Joe Pohlad mulling sale after late-season collapse');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-10-24-twins-featured.jpeg"></figure><h1>Twins’ Joe Pohlad mulling sale after late-season collapse</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-10T08:37:40-07:00">October 10th, 8:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-10T08:38:14-07:00">October 10th, 8:38am</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a heartbreaking end to the regular season that saw the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-make-final-rocco-baldelli-decision-epic-collapse">Minnesota Twins fall out of the postseason picture</a>, it looks big changes could be coming to the organization.</p><p>The Pohlad family, who have owned the Twins for the last 40 years, put out a press release on Thursday morning announcing their intent to <a href="https://twitter.com/dohyoungpark/status/1844397107127648542?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet" rel="noopener">explore selling</a> the team, per Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com.</p><p>“After months of thoughtful consideration, our family reached a decision this summer to explore selling the Twins,” Twins executive chair Joe Pohlad wrote. “As we enter the next phase of this process, the time is right to make this decision public.”</p><p>“It’s our objective to find an ownership group who all of us can be proud of and who will take care of the Minnesota Twins,” Pohlad continued. “After four decades of commitment, passion, and countless memories, we are looking toward the future with care and intention–for our family, the Twins organization, and this community we love so much.”</p><p>The Pohlad’s are the third-longest tenured ownership group in Major League Baseball, trailing only the Steinbrenner family, who took control of the New York Yankees in 1973 and Jerry Reinsdorf, who bought the White Sox in 1981. During the Pohlad’s owning the Twins, they helped win two World Series in 1987 and 1991 and won nine AL Central titles in the 21st century.</p><p>This is not the only organizational change happening for the Twins, with longtime general manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-gm-leaves-team-missing-postseason">Thad Levine also departing from the front office</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Joe Pohlad mulling sale after late-season collapse

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-gm-leaves-team-missing-postseason');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins GM leaves team after missing postseason');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-04-24-levine-featured.jpeg"></figure><h1>Twins GM leaves team after missing postseason</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-04T09:18:25-07:00">October 4th, 9:18am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-04T09:22:48-07:00">October 4th, 9:22am</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-make-final-rocco-baldelli-decision-epic-collapse">Minnesota Twins had a disappointing late-season collapse</a> that led to them missing the postseason. Now, the Twins’ front office is seeing a major shakeup.</p><p>Thad Levine is <a href="https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-twins-announce-leadership-transition" rel="noopener">stepping down</a> as Twins’ general manager to “pursue new challenges and opportunities, both inside and outside of baseball,” the team announced on Friday.</p><p>“I am grateful to the Pohlad family, Derek Falvey and Dave St. Peter for providing me with such a comprehensive leadership opportunity spanning the last eight years of my career,” Levine said in the announcement. “The time is right for me to pursue my next enriching, professional challenge. I will forever cherish the friendships that I have made in the Minnesota Twins organization and throughout Twins Territory.”</p><p>Falvey, who will remain as the Twins’ president of baseball operations, also addressed Levine’s departure.</p><p>“Thad’s impact on the Minnesota Twins cannot be overstated,” Falvey said. “He has been a true partner and leader, always striving to elevate the organization and care for the people around him. Thad helped create a strong team culture, one focused on excellence and collaboration, that will continue well into the future. While we will miss his leadership, we are equally excited to see the next chapter of his journey unfold, and we wish him nothing but success in his future endeavors. I want to personally thank him for everything he has done to help us get better every day.”</p><p>It is clear that Levine is now open to a job as a team’s primary decision maker. Based on his success with the Twins, he should have no problem finding a new opportunity. As decisions continue to be made and front office positions open up around baseball in the coming weeks, expect Levine to be at the top of teams’ lists.</p><h2><b>Thad Levine’s tenure with the Minnesota Twins</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-04-24-levine-image.jpeg"><figcaption>© Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Levine has found significant success in his eight years with the Twins since joining the organization in 2016 to become their senior vice president and general manager. Levine won three AL Central division titles, made the postseason four times, won the Twins’ first postseason series since 2002 in 2023 and oversaw some huge free agency moves and trades.</p><p>An especially shrewd decision that Levine helped make was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-drops-silver-lining-revelation-after-free-agency-debacle">signing shortstop Carlos Correa</a> to a below-market deal following a drawn-out free agency during the 2022-23 offseason.</p><p>Before joining the Twins in 2016, Levine spent 11 years as assistant general manager of the Texas Rangers following 12 years in the Colorado Rockies organization.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins GM leaves team after missing postseason

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-make-final-rocco-baldelli-decision-epic-collapse');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins make final Rocco Baldelli decision after epic collapse');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Minnesota-makes-final-Rocco-Baldelli-decision-after-epic-collapse.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins make final Rocco Baldelli decision after epic collapse</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-29T12:10:40-07:00">September 29th, 12:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-29T12:11:27-07:00">September 29th, 12:11pm</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins are sticking with their skipper. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli <a href="https://x.com/DanHayesMLB/status/1840453035149217868" rel="noopener">is returning to the team</a> in 2025, per The Athletic. Baldelli’s fate was uncertain previously, after Minnesota <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-shares-striking-admission-amid-fans-firing-request">fell apart this season</a>. The Twins are eliminated from playoff contention despite holding a 70-53 record in August.</p><p>One reason Baldelli may be keeping his job is because of what he did in 2023. The manager helped the Minnesota franchise get to the American League playoffs last season. The Twins manager says he understands the current frustration from the fanbase.</p><p>“The fans, I think, have a right to feel <a href="https://www.startribune.com/twins-manager-rocco-baldelli-responds-to-the-fire-rocco-chants-at-target-field/601153583" rel="noopener">almost any way they choose</a>,” Baldelli said, per the Minnesota Star Tribune. “I believe that. Frankly, any time we haven’t had success here, I’ve heard them in the stadium, and that’s part of managing a Major League Baseball team.</p><p>“I respect the fans. The Minnesota Twins fans showed me last year when we were in the playoffs amazing things, things that can change the outcome of a game in favor of their team. You can’t have greater passion than what I saw. If I’m going to accept that, take that and enjoy that, then I’ll also take the criticism when things don’t go well.”</p><h2>Behind the Twins collapse in 2024</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/09-25-24-wallner-image.jpeg"><figcaption>© Peter Aiken-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Minnesota went 12-25 following the date of August 17. The Twins are about to finish the season with at least 82 wins, but nowhere near the high mark they saw in mid August. The Twins have lost 8 of their last 10 games, and fans certainly do have a bad taste in their mouth.</p><p>There’s reason to believe in Borelli, despite the struggles. The manager was AL Manager of the Year in 2019, and has won the AL Central three times in his tenure. That includes during the 2023 campaign. Still, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-rally-cry-despite-worrying-injury-pile-up">the team didn’t finish</a> the 2024 campaign the way that the Twins and their fans wanted.</p><p>“I feel like most of the blame should be on the players,” Twins pitcher Bailey Ober said.</p><p>This is the second time in three years that Minnesota faded in the last portion of the season. The last time this happened was in 2022, when the Twins lost 29 of the club’s last 45 games. Again, the collapse began in mid August. Next season, Twins fans will surely be keeping a close eye on what happens in the final six weeks or so of the campaign.</p><p>Minnesota plays the final game of its 2024 season Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. The first pitch is scheduled for 3:10 Eastern.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins make final Rocco Baldelli decision after epic collapse

