Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees odds, picks and predictions

Analyzing Thursday’s Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees odds and lines, with MLB expert picks, predictions and best bets.

The Minnesota Twins (8-4) visit the New York Yankees (8-4) Thursday for the opener of a 4-game series. The first pitch at Yankee Stadium is slated for 7:05 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Twins vs. Yankees odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: First meeting of 2023. The Yankees went 5-2 against the Twins last season and 6-1 against them in 2021.

Minnesota is coming off back-to-back wins in pitchers’ duels. The Twins have played 8 games since April 4, and 7 of them have totaled 7 runs or fewer.

New York won Tuesday and Wednesday to take a 2-1 series win at the Cleveland Guardians. Yankees pitchers own a 2.72 ERA overall (3rd in MLB), and the club is 4-1 across its last 5 games.

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Twins at Yankees projected starters

RHP Joe Ryan vs. RHP Jhony Brito

Ryan (2-0, 3.75 ERA) is making his 3rd start. He has a 0.75 WHIP, 2.3 BB/9 and 12.0 K/9 through 12 IP.

  • Owns a 3.64 ERA across 34 career games
  • Logged a 4.22 ERA and 1.22 WHIP on the road last season

Brito (2-0, 0.90 ERA) is making his 3rd start. He owns a 0.80 WHIP, 2.7 BB/9 and 7.2 K/9 through 10 IP.

  • Pitched 5 scoreless innings in his MLB debut against the San Francisco Giants on April 2
  • Registered a 2.08 ERA in 13 spring training innings

Twins at Yankees odds

Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 2:30 p.m. ET.

  • Moneyline: Twins +125 (bet $100 to win $125) | Yankees -150 (bet $150 to win $100)
  • Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Twins +1.5 (-160) | Yankees -1.5 (+135)
  • Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -110 | U: -110)

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Twins at Yankees picks and predictions

Prediction

Yankees 6, Twins 4

Moneyline

New York has really had Minnesota’s number in past years, and the Twins come into this series a bit banged up. The Yankees are a lean but only up to -145 tops. PASS.

Run line/Against the spread

STEER CLEAR. 

Again, the at-home Yanks (57-24 at Yankee Stadium last season) are a lean. The Twins figure to be a bit too far over their skis so far based on run-scoring and defense-support analytics. New York -1.5 (+140) would have some value.

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Over/Under

The Over is 15-5-1 in the last 21 meetings between these clubs in New York.

Brito has been barreled up at a hefty 11.5% rate so far and Ryan yields a lot of fly-ball contact. Both have been fortunate to pitch with low batting averages on balls in play so far.

Fading both starters and both bullpens (both top-5 in ERA so far) on a warm evening with a forecast of an outward breeze. BACK THE OVER 8.5 (-110).

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