The Kansas City Royals (8-11) and Minnesota Twins (12-7) continue their series with a doubleheader Saturday, with the first game at 1:35 p.m. ET at Target Field. We analyze the Royals-Twins MLB betting odds and lines, with picks and best bets.
Saturday’s early game is a make-up game after Friday’s rainout. (The second game starts immediately afterward at 4:35 p.m. ET.)
Royals at Twins: Projected starting pitchers
RHP Ian Kennedy at RHP Jake Odorizzi
Kennedy (0-1, 7.88 ERA) will act as an opener, with Jakob Junis (0-0, 4.00 ERA) following as the reliever who’ll pitch the majority of innings.
- Kennedy, who’s been a reliever and sometimes even the closer in recent years, will keep his trend of short outings.
- The Twins rank 12th with a .323 wOBA against right-handed pitching.
Odorizzi went just three innings in his return last Saturday, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks while fanning two.
- Odo has a good chance to last deeper into this game, more to the form at which he had a 3.51 ERA last year.
- The Royals rank 17th with a .311 wOBA versus righty pitching.
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Royals at Twins: Key injuries
Get the latest injury news here.
Royals
- OF Bubba Starling (undisclosed) questionable
- OF Franchy Cordero (wrist) out for season
Twins
- 3B Josh Donaldson (calf) out
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Royals at Twins: Odds, lines, picks and betting tips
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 11:40 a.m. ET.
Prediction
Twins 6, Royals 2
The Royals are 4-7 on the road while being saddled with -$10 on the Moneyline for the year. The Twins are 7-1 and $255, respectively. Huge advantage.
Moneyline (ML)
- Royals (+165)
- Twins (-189)
The Twins are so heavily favored that I want to avoid the moneyline and find another way to take advantage. PASS.
Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
- Royals +1.5 (-139)
- Twins -1.5 (+115)
I’ll play Minnesota’s advantage by wagering on a win by two or more runs. This offense should get to Kennedy, Junis and whoever should follow, even without Donaldson on the card.
BET the TWINS -1.5 (+115).
New to sports betting? A winning $10 bet on the Twins’ run line would return a profit of $11.50 with a victory by 2 or more runs.
Over/Under (O/U)
- Over 7.5 (-110)
- Under 7.5 (-110)
Considering my predicted score totals eight runs, I’m not going to strongly advocate for these numbers. PASS.
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