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-shares-striking-admission-amid-fans-firing-request');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Rocco Baldelli shares striking admission amid fans’ firing request');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-Rocco-Baldelli-shares-striking-admission-amid-fans-firing-request.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins’ Rocco Baldelli shares striking admission amid fans’ firing request</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-29T08:31:54-07:00">September 29th, 8:31am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-29T08:32:13-07:00">September 29th, 8:32am</time><address><a>Quinn Allen</a>Quinn Allen is a Senior Associate Editor with ClutchPoints. He specializes mainly in soccer, basketball, and baseball. When Quinn isn't producing content for CP,  he's writing sports betting predictions for numerous sites across North America.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After collapsing over the last month and a half, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-breakdown-late-season-collapse-wont-make-fans-happy">the Minnesota Twins will officially miss the 2024 MLB Playoffs</a>, with the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals earning their berths as Wild Card teams instead. Throughout the week, manager Rocco Baldelli heard “Fire Rocco” chants from the fans at Target Field and was asked about them post-game on Saturday.</p><p>Baldelli kept it real, making it clear they <a href="https://www.startribune.com/twins-manager-rocco-baldelli-responds-to-the-fire-rocco-chants-at-target-field/601153583" rel="noopener">have every right</a> to feel a type of way about the Twins failing to live up to expectations.</p><p>Via Bobby Nightengale:</p><p>“The fans, I think, have a right to feel almost any way they choose,” Baldelli said. “I believe that. Frankly, any time we haven’t had success here, I’ve heard them in the stadium, and that’s part of managing a Major League Baseball team.</p><p>“I respect the fans. The Minnesota Twins fans showed me last year when we were in the playoffs amazing things, things that can change the outcome of a game in favor of their team. You can’t have greater passion than what I saw. If I’m going to accept that, take that and enjoy that, then I’ll also take the criticism when things don’t go well.”</p><p>The Twins only won 12 of their final 37 games to close out the regular season.</p><h2><b>Twins’ collapse not on Baldelli</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/In-line-image-of-Twins-Rocco-Baldelli.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Baseball is a team sport. All Baldelli can do is put his best players on the diamond and hope they perform. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-poison-comment-rocco-baldelli">The reality is they didn’t</a>. Minnesota hit just .219 in the month of September and a mere .235 since the All-Star break. They weren’t great on the mound either, compiling a 4.45 ERA post-All-Star break.</p><p>Baldelli’s contract runs through 2025 and he admitted that being fired hasn’t exactly been on his mind:</p><p>“I’ve never stressed out about that,” Baldelli said. “I stress out about the way we play. I stress out about the results and the process for us to get to those results. I don’t go to bed thinking about my job. I go to bed thinking about the job we do and how we need to do it better. And that’s the reality of it. We’ll let things play out.”</p><p>“I’m fully motivated and enjoy what I do,” Baldelli said. “I appreciate our organization and our fans. That goes without saying, but I still feel as passionately today about doing the job as I did the day I took it.”</p><p>Starter Bailey Ober gave his take on the blame being put on Baldelli’s shoulders, saying it’s not his fault:</p><p>“I feel like most of the blame should be on the players,” Ober said. “But everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. If the players hear that, I don’t think anyone is really agreeing with that. It’s like, seriously, can’t you see what’s going on? He’s not the one at fault for this mishap that happened. We didn’t get it done.”</p><p>The Twins head into the season finale on Sunday with an 82-79 record. With Baldelli at the helm, Minnesota has made the playoffs three times in his six years in charge of the organization.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Rocco Baldelli shares striking admission amid fans’ firing request

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/orioles-vs-twins-prediction-odds-pick-9-29-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Orioles vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/29/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Orioles_vs._Twins_prediction_odds_pick_how_to_watch.jpg"></figure><h1>Orioles vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/29/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-29T06:27:55-07:00">September 29th, 6:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-29T06:27:55-07:00">September 29th, 6:27am</time><address><a>Garrett Kerman</a>Garrett Kerman also goes by the name of The Fight Analyst. He covers all combat sports, from MMA, to boxing, to even bare-knuckle. He is also very well-versed in all American sports when it comes to news and betting analysis. Whether you want betting advice or some breaking news, Garrett is your guy.2024 YTD Record |NBA: 55-41 |NCAAB: 6-8 |MMA: 74-30 |Overall: 135-79</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Albert Suarez will take the mound for the Orioles in their season finale against the Twins on Sunday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Orioles-Twins prediction and pick.</p><h2><b>Orioles-Twins Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Albert Suarez </b>vs. <b>Bailey Ober</b></p><p><b>Albert Suarez </b>(8-7) with a 3.74 ERA and a 1.32 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Albert Suarez took the loss Sunday against Detroit, allowing four earned runs on five hits and one walk in five innings. He struck out six.</p><p>2024 Road Splits: Albert Suarez has been solid on the road where he has a 5-3 record with a 3.53 ERA and 1.34 WHIP.</p><p><b>Bailey Ober </b>(12-8) with a 3.94 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Bailey Ober took allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks while striking out seven over five innings, taking the loss versus the Marlins on Tuesday.</p><p>2024 Home Splits: Bailey Ober has pitched well at home than where he is 7-4 with a 4.27  ERA and 1.12 WHIP</p><p><b><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Orioles-Twins Odds</b></h2><p>Baltimore Orioles: +1.5 (-154)</p><p>Moneyline: +142</p><p>Minnesota Twins: -1.5 (+128)</p><p>Moneyline: -168</p><p>Over: 7.5 (-110)</p><p>Under: 7.5 (-110)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Orioles vs. Twins </b></h2><p>Time: 3:10 PM ET/12:10 PM PT</p><p>TV: Bally Sports North, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network, MLB Extra Innings</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Orioles Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>As the 2024 MLB season draws to a close, the Baltimore Orioles are poised to end on a high note against the Minnesota Twins in Sunday’s finale at Target Field. With Albert Suarez taking the mound for the Orioles, there are compelling reasons to believe they will secure a victory over Bailey Ober and the Twins.</p><p>Albert Suarez has shown remarkable improvement in his recent starts, demonstrating better command and an expanded pitch repertoire. His ability to keep hitters off-balance with a mix of pitches has been particularly effective, as evidenced by his quality starts in six of his 23 outings this season. The Orioles boast one of the most potent offenses in the league, ranking second in home runs and third in slugging percentage. Their ability to score runs consistently gives Suarez a significant cushion and puts pressure on the opposing pitcher.</p><p>With the Twins officially eliminated from playoff contention, there may be a lack of motivation in their dugout. This psychological edge could play into the Orioles’ hands, allowing them to capitalize on any lapses in focus or intensity from the Twins.</p><p>Baltimore has been playing strong baseball, as evidenced by their recent performances against the Twins with their victory on Saturday. The team’s confidence and cohesion should carry over into this final game of the season. While the Orioles have secured their playoff position, this game provides an opportunity to fine-tune their performance before the postseason begins. This added motivation to perform well could give them an edge over a Twins team with nothing left to play for.</p><p>The combination of Suarez’s improved pitching, the Orioles’ powerful offense, the Twins’ potential lack of motivation, and Baltimore’s momentum creates a favorable scenario for an Orioles victory in the season finale.</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>As the 2024 MLB season comes to a close, the Minnesota Twins are poised to end on a high note against the Baltimore Orioles in Sunday’s finale at Target Field. With Bailey Ober taking the mound for the Twins, there are compelling reasons to believe they will secure a victory over Albert Suarez and the Orioles.</p><p>Bailey Ober has been particularly effective at Target Field this season, demonstrating better command and consistency in front of the home crowd. His ability to use the park’s dimensions to his advantage gives the Twins a significant edge in this matchup. For the Twins, this game represents an opportunity to end their season on a positive note in front of their home fans. This added motivation should fuel their performance and drive them to victory against the playoff-bound Orioles.</p><p>While Albert Suarez has shown flashes of brilliance this season, he’s also been inconsistent, particularly on the road. In his last outing, he gave up four earned runs in five innings, suggesting he may be vulnerable to the Twins’ offense. The combination of Ober’s home field comfort, the Twins’ offensive momentum, the Orioles’ potential road fatigue, and Minnesota’s motivation to finish strong creates a favorable scenario for a Twins victory in the season finale.</p><h2><b>Final Orioles</b><b>-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>In this season finale, expect a closely contested battle between the Orioles and Twins at Target Field. Bailey Ober’s recent dominance, including his impressive 12-strikeout performance, gives the Twins a slight edge. However, Albert Suarez has shown flashes of brilliance for the Orioles. The Orioles’ powerful offense, ranking second in home runs, could pose a challenge for Ober. Ultimately, the Twins’ motivation to end their season on a high note at home, coupled with Ober’s strong form, should propel them to a narrow victory. The game could come down to bullpen performance in the later innings.</p><p><b>Final Orioles-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick: Minnesota Twins ML (-168), Over 7.5 (-110)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Orioles vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/29/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-carlos-correa-breakdown-late-season-collapse-wont-make-fans-happy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Carlos Correa’s breakdown of Twins’ late-season collapse won’t make fans happy');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-news-Carlos-Correaa-breakdown-of-Minnesotas-late-season-collapse-wont-make-fans-happy.jpg"></figure><h1>Carlos Correa’s breakdown of Twins’ late-season collapse won’t make fans happy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-28T12:19:14-07:00">September 28th, 12:19pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-28T12:26:58-07:00">September 28th, 12:26pm</time><address><a>Mike Gianakos</a>Mike Gianakos is the former editor-in-chief of High Times magazine, where he also spearheaded the video department and event production. He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins were eliminated from playoff contention after losing to the Baltimore Orioles on Friday. The Twins entered the game needing to close out the regular season with a sweep of the Orioles in their three-game home series. The team also needed help from the Detroit Tigers and the Kansas City Royals in order to clinch an AL Wild Card berth. Unfortunately, Minnesota couldn’t keep their postseason hopes alive, falling to Baltimore 7-2 in the opening game of the series.</p><p>Veteran shortstop <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-poison-comment-rocco-baldelli">Carlos Correa had been vocal about the Twins’</a> late-season collapse, seemingly taking a shot at his teammates and manager Rocco Baldelli with comments criticizing the team’s preparation and lack of urgency.</p><p>Following Friday’s playoff elimination, Correa offered his take on why the Twins missed out on the postseason for the third time in the last four years. “Everybody <a href="https://x.com/dohyoungpark/status/1839891244983394410" rel="noopener">runs out of gas</a> at the end of the year. The season is damn long. The guys that stay resilient and the guys that stay strong mentally are the guys that succeed. We did not do any of those things. Being tired is an excuse that’s not valid at this point,” the three-time All-Star said, via MLB.com’s Do-Hyoung Park on X.