Minnesota Twins vs Kansas City Royals Prediction & Picks - MLB

Prediction published on 8/14/24, 9:59 AM  by Carlos Zabala in MLB Picks

The Twins and Royals meet in the 3rd of 4 games in Minneapolis, and the Twins' offense punished the Royals' pitching in the first two games. Witt Jr's solo HR was not enough to compete with the HRs of Catro, Lewis and the 10 hits they connected in game 1. In game 2, Lugo was punished early, in one of his worst outings of the year, where in 4 innings he allowed 9 hits, 8 runs, 2 BB and HR, leaving the Royals with no chance of coming back.

Ragans will be the hope for the Royals to win the first game of the series against the Twins. In fact, the Royals have done well recently when Ragans pitches, who also has 166 strikeouts in 128.0 IP in 2024. In the lefty's last 5 starts, the Royals have won in 4 and Ragans has thrown more than 100 pitches in 4 of them. However, Ragans will have to try to keep the ball in the park, in his last start he allowed 2 HR against the Red Sox.

In 11 games played in August, the Twins have an AVG of 259, less than in July, but an increase in their SLG to 465.