</p><p>Correa put together a solid season for the Twins in limited time. He has 20 doubles, 14 home runs, 54 RBI and 55 run scored with a .905 OPS, an OPS+ of 152 and 3.8 bWAR for Minnesota. The problem is the 29-year-old former Gold Glove winner only played 86 games for the Twins this season.</p><h2><b>Carlos Correa speaks out about Twins’ disappointing season</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Carlos-Correa.jpg"><figcaption>Jesse Johnson-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The 10-year veteran suffered through an injury-plagued year in Minnesota. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-dealt-crushing-injury-update-hot-start-2024-campaign">landed on the 10-day injured list in mid April</a>, missing 16 games with a right oblique strain. Correa was able to return by the end of the month and played well until he was again knocked out of the Twins lineup, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-lands-on-il-after-all-star-break">hitting the IL with plantar fasciitis.</a> The injury cost him 53 games during a crucial two-month stretch of the season from mid July to mid September.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-gets-crucial-carlos-correa-boost-before-playoffs">Correa was able to return to Minnesota’s lineup</a> in time for a playoff push on September 14. He performed well for the team, slashing .325/.460/.500 in the 11-game stretch from his return through Friday’s loss to the Orioles. But his presence was not enough to save the Twins’ season.</p><p>Minnesota looked like a lock to clinch a Wild Card berth as recently as August. However, the team could only muster a 28-36 record since returning from the All-Star break. Meanwhile, their AL Central rivals the Detroit Tigers surprised the baseball world, catching fire in the second half of the season. The Tigers went 39-24 since the Midsummer Classic, the third best record in MLB in that stretch.</p><p>Despite selling at the deadline, dealing starter <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-los-angeles-jack-flaherty-tigers-trade">Jack Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, the Tigers held onto <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-shares-big-goal-amid-cy-young-caliber-campaign-win-vs-yankees">AL Cy Young contender Tarik Skubal</a>. The team stunningly surpassed the Twins and clinched a playoff berth. They currently hold the second AL Wild Card spot.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Carlos Correa’s breakdown of Twins’ late-season collapse won’t make fans happy

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-nightmare-seeding-matchup-2024-mlb-playoffs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ nightmare seeding scenario, matchup for 2024 MLB Playoffs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-nightmare-seeding-scenario-matchup-for-2024-MLB-Playoffs.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins’ nightmare seeding scenario, matchup for 2024 MLB Playoffs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-27T11:04:54-07:00">September 27th, 11:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-27T11:04:54-07:00">September 27th, 11:04am</time><address><a>Brayden Haena</a>Brayden Haena is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. A die-hard San Francisco Giants fan and a football fanatic, Brayden further channels his baseball enthusiasm through his podcast, where he delves into the latest in sports with engaging commentary. He also serves as the Defensive Coordinator for Heritage High School. His commitment to sports journalism is evident in his diverse experiences with ContraCosta.news and his dedication to delivering compelling and insightful content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the 2024 MLB regular season comes to an end, the Minnesota Twins find themselves in a precarious position in the playoff race, grappling with not only <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-playoff-hopes-matt-wallner-injury">the challenge of securing a postseason berth</a> but also the prospect of a daunting matchup against the New York Yankees should they advance.</p><p>With just three games remaining and trailing in the AL Central standings, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-poison-comment-rocco-baldelli">Twins’ postseason dreams</a> hang by a thread, compounded by a potential clash with a dominant Yankees team. According to ESPN analytics, the Twins hold a mere 4% chance of making the postseason. They sit three games behind the Kansas City Royals and the Detroit Tigers.</p><p>The path ahead is fraught with challenges, particularly because three of their remaining four games are against the Baltimore Orioles, who have been formidable this season, securing the #1 spot in the AL Wild Card race and securing a postseason berth. The Orioles are in second place behind the Yankees in the AL East but held first place in the division back in June.</p><h2><b>The Twins should be scared of the Yankees</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Aaron-Judge.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Yankees, on the other hand, have established themselves as the powerhouse of the AL, boasting the best record in the league at 93-66, translating to a winning percentage of .585. Their performance has been particularly impressive against AL Central teams, with a <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/yankees-record-this-season-vs-al-central" rel="noopener">24-7 record</a>, including a perfect 6-0 against the Twins themselves. This dominance is highlighted by the Yankees’ stellar run differential of +152, the highest in MLB, and a robust 55-38 record against teams with a winning percentage over .500.</p><p>Looking at the postseason odds, the Yankees are not only favored to make a deep run but also to win the World Series, holding the best odds in the AL at 16.2%, as <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/standings/playoff-odds" rel="noopener">per Fangraphs</a> data. In stark contrast, the Twins have a slim 0.1% chance of winning the championship, reflecting the significant disparity in performance and expectations between the two teams.</p><p>The potential first-round matchup with the Yankees is nothing short of a nightmare scenario for the Twins. The Yankees have been particularly formidable in the second half of the season, looking nearly unstoppable. The Twins, meanwhile, have struggled to find consistency, and their path to even making the postseason is riddled with obstacles, primarily due to their upcoming series against the high-flying Orioles.</p><p>This season has demonstrated the Yankees’ ability to dominate the Twins, which will certainly spell trouble for Minnesota should they face off in October. The psychological edge the Yankees hold just from the name itself, combined with their on-field performance, could be a decisive factor in a playoff series. For the Twins, the memory of their regular-season struggles against New York could loom large, potentially affecting their confidence and strategy.</p><p>The Twins have had a history of little to no success when it comes to the postseason. Prior to a sweep of the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2023 AL Wild Card series, the Twins had lost an astounding eighteen consecutive postseason games. At the time, this was a record across all major North American sports. <a href="https://www.mlb.com/twins/history/postseason-results" rel="noopener">Four straight series</a> came against the Yankees, all resulting in Wild Card game losses.</p><p>Moreover, the Twins’ journey to this point has been marked by ups and downs. While they have shown flashes of brilliance and resilience, the inconsistency in their play has left them vulnerable, particularly in high-stakes games. The pressure of the postseason, coupled with the Yankees’ prowess, could be a daunting challenge.</p><p>The Twins’ focus, therefore, must be twofold: securing a postseason berth by navigating through their remaining games with wins, and preparing for the possibility of facing a Yankees team that has had their number all season. This preparation involves not only strategic planning and adjustments by the coaching staff but also mental fortification among the players to overcome the daunting odds.</p><p>As the Twins vie for a spot in the postseason, they face a dual challenge: making the playoffs against tough opponents and the prospect of a challenging series against the Yankees. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-gets-crucial-carlos-correa-boost-before-playoffs">The final games of the season will be critical</a> in determining their fate, and should they advance, their readiness to tackle the Yankees will be paramount. The task is formidable, but in baseball, as in any sport, the unexpected can happen, especially in the pressure cooker of postseason play. The Twins’ resolve and resilience will be put to the ultimate test in the coming days.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ nightmare seeding scenario, matchup for 2024 MLB Playoffs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-willi-castro-mlb-history');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ Willi Castro completes bonkers feat not done before in MLB history');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-news-Willi-Castro-completes-bonkers-feat-not-done-before-in-MLB-history.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins’ Willi Castro completes bonkers feat not done before in MLB history</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-27T08:06:18-07:00">September 27th, 8:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-27T08:06:18-07:00">September 27th, 8:06am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The ability to play multiple positions is a skill that can keep a player around baseball for a long time. It also makes them quite valuable if they can perform at a high level in several positions. Perhaps no player embodies that better than Minnesota Twins utility player Willi Castro.</p><p>Castro made MLB history last Sunday when he started at third base for the Twins in the second game of a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox. Castro is the <a href="https://x.com/FoulTerritoryTV/status/1839475625406648557" rel="noopener">first player</a> to appear in at least 25 games at five different positions, per the Twins broadcast.</p><p>Thanks to his versatility, Castro has played in all but three games this season. He’s appeared in 56 games at shortstop, 40 at second base, 32 in left field, 30 in center field, and 27 at third base, logging at least 200 innings at three.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-willi-castro-all-star-honor-jose-altuve-injury">Castro was a first-time MLB All-Star</a> after he posted solid numbers in the first half. Those included 90 hits, 22 doubles and a .774 OPS. For the season, Castro has a .248/.333/.388/.721 slash line with 31 doubles, 12 home runs, 60 RBIs and 89 runs scored, all career-highs for the sixth-year Twin.</p><p>It’s not always easy for a player to maintain even decent numbers while playing all over the diamond. Willi Castro has done more than that while scattering his skills across more than half the positions on the field. He’s even taken the mound, tossing 1 1/3 scoreless innings. He does not have a strikeout in five career pitching appearances.</p><h2><b>Twins collapse nearly complete after disaster September</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Willi-Castro-Twins.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Blewett-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Twins fans are having a hard time wrapping their heads around Minnesota’s end to the season, one that will likely not include a trip to the playoffs. The Twins need to sweep the Baltimore Orioles and hope the Kansas City Royals or Detroit Tigers get swept this weekend. That is the only possible scenario the Twins clinch a playoff berth.</p><p>It seemed inevitable that they would just six weeks ago. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-playoff-hopes-matt-wallner-injury">Injuries hurt the Twins</a> but it’s still tough to fathom how bad they’ve been since mid-August. Minnesota has only one series win in September and two across its last 11. The Twins were in a playoff position every day for over three months. Their season is probably ending before October.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-fatal-flaw-prevent-mlb-playoffs">Minnesota is reeling</a>. Much of its offense, including Willi Castro, has gone cold this month. You can’t win ballgames if you don’t score runs. The Twins were held to two or fewer runs in 12 of their last 27 games.</p><p>It has raised questions about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-poison-comment-rocco-baldelli">manager Rocco Baldelli’s job status</a> for 2025. More than anything, though, it’s on the players. A lack of execution and adjustments led to a major slump at the worst time for the Twins lineup.</p><p>It’s tough for the Twins to find a silver lining this season. They entered the defending AL Central champs and were the favorite to repeat. Instead, they’ll miss the playoffs entirely.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ Willi Castro completes bonkers feat not done before in MLB history

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/orioles-vs-twins-prediction-odds-pick-9-27-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Orioles vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/27/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Orioles_vs._Twins_prediction_odds_pick_how_to_watch.jpg"></figure><h1>Orioles vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/27/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-27T06:51:13-07:00">September 27th, 6:51am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-27T06:51:48-07:00">September 27th, 6:51am</time><address><a>Dominik Zawartko</a>Dominik Zawartko is a Michigan State graduate with a degree in Political Science and English. Having previously worked in the nonprofit and legal sectors, he decided to pursue his true love of writing with ClutchPoints. Dominik's hobbies include painting, cooking food, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and always having a laugh. His main focus areas are UFC coverage and all things sneakers.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>We’re back with another betting prediction and pick for today’s upcoming slate of MLB action as the Regular Season draws to a close. The <b>Baltimore Orioles </b>will visit the <b>Minnesota Twins </b>for the final three-game series of the season. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Orioles-Twins prediction and pick.</p><h2><b>Orioles-Twins Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Cade Povich (LHP)</b> vs. <b>Pablo Lopez (RHP)</b></p><p><b>Cade Povich</b> (2-9) with a 5.59 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 67 K, 74.0 IP</p><p>Last Start: 9/21 vs. DET (L) – 5.0 IP, 2 ER, 7 K</p><p>2024 Road Splits: (0-5) with a 9.75 ERA, .283 OBA, 47 K, 50.0 IP</p><p><b>Pablo Lopez</b> (15-9) with a 4.11 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 190 K, 179.2 IP</p><p>Last Start: 9/22 @ BOS (L) – 4.0 IP, 7 ER, 3 K</p><p>2024 Home Splits: (7-4) with a 3.64 ERA, .266 OBA, 83 K, 81.2 IP</p><p><b><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Orioles-Twins Odds</b></h2><p>Baltimore Orioles: +1.5 (-137)</p><p>Moneyline: +144</p><p>Minnesota Twins: -1.5 (+114)</p><p>Moneyline: -172</p><p>Over: 8.5 (-115)</p><p>Under: 8.5 (-105)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Orioles vs. Twins</b></h2><p>Time: 8:10 p.m. ET/ 5:10 p.m. PT</p><p>TV: Bally Sports North, MASN, MLB.TV</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Orioles Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Baltimore Orioles are currently three games ahead in the American League Wild Card race and have already clinched their Wild Card spot for the Postseason. They couldn’t clinch the division due to the New York Yankees catching heat late in the season and never looking back, but the Orioles are nevertheless determined to make noise in the Postseason with their standing. They’ve been an exciting team to watch all year and their young lineup will feature a number of players making their first Postseason appearances. Still, their team is wise beyond their years and no one will want to face Baltimore once October rolls around.</p><p>The Orioles will send Cade Povich to the mound in hopes of him improving his overall record and finding his first win on the road. He hasn’t been particularly solid when pitching away with a 9.75 ERA and losses in his last three consecutive starts. His last two starts came against one of the hottest teams in the Detroit Tigers, but he won’t have as much pressure in this one knowing his team is already bound for the Postseason. Still, expect this bullpen to get some work if the Twins begin to get to Povich early.</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Minnesota Twins are currently three games back of the Kansas City Royals for the final American League Wild Card spot, so they’ll need a sweep during this series to gives themselves a chance at making the Postseason. They haven’t done themselves any favors by going 3-7 over their last 10 games and they’ll have an even tougher road as they try to notch their first wins against Baltimore on the season. They’ve been outscored by the Orioles by 13 runs in three previous meetings and they’ll certainly need to get off to a hot start in this one if they want to keep up with the bats of Baltimore.</p><p>The Twins will send Pablo Lopez to the mound for his thirty-second start of the season. He’s been one of their more reliable pitchers all season and after winning four consecutive appearances, the Orioles have lost the last two games he’s started in. His last time out, he earned seven runs through just four innings of work and didn’t see the start he was hoping for. His numbers are slightly better at home than they are on the road, but he’ll need to be perfect during this one if the Twins want any hope of making the Postseason. Expect their home crowd to be very involved in this series knowing what’s at stake.</p><h2><b>Final Orioles-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Orioles and Twins will meet once again for their second season meeting and final series of the season. The Orioles own this rivalry at 3-0 on the season and they can effectively end Minnesota’s season with just one win during this series. The Minnesota Twins have to sweep in order to have a chance at the final AL Wild Card spot and they’ll come into this first game very determined to start off on the right foot.</p><p>We have to give the slight pitching advantage to the Twins due to Pablo Lopez’ winning record at home. Cade Povich of the Orioles has yet to record a win on the road and given what’s at stake for the Twins, Minnesota will be looking to get to him early and turn this into a collective bullpen effort from the Orioles.</p><p>For our final prediction, we have to roll with the Minnesota Twins to get the win as they’re desperate to keep their season alive. Let’s roll with the runline as they take the lead early and open this game in the later innings.</p><p><b>Final Orioles-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick: Minnesota Twins -1.5 (+114)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Orioles vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/27/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-carlos-correa-poison-comment-rocco-baldelli');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins star Carlos Correa’s ‘poison’ comment a sign Rocco Baldelli change is needed');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Carlos-Correas-poison-comment-a-sign-Rocco-Baldelli-change-is-needed.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins star Carlos Correa’s ‘poison’ comment a sign Rocco Baldelli change is needed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-26T09:04:48-07:00">September 26th, 9:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-26T09:04:48-07:00">September 26th, 9:04am</time><address><a>Andrew Meyers</a>Andrew Meyers is an avid sports fan with a fondness for Philadelphia teams that rarely love him back. He has two degrees from Quinnipiac University, including a master's in sports journalism. Outside of ClutchPoints, Meyers does play-by-play broadcasting for various colleges in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the 2024 MLB regular season winds down, disappointment mounts in the Minnesota Twins clubhouse. The Twins were among the better teams in the league entering the All-Star break but struggled to find their footing in the second half.</p><p>It looks like it will cost them a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-fatal-flaw-prevent-mlb-playoffs">trip to the postseason</a> and maybe even manager Rocco Baldelli’s job.</p><p>The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal thinks Baldelli is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5795167/2024/09/26/mlb-managers-hot-seat-aaron-boone-dave-roberts/" rel="noopener">safe this offseason</a>, but there are indications Minnesota needs more from their skipper in 2025. His laid-back approach hasn’t meshed well with a young crop of players and has frustrated veterans.</p><p>Shortstop Carlos Correa – whose multiple stints <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-minnesota-gets-crucial-carlos-correa-boost-before-playoffs">on the injured list</a> factored into Minnesota’s downfall – said he’d like to see more <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5791980/2024/09/25/twins-loss-marlins-hitters-bailey-ober/" rel="noopener">urgency from players</a> in their pregame preparation.</p><p>“Some guys take it as poison and some guys take it as fuel,” Correa said, per The Athletic. “The guys who take it as fuel are the ones that always come out on top and have a beautiful career and stay in the game for a long time. We have a lot of young guys and a lot of people try to help them, but at the end of the day, everybody has to figure it out on their own.”</p><p>Correa didn’t take a particular shot at anyone, but he seems to insinuate that giving players too much leeway could lead to them not preparing as well. It falls on the players to execute and find a way, but Baldelli’s managerial style isn’t leading to players trying their best to adjust, at least according to the Twins’ best player.</p><h2><b>Twins missing playoffs would be shocking</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Rocco-Baldelli-Twins-manager.jpg"><figcaption>Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Twins weren’t expected to be definite World Series contenders this year but many tabbed them as the favorite in the AL Central. Minnesota dug itself into a hole with a slow start to the season but surged back into contention with a 12-game winning streak at the end of April.</p><p>The Twins were a half-game back of first place in the division on May 13. That was the last time they were within a game at the top of the division.</p><p>Still, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-stephen-vogt-andres-gimenez-mlb-playoffs-twins">Twins looked poised for a playoff berth</a> in August. They were 70-53 on Aug. 17 and occupied one of the three wild-card slots in the American League.</p><p>Minnesota is 12-23 since and needs help, on top of doing its job, to sneak into the playoffs.</p><p>Entering Thursday, the Twins trail divisional foes the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals by two games in the AL Wild Card standings. Detroit and Kansas City are tied for the second spot. Both teams would make the playoffs if the season ended today.</p><p>Luckily for the Twins, it doesn’t. There’s little chance <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-playoff-hopes-matt-wallner-injury">Minnesota can salvage their season</a> though with four games remaining. The Twins own the tiebreaker over the Tigers and Royals which could come into play. Minnesota has to catch one or both to keep that scenario in play.</p><p>Regardless, it appears the Twins need a new approach to avoid a similar collapse next season. Whether that means a new voice as manager remains to be seen, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-rocco-baldelli-rally-cry-despite-worrying-injury-pile-up">Rocco Baldelli can help his case</a> in a big way by lighting a fire under his team for the season’s final series.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins star Carlos Correa’s ‘poison’ comment a sign Rocco Baldelli change is needed

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-news-playoff-hopes-matt-wallner-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins’ playoff hopes take hit amid Matt Wallner injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/09-25-24-wallner-featured.jpeg"></figure><h1>Twins’ playoff hopes take hit amid Matt Wallner injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-25T19:25:18-07:00">September 25th, 7:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-25T19:25:18-07:00">September 25th, 7:25pm</time><address><a>David Korn</a>David Korn is an MLB associate editor at ClutchPoints. He is also a producer at MLB Network Radio and covers college basketball for A10Talk. David graduated from George Washington in 2023, where he was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for their Men's and Women's Basketball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-fatal-flaw-prevent-mlb-playoffs">Minnesota Twins’ postseason hopes quickly dwindling</a>, they just got some awful news about one of their best hitters. Outfielder Matt Wallner, who left Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Miami Marlins early, just received an official injury designation.</p><p>Wallner, who experienced left oblique tightness while striking out as a pinch-hitter in the sixth inning on Tuesday, is <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/twins-injuries-and-roster-moves" rel="noopener">heading to</a> the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain and will officially miss the rest of the season.</p><p>Wallner expressed some confusion about how exactly he injured himself ahead of the Twins’ game against the Marlins on Wednesday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins’ playoff hopes take hit amid Matt Wallner injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Marlins vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/25/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <p>The Minnesota Twins look to stay in the playoff race as they face the Miami Marlins.  It&#8217;s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Marlins-Twins prediction and pick.</p><h2><strong>Marlins-Twins Projected Starters </strong></h2><p><strong>Edward Cabrera</strong> vs. <strong>Simeon Woods Richardson</strong></p><p><strong>Edward Cabrera</strong> (4-8) with a 5.12 ERA and a 1.39 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Cabrera went just 2.1 innings in his last start giving up four hits and five walks. He would surrender seven runs and take the loss to the Dodgers.</p><p>2024 Road Splits: Cabrera is 3-5 in his nine road starts. He has a 5.71 ERA and a .247 opponent batting average.</p><p><strong>Simeon Woods Richardson </strong>(5-5) with a 4.00 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Woods Richardson went 4.2 innings in his last start, giving up five hits, a walk, and a home run. He would allow just one run in a no-decision as the Twins lost to the Guardians in extra innings.</p><p>2024 Home Splits: Ober is 7-3 in 13 starts at home this year with a 4.07 ERA and a .207 opponent batting average.</p><p><strong><em>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </em></strong></p><h2><strong>MLB Odds: Marlins-Twins Odds</strong></h2><p>Miami Marlins: +1.5 (-122)</p><p>Moneyline: +164</p><p>Minnesota Twins: -196</p><p>Moneyline: -1.5 (+102)</p><p>Over: 8.5 (+100)</p><p>Under: 8.5 (-122)</p><h2><strong>How to Watch Marlins vs. Twins</strong></h2><p>Time: 7:40 PM ET/ 4:40 PM PT</p><p>TV: BSFL/BSNO</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" target="_blank" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><strong>Why The Marlins Will Cover The Spread/Win</strong></h2><p>The Marlins are 28th in the majors in runs scored, while sitting 18th in batting average, 29th in on-base percentage, and 26th in slugging. Jake Burger has led the way this year. He is hitting .248 on the year with a .301 on-base percentage. Burger has 28 home runs, 69 RBIS, and 64 runs scored this year. Meanwhile, Jesus Sanchez is hitting .247 this year with a .307 on-base percentage. He has 18 home runs, 63 RBIs, and 54 runs scored. Rounding out the top bats on the year is Otto Lopez. He is hitting .264 this year with six home runs, 37 RBIs, and 44 runs scored.</p><p>Jake Burger has led the way in the last week. He is hitting .318 in the last week with three home runs, seven RBIs, and four runs scored. Jesus Sanchez has also been solid in the last week. He is hitting .318 in the last week with a home run, four RBIs, and four runs scored. Rounding out the top bats in the last week is Kyle Stowers. Stwers is hitting .300 in the last week, with three RBIs and a run scored. The Marlins are hitting .268 in the last week with nine home runs and 29 runs scored in six games.</p><h2><strong>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</strong></h2><p>The Twins are 11th in the majors in runs scored while sitting 12th in batting average, 11th in on-base percentage, and 11th in slugging. Ryan Jeffers has led the way this year. He is hitting .225 on the year with a .300 on-base percentage. Jeffers has 20 home runs and 62 RBIs while scoring 54 times. Meanwhile, Carlos Santana has been solid this year as well. He is hitting .235 on the year with a .320 on-base percentage. He has 22 home runs and 65 RBIs while scoring 60 times this year. Willi Castro rounds out the top bats of the year. He is hitting .249 with a .336 on-base percentage. He has 12 home runs with 59 RBIs while scoring 87 times.</p><p>Carlos Correa has led the way in the last week. He is hitting .263 in the last week with a .391 on-base percentage. He has five RBIs but has not scored a run in the last week. Willi Castro has also been solid in the last week. He is hitting .250 in the last week with a .385 on-base percentage. Castro has a home run, four RBIs, and five runs scored in the last week. Rounding out the top bats in the last week is Matt Wallner. He is hitting .409 in the last week with three RBIs, but also has not scored a run. The Twins are hitting .204 in the last week with a home run and 18 runs scored.</p><p>Current Twins have just six at-bats against Edward Cabrera. Manuel Margot is 0-1 while Carlos Santana is 1-5 against Cabrera.</p><h2><strong>Final Marlins-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick</strong></h2><p>Edward Cabrera started the month strong, going 13 innings and giving up just two earned runs. Still, he was hit hard in his last start. Simeon Woods Richardson has not been great as of late either. He has given up nine runs in his previous 15.2 innings of work. Still, Woods Richardson has been in a position to win in the last three starts but has not gotten the run support. While the Twins have not been hitting well as of late, they will give Woods Richardson the run support today. Take the Twins in this one.</p><p><strong>Final Marlins-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick: Twins ML (-196) </strong></p>    </body></html>

Marlins vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/25/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/marlins-vs-twins-prediction-odds-pick-9-24-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Marlins vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/24/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Marlins-vs-Twins-prediction-odds-pick.jpg"></figure><h1>Marlins vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/24/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-24T06:17:30-07:00">September 24th, 6:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-24T06:17:30-07:00">September 24th, 6:17am</time><address><a>Cameron Zunkel</a>Cameron Zunkel is a former college athlete for the University of Illinois, Springfield. During that time, he earned his masters degree in Communication. After graduating in 2022, Cameron signed to play independent professional baseball with the Joliet Slammers, but his time was cut short due to injury. Nonetheless, his love for baseball and all sports never faded.Cameron loves the sports media and sports journalism side of things and does some light writing for a Chicago Cubs blog, as well. To go along with that, he loves sports betting and fantasy sports. He also loves digging on the research and creating content for both sports betting and fantasy sports!</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Miami Marlins hit the road to take on the Minnesota Twins Tuesday night. Check out our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> as we give you a Marlins-Twins prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game.</p><h2><b>Marlins-Twins Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Ryan Weathers</b> vs. <b>Bailey Ober</b></p><p><b>Ryan Weathers</b> (3-6) with a 3.94 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 75.1 innings pitched, 72K/20BB, .239 oBA</p><p>Last Start: vs. Los Angeles Dodgers: Loss, 4.1 innings, 8 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned, 0 walks, 5 strikeouts</p><p>2024 Road Splits: 7 starts, 2.16 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 41.2 innings pitched, 27K/11BB, .193 oBA</p><p><b>Bailey Ober</b> (12-7) with a 3.84 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 168.2 innings pitched, 180K/41BB, .201 oBA</p><p>Last Start: at Cleveland Guardians: No Decision, 7 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 0 walks, 12 strikeouts</p><p>2024 Home Splits: 13 starts, 4.07 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 73 innings pitched, 81K/21BB, .207 oBA</p><p><b><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Marlins-Twins Odds</b></h2><p>Miami Marlins: +1.5 (-106)</p><p>Moneyline: +200</p><p>Minnesota Twins: -1.5 (-113)</p><p>Moneyline: -245</p><p>Over: 7.5 (-124)</p><p>Under: 7.5 (+102)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Marlins vs. Twins</b></h2><p>Time: 7:40 PM ET/4:40 PM PT</p><p>TV: Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports North</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Marlins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>Ryan Weathers is having a good season, and a lot of that is thanks to his play on the road. Weathers is much better when he pitches away from Miami, and that is the case for this game, as well. Weathers has dominated on the road. His ERA is just over 2.00, his WHIP is under 1.00, and he does not allow a lot of hits. The Marlins have a chance to ruin the Twins’ playoff hopes, and that can start with Ryan Weathers on Tuesday night.</p><p>Miami needs to take advantage of a struggling Twins team. Minnesota has lost seven of their last 10 games, and they sit just one game out of the AL Wild Card race. In their last 10 games, the Twins are batting just .213. Along with that, the Twins have just a .570 OPS, and they have scored just 35 runs. When the Twins score under four runs in a game this season, they are 13-54. If Weathers can have a good start against a struggling team, the Marlins will win.</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Twins have Bailey Ober on the mound, and he is having a great season. Ober is pitching even better in September. This month, Ober has thrown 26.2 innings, and he has allowed just 12 hits. Along with that, Ober has struck out 33, walked five, and he has a  2.70 ERA. Ober should be able to have another good start as the Marlins are not the best offensive team. As long as Ober keeps throwing the ball as he is, the Twins will win.</p><p>The Marlins do not hit for a high average, but they have an even lower slugging percentage. On top of that, the Marlins do not hit the ball hard at all. They are in the bottom 10 in barrel percentage, hard hit percentage, and average exit velocity. The Marlins also have the highest chase rate in the MLB. Ober should not have any problems beating the Marlins in this game.</p><h2><b>Final Marlins-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The pitching matchup, considering all stats, is actually pretty good in this game. However, the Twins need to have a good final week of the season, and that starts with Ober. I think Ober will have the game the Twins need him to have. I will take Minnesota to win this game, and cover the spread.</p><p><b>Final Marlins-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick: Twins -1.5 (-113)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Marlins vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/24/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-vs-red-sox-prediction-odds-pick-9-20-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins vs. Red Sox prediction, odds, pick – 9/20/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-vs.-Red-Sox-prediction-odds-pick.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins vs. Red Sox prediction, odds, pick – 9/20/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-20T06:24:41-07:00">September 20th, 6:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-20T06:24:41-07:00">September 20th, 6:24am</time><address><a>Bryan Logan</a>Bryan Logan decided to jump into his passion for Sports Betting in 2022 after spending years in the world of education. With a love for analytics and all sports, he began working on models for daily sports picks. This led him to ClutchPoints in 2023, where he is a part of the betting editorial team.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Red Sox are looking for a win as they try to catch the Minnesota Twins in the Wild Card race. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Twins-Red Sox prediction and pick.</p><h2><b>Twins-Red Sox Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>David Festa</b> vs. <b>Richard Fitts</b></p><p><b>David Festa</b> (2-6) with a 5.07 ERA and a 1.27 WHIO</p><p>Last Start: Festa went just 3.2 innings, giving up three hits and three walks. He gave up two runs but took the no-decision as the Twins beat the Reds.</p><p>2024 Road Splits: Festa is 2-2 on the road this year in five starts with a 3.96 ERA and a .237 opponent batting average.</p><p><b>Richards Fitts</b> (0-0) with a 0.00 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Fitts went five innings in his last outing, giving up two hits and three walks. He did not give up a run as he took the no-decision and the Red Sox lost to the Yankees.</p><p>2024 Home Splits: Fitts has made just one start at home, giving up six hits and a walk. Two runs were scored, but none of them were earned.</p><p><b><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Twins-Red Sox Odds</b></h2><p>Minnesota Twins: -1.5 (+146)</p><p>Moneyline: -116</p><p>Boston Red Sox: +1.5 (-176)</p><p>Moneyline: -102</p><p>Over: 9 (-104)</p><p>Under: 9 (-118)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Twins vs. Red Sox</b></h2><p>Time:  7:10 PM ET/ 4:10 PM PT</p><p>TV: BSNO/NESN</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Twins are 11th in the majors in runs scored while sitting ninth in batting average, 11th in on-base percentage, and eighth in slugging. Ryan Jeffers has led the way this year. He is hitting .231 on the year with a .307 on-base percentage. Jeffers has 20 home runs and 62 RBIs while scoring 54 times. Meanwhile, Carlos Santana has been solid this year as well. He is hitting .240 on the year with a .326 on-base percentage. He has 22 home runs and 65 RBIs while scoring 60 times this year. Willi Castro rounds out the top bats of the year. He is hitting .251 with a .337 on-base percentage. He has 12 home runs with 57 RBIs while scoring 85 times.</p><p>Brooks Lee has been solid in the last week. He is hitting just .176, but he has seven RBIs in the last week. Meanwhile, Carlos Correa has hit .500 in the last week with four RBIs and a run scored. Rounding out the top bats in the last week is Willi Castro. Castor is hitting .368 in the last week with a home run, four RBIs, a stolen base, and five runs scored. The Twins are hitting .227 in the last week with three home runs and 25 runs scored in six games.</p><h2><b>Why The Red Sox Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Red Sox are tenth in runs scored, fifth in batting average, ninth in on-base percentage, and fifth in slugging. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-gerrit-cole-rafael-devers-shocking-intentional-walk-decision">Rafael Devers has led</a> the way. He is hitting .274 this year with a .356 on-base percentage. He has 28 home runs and 83 RBIs this year. Further, Devers has scored 87 times on the year. Jarren Duran is also having a solid year. He is hitting .285 on the year with a .341 on-base percentage. Duran has 21 home runs and 73 RBIs. Further, he has stolen 32 bases and scored 104 times. Ceddanne Rafaela rounds out the top bats of the year. He is hitting .247 on the year with a .275 on-base percentage. Rafaela has 15 home runs and 70 RBIs while scoring 68 times. Further, he has stolen 19 bases this year.</p><p>Masataka Yoshida is hot at the plate. He is hitting .286 in the last week with a home run, five RBIs, and two runs scored. Trevor Story has been solid in the last week as well. He is hitting .333 in the last week with a .364 on-base percentage. He has two home runs, three RBIs, and four runs scored. Rounding out the top bats in the last week is Triston Casas. Casas is hitting .267 in the last week with a home run, two RBIs, and two runs scored. The Red Sox are hitting .200 in the last week with seven home runs and 19 RBIs in the last six games.</p><h2><b>Final Twins-Red Sox Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>David Festa has not been great as of late. This month he has made three starts, giving up eight runs in just 12.2 innings of work while the Twins have gone 1-2. Richard Fitts has been solid in his two starts this year. He has not given up an earned run, but, the Red Sox are 0-2 when he has started this year. While Festa has not been great as of late, he has been serviceable. Further, Fitts is not going deep into games and the Red Sox bullpen will give up some runs. Take the better offense in this one and back the Twins.</p><p><b>Final Twins-Red Sox Prediction &amp; Pick: Twins ML  (-116) </b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins vs. Red Sox prediction, odds, pick – 9/20/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-stephen-vogt-andres-gimenez-mlb-playoffs-twins');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians’ Stephen Vogt, Andres Gimenez drop messages after playoff-clinching win vs. Twins');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Guardians-news-Stephen-Vogts-heartwarming-stance-on-Clevelands-2024-success.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians’ Stephen Vogt, Andres Gimenez drop messages after playoff-clinching win vs. Twins</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-19T13:59:04-07:00">September 19th, 1:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-19T14:04:24-07:00">September 19th, 2:04pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Expectations were low for the Cleveland Guardians after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-terry-francona-gets-heartfelt-tribute-standing-ovation-ahead-retirement">Terry Francona walked away</a> as manager following the 2023 season, a campaign that saw the ball club miss the postseason. A strong start to the 2024 season drew some excitement, but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-cleveland-tragically-loses-ace-shane-bieber-tommy-john-surgery">Shane Bieber went down with an elbow injury</a> that ultimately resulted in Tommy John surgery. So could the Guardians shock the MLB world and make a postseason run despite losing both a future Hall of Fame manager and a former Cy Young winning pitcher?</p><p>Yes. The Guardians officially booked their ticket to the MLB playoffs on Thursday via a walk-off base hit from infielder Andres Gimenez.</p><p>Video via Bally Sports Cleveland:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BOOK IT 📚 BACK-TO-BACK WALK-OFF WINNERS IN EXTRAS!</p><p>The <a href="https://twitter.com/CleGuardians?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CleGuardians</a> have punched their ticket to the MLB playoffs 🎟️<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheLand</a> <a href="https://t.co/gmjfI2APpV">pic.twitter.com/gmjfI2APpV</a></p><p>— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) <a href="https://twitter.com/BallySportsCLE/status/1836862551390572833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Gimenez came through in the bottom of the 10th inning with the game-winning hit. <a href="https://x.com/BallySportsCLE/status/1836864153853775932" rel="noopener">He spoke with</a> Bally Sports Cleveland after the playoff-clinching clutch swing of the bat.</p><p>“It means a lot,” Gimenez said of the big win. “I feel like the bullpen comes in every game and gives us a chance… I really appreciate the effort that the bullpen has put in the game.”</p><p>Gimenez immediately credited the bullpen. Cleveland’s relievers have pitched well in 2024. Closer Emmanuel Clase has been nothing short of lights out, and he even has an outside chance to win the American League Cy Young Award.</p><p>Guardians manager Stephen Vogt deserves credit as well. Filling the shoes of a legend like Terry Francona was never going to be an easy task, but Vogt has performed well in his managing duties in his first season with the Guardians.</p><h2><b>Stephen Vogt’s message to Guardians</b></h2><p>Vogt is proud of his team. He <a href="https://x.com/MLB/status/1836868507927204113" rel="noopener">addressed the ball club</a> following their playoff-sealing victory, via MLB.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Stephen Vogt addresses his team after leading the <a href="https://twitter.com/CleGuardians?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CleGuardians</a> to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/postseason?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#postseason</a> in his first season as manager 🥹 <a href="https://t.co/X0K9hJmBNm">pic.twitter.com/X0K9hJmBNm</a></p><p>— MLB (@MLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MLB/status/1836868507927204113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“This is the first of many,” Vogt said to the Guardians. “Enjoy every single one of these moments because they don’t come often.”</p><p>Vogt will likely receive consideration for the American League Manager of the Year Award. Whether he wins the award or not, there is no question that he has earned the respect of the team. Accomplishing that feat can prove to be difficult, especially for someone who had never previously managed at the big league level.</p><p>Vogt has not backed down from the challenge, though. The Guardians haven’t either as they look to win their first World Series championship since 1948.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians’ Stephen Vogt, Andres Gimenez drop messages after playoff-clinching win vs. Twins

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-vs-guardians-prediction-odds-pick-9-18-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins vs. Guardians prediction, odds, pick – 9/18/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-vs-Guardians-prediction-odds-pick-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins vs. Guardians prediction, odds, pick – 9/18/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-18T07:00:57-07:00">September 18th, 7:00am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-18T07:00:57-07:00">September 18th, 7:00am</time><address><a>Nate Duffett</a>Nate Duffett is a writer for ClutchPoints and a sports junkie at heart, especially for the Boston sports scene. In his spare time, he coaches hockey and is also a Hockey Scout at FCHockey and NeutralZone. Whether it's covering the NHL, MLB, NBA, NFL, or College Football and Basketball, there is not a sport Nate isn't able to discuss.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Guardians battle in a matchup of American League Central rivals. The Guardians currently hold a 4.5-game lead in the division over the Kansas City Royals, while the Twins are in the last wild-card spot in the AL. The Detroit Tigers have miraculously made a comeback in the playoff race, sitting two games behind the Twins. The Twins let the Tigers back into the race by losing six of their last ten games. The Guardians haven’t been much better, but are keeping pace with the teams chasing them. They hold a 6-4 record over their last ten games. The Guardians owned the Twins through ten games this season, winning eight. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Twins-Guardians prediction and pick.</p><h2><b>Twins-Guardians Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Bailey Ober</b> vs. <b>Tanner Bibee</b></p><p><b>Bailey Ober </b>is 12-7 with a 3.90 ERA and a 0.99 WHIP.</p><p>Ober’s last start was at home against the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched 6 2/3 innings with 6 strikeouts, allowing 6 hits, 2 walks, 5 earned runs, and a home run. The Twins lost 8-4 with Ober taking the loss. It was his second loss in his last six games, with the other four as no-decisions.</p><p>Ober is 5-4 on the road with a 3.76 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP. His record at home is better but he has better stats on the road.</p><p><b>Tanner Bibee</b> is 11-8 with a 3.60 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP.</p><p>Bibee’s last start was at home against the Tampa Bay Rays. He pitched 6 innings with 9 strikeouts, allowing 8 hits, no walks, 3 earned runs, and 2 home runs. The Guardians lost 3-1 with Bibee taking the loss thanks to his team’s lack of offense. It was the second-straight loss for Bibee as the Guardians scored no runs in his start against the Los Angeles Dodgers.</p><p>Bibee is 4-3 at home with a 4.54 ERA and a 1.23 WHIP. He has been much better on the road, owning a 2.76 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP.</p><p><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Twins-Guardians Odds</b></h2><p>Minnesota Twins: -1.5 (+158)</p><p>Moneyline: +100</p><p>Cleveland Guardians: +1.5 (-192)</p><p>Moneyline: -118</p><p>Over: 7.5 (-105)</p><p>Under: 7.5 (-115)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Twins vs. Guardians</b></h2><p>Time: 6:40 PM ET/3:40 PM PT</p><p>TV: Bally Sports Network</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>Neither of these teams has been hitting the ball well, but the Twins are performing okay against right-handed pitching over their last ten games. They averaged 4.3 runs/nine over that span, hitting .223 with a .281 on-base percentage. The Guardians have been able to win six of their past ten games, but it hasn’t been from an elite offense. They are batting just .239 against right-handed pitching with a .304 on-base percentage. The numbers are better than the Twins, but average nearly a run less per nine.</p><h2><b>Why The Guardians Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>It isn’t hard to see why the Guardians have been able to win games and why they could be a dark horse in the playoffs. Their bullpen has been on an unbelievable run, owning a 2.11 ERA overall this season. They’ve been even better over the last three games with a 1.07 mark.</p><h2><b>Final Twins-Guardians Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Twins have a lot of reasons to back them in this matchup. Bailey Ober has been a better pitcher on the road this season, while Tanner Bibee is struggling at Progressive Field. The Twins are also generating runs more efficiently, and have much more to play for with the Tigers nearly catching them in the playoff race. The rest of this series could fall in the Guardians’ favor but expect the Twins to find a way in this game.</p><p><b>Final Twins-Guardians Prediction &amp; Pick: Twins ML (+100)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins vs. Guardians prediction, odds, pick – 9/18/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/twins-vs-guardians-prediction-odds-pick-9-17-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Twins vs. Guardians prediction, odds, pick – 9/17/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Twins-vs-Guardians-prediction-odds-pick.jpg"></figure><h1>Twins vs. Guardians prediction, odds, pick – 9/17/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-17T06:26:06-07:00">September 17th, 6:26am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-17T06:26:06-07:00">September 17th, 6:26am</time><address><a>Cameron Zunkel</a>Cameron Zunkel is a former college athlete for the University of Illinois, Springfield. During that time, he earned his masters degree in Communication. After graduating in 2022, Cameron signed to play independent professional baseball with the Joliet Slammers, but his time was cut short due to injury. Nonetheless, his love for baseball and all sports never faded.Cameron loves the sports media and sports journalism side of things and does some light writing for a Chicago Cubs blog, as well. To go along with that, he loves sports betting and fantasy sports. He also loves digging on the research and creating content for both sports betting and fantasy sports!</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Twins hit the road to take on the first place Cleveland Guardians Tuesday night. This game will continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> as we hand out a Twins-Guardians prediction and pick. We will also let you know how to watch the game.</p><h2><b>Twins-Guardians Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Zebby Matthews</b> vs. <b>Gavin Williams</b></p><p><b>Zebby Matthews</b> (7-11) with a 7.11 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 25.1 innings pitched, 27K/5BB, .325 oBA</p><p>Last Start: vs. Los Angeles Angels: No Decision, 3.1 innings, 5 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts</p><p>2024 Road Splits: 2 starts, 5.40 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 10 innings pitched, 5K/3BB, .295 oBA</p><p><b>Gavin Williams</b> (3-9) with a 5.23 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 65.1 innings pitched, 69K/28BB, .249 oBA</p><p>Last Start: vs. Tampa Bay Rays: Loss, 5.1 innings, 7 hits, 3 runs, 2 walks, 5 strikeouts</p><p>2024 Home Splits: 6 starts, 7.07 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 28 innings pitched, 35K/12BB, .319 oBA</p><p><b><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Twins-Guardians Odds</b></h2><p>Minnesota Twins: +1.5 (-210)</p><p>Moneyline: +108</p><p>Cleveland Guardians: -1.5 (+172)</p><p>Moneyline: -126</p><p>Over: 8 (-112)</p><p>Under: 8 (-108)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Twins vs. Guardians</b></h2><p>Time: 6:40 PM ET/3:40 PM PT</p><p>TV: Bally Sports North, Bally Sports Great Lakes</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>Matthews has not pitched his best, but he has a good chance to shut down the Guardians in this game. Cleveland has the 10th-lowest batting average in the MLB, and they do not slug very well. Along with that, the Guardians have the second-lowest barrel percentage, the lowest hard hit percentage, and the lowest average exit velocity in the MLB. Cleveland does not hit the ball hard, so even if they do make contact, it should be weak. This will help Matthews throw the ball well, and lead the Twins to a win.</p><p>The Twins are actually a good offensive team. They hit the ball hard, even though it may not always work out for them. The Twins need to be at their best in this game Tuesday night. Gavin Williams has allowed 10 hits through 13 innings this month, and he has allowed nine total runs. If the Twins can put up five or six runs, they are going to win this game pretty easily.</p><h2><b>Why The Guardians Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>Gavin Williams has not been great this season, but he was very good in his first start against the Twins. In that game, Williams went six strong innings and led the Guardians to a win. He allowed just just one run on four hits, and he struck out four batters. Cleveland will need Williams to have the same type of start in this game. If he can shut down the Guardians Tuesday night, the Guardians will win this game.</p><p>Cleveland is facing off against a struggling pitcher. Matthews has allowed 14 hits in his last two starts, and that has not given the Twins a great chance to win the game. Cleveland makes a lot of contact as they have the sixth-lowest whiff percentage in the MLB. With how well teams have hit against Matthews, the Guardians have a great chance to put good wood on the ball. If they can do that, the Guardians will win this game.</p><h2><b>Final Twins-Guardians Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>I would not be surprised to see this game finish a little higher scoring. With that said, I think the Guardians will out-hit the Twins in this game. For that reason, I am going to take the Guardians to win this game straight up Tuesday night.</p><p><b>Final Twins-Guardians Prediction &amp; Pick: Guardians ML (-126)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Twins vs. Guardians prediction, odds, pick – 9/17/2024

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/reds-vs-twins-prediction-odds-pick-9-15-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Reds vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/15/2024');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Reds-vs.-Twins-prediction-odds-pick-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Reds vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/15/2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-14T19:40:57-07:00">September 14th, 7:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-14T19:40:57-07:00">September 14th, 7:40pm</time><address><a>Garrett Kerman</a>Garrett Kerman also goes by the name of The Fight Analyst. He covers all combat sports, from MMA, to boxing, to even bare-knuckle. He is also very well-versed in all American sports when it comes to news and betting analysis. Whether you want betting advice or some breaking news, Garrett is your guy.2024 YTD Record |NBA: 55-41 |NCAAB: 6-8 |MMA: 74-30 |Overall: 135-79</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Rhett Lowder will take the mound for the Reds in their series finale with the Twins on Sunday. It’s time to continue our MLB odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Reds-Twins prediction and pick.</p><h2><b>Reds-Twins Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Rhett Lowder </b>vs. <b>David Festa</b></p><p><b>Rhett Lowder </b>(1-1) with a 0.59 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Rhett Lowder allowed five hits and struck out three without walking a batter over five shutout innings to earn the win over the Cardinals on Tuesday.</p><p>2024 Road Splits: Rhett Lowder has been as sharp on the road in limited action with a 0.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in just 5 innings pitched.</p><p><b><b>David Festa</b> </b>(2-6) with a 5.08 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: David Festa allowed four runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four batters over four innings in a loss to the Angels on Monday.</p><p>2024 Home Splits: David Festa has had a rough time at home where he is 0-4 with a 6.15 ERA and 1.37 WHIP.</p><p><b><i>Here are the <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">MLB Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Reds-Twins Odds</b></h2><p>Cincinnati Reds: +1.5 (-137)</p><p>Moneyline: +142</p><p>Minnesota Twins: -1.5 (+114)</p><p>Moneyline: -168</p><p>Over: 8.5 (-122)</p><p>Under: 8.5 (+100)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Reds vs. Twins </b></h2><p>Time: 1:05 PM ET/10:05 AM PT</p><p>TV: MLB Extra Innings</p><p>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</p><h2><b>Why The Reds Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>Rhett Lowder and the Cincinnati Reds are poised to upset David Festa and the Minnesota Twins on the road this Sunday, despite being the underdogs. Lowder, the Reds’ top pitching prospect, has been impressive since his recent call-up, boasting a stellar 0.59 ERA in his first two major league starts. His polished arsenal, featuring a well-commanded fastball and two plus secondary pitches, has already proven effective against big league hitters.</p><p>The Reds’ offense, while inconsistent at times, has shown flashes of brilliance this season. They rank in the top 10 in runs scored and home runs, with dynamic players like Elly De La Cruz leading the charge. De La Cruz’s speed on the basepaths (leading the majors with 99 stolen bases) could be a game-changer against the Twins’ defense.</p><p>On the other side, David Festa has struggled to find consistency for the Twins this season, carrying a 5.08 ERA into Sunday’s matchup. While he’s shown potential with his 6-foot-6 frame and good extension on his fastball, his secondary pitches have been hit-or-miss. The Reds’ lineup, with its mix of power and speed, could exploit these weaknesses.</p><p>Additionally, the Twins have been mediocre in interleague play this season, sporting a 16-24 record against National League opponents. This suggests they may have difficulty adjusting to the Reds’ style of play.</p><p>While the Twins hold the home-field advantage, the Reds have proven to be road warriors this season, with a respectable 37-38 record away from Great American Ball Park. Lowder’s poise and the Reds’ offensive firepower should be enough to overcome the Twins’ home-field edge and secure a crucial victory in their push for a wild card spot.</p><h2><b>Why The Twins Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>David Festa and the Minnesota Twins are poised to secure a crucial victory against Rhett Lowder and the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, despite being on the road. Festa, who has shown flashes of brilliance this season, is primed for a breakout performance against the struggling Reds lineup.</p><p>Festa’s recent outings have demonstrated his growing confidence and command on the mound. In his last start against the Rays, he struck out seven batters over five two-run innings, showcasing his ability to dominate opposing hitters. His improved slider has become a weapon, complementing his already effective fastball-changeup combination.</p><p>The Twins’ offense, which has been heating up lately, should provide ample run support for Festa. They’ve scored at least six runs in 10 of their last 14 games, indicating a potent lineup that can exploit the inexperienced Lowder.</p><p>While Lowder has impressed in his brief major league stint, posting a 0.59 ERA in his first two starts, he’s yet to face a lineup as formidable as the Twins’. The pressure of a crucial late-season game on the road could prove challenging for the rookie pitcher.</p><p>Additionally, the Twins have been solid at home this season, boasting a 41-33 record. Their playoff experience and veteran leadership give them an edge in high-stakes situations like this.</p><p>Festa’s ability to generate swings and misses, particularly with his changeup against both righties and lefties, should keep the Reds’ hitters off-balance. Combined with the Twins’ offensive firepower and home-field advantage, Festa and the Twins are well-positioned to secure a victory in this important matchup.</p><h2><b>Final Reds</b><b>-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>In a compelling Sunday matchup, the Minnesota Twins are favored to edge out the Cincinnati Reds in a closely contested game. David Festa’s recent form and the Twins’ potent offense should prove decisive against the talented but inexperienced Rhett Lowder. Expect Festa to pitch six solid innings, allowing just two runs while striking out seven. The Twins’ bats will come alive in the middle innings, with Carlos Correa and Royce Lewis each driving in key runs. While Lowder will show flashes of his potential, the pressure of a road game against a playoff-contending team will lead to a few costly mistakes as the Twins end this series with a win at home.</p><p><b>Final Reds-Twins Prediction &amp; Pick: Minnesota Twins ML (-168), Under 8.5 (+100)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Reds vs. Twins prediction, odds, pick – 9/15/2024

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He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Fans have been awaiting the eventual return of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-lands-on-il-after-all-star-break">Minnesota Twins star Carlos Correa who was put on the injured list right after the All-Star break</a> with plantar fasciitis. However, fans should prepare to be excited as when the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/reds-vs-twins-prediction-odds-pick-9-14-2024">Twins face the Cincinnati Reds Saturday night</a>, Correa <a href="https://x.com/Twins/status/1835049806906958247" rel="noopener">will be back in the lineup batting sixth</a> per the team’s X, formerly Twitter, account.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/JV1bLiYtox">pic.twitter.com/JV1bLiYtox</a></p><p>— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) <a href="https://twitter.com/Twins/status/1835049806906958247?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><br><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-carlos-correa-sets-sights-on-injury-return-but-theres-a-catch">Correa has touched on his inevitable return before</a> but also spoke before the game about coming back to the Twins as he missed the last 51 games. In terms of how his body is feeling after recovery from the plantar fasciitis, he would say that he feels <a href="https://www.startribune.com/twins-carlos-correa-injury-plantar-fasciitis-special-insoles-returns/601144688" rel="noopener" target="_blank">“ready as I can be”</a> according to The Star Tribune.</p></figure><p>“I feel as ready as I can be,” Correa said. “We’re going to go out there and perform the best way possible. It’s all about the wins right now.”</p><p>The 29-year old shortstop has played 75 games this year where he has a .308 batting average with 13 home runs and 47 RBIs as he will no doubt be a boost for Minnesota once it comes to the postseason. Twins manager Rocco Baldelli would admit that due to the Twins battling for a wild card spot, they are activating Correa instead of putting him for a rehab assignment.</p><p>“Frankly, I think if we had noticeably more time, he would have gone out on a rehab assignment,” Baldelli said. “But he also was adamant that, ‘I will be ready. I will come back and play. I don’t have to play in minor league games.’ The confidence level in the way that he talked about it probably played a big part in it.”</p><h2><b>Twins’ Carlos Correa talks about sustaining the injury</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Carlos-Correa-on-July-10-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Matt Marton-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It was an unfortunate time for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-carlos-correa-dealt-crushing-injury-update-hot-start-2024-campaign">Correa as he was in the midst of a stellar season earning an All-Star spot,</a> but looking at the present, he will look to continue the impressive play. He spoke about the physical and mental frustration when dealing with the injury.</p><p>“I felt like I was at my best right before the injury,” Correa said. “That’s one of the things that hurt the most. I wanted to see the season play out the way it was going. But at the same time, the feelings, the thought process and the routine are still going to be there. Hopefully, we can hit the ground right away running and go out and perform. It [stunk] to go down at the level I was playing, but it’s what happened. We have to deal with it and now we have to focus on the now.”</p><p>At any rate, the Twins are currently 78-69 which puts them third in the AL Central as they face the Reds Saturday night with Correa in the lineup.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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