Chicago Cubs vs Minnesota Twins Picks & Odds

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Target Field, Minneapolis

Chicago Cubs logo
FINAL
Minnesota Twins logo

Chicago Cubs
1

Minnesota Twins
8

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Consensus Picks

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BN Prediction Engine

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Projected Winner

Chicago Cubsto win
Confidence
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Confidence is the model's estimated chance that its projected winner wins the game.
64.41%(Clear edge)
Rating edge
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Rating edge describes the gap between the teams based on the model's rating inputs, including pitching, bullpen, offense and defense.
Clear edge
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Chicago Cubs

64.4%

BN Fair Odds

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-181

Starting Pitcher

Shota Imanaga

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Minnesota Twins

35.6%

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BN Fair Odds

+181

Starting Pitcher

Simeon Woods Richardson

Team Ratings

CHC (Away)vsMIN (Home)

Average49

Pitcher

Average47
Average54

Bullpen

Above Avg61
Strong82

Defense

Average50
Strong77

Offense

Below Avg40
Weak (0–25)
Below Avg (25–40)
Average (40–55)
Above Avg (55–70)
Strong (70+)

Projection is based on current pitcher, bullpen, defense and offense ratings. Ratings are percentile-based from 0–100.

Betting Records

CHC

CHC

MIN

MIN

88 - 73(6th)

34 - 37

Wins

Away/Home

(24th)71 - 91

42 - 45

79 - 81 - 1(16th)

33 - 37 - 1

ATS

Away/Home

(21st)78 - 84 - 0

34 - 53 - 0

80 - 61 - 20(7th)

29 - 31 - 11

Ov / Un

Away/Home

(13th)79 - 69 - 14

46 - 33 - 8

Batting Stats

CHC

CHC

MIN

MIN
4.90
Runs / Game
4.22
0.990
Stolen Bases / Game
0.710
1.380
Home Runs / Game
1.180
0.249
Batting Average
0.240
0.750
On Base %
0.711
0.430
Slugging %
0.399
1.180
OBPS
1.110

Fielding Stats

CHC

CHC

MIN

MIN
0.37
Errors / Game
0.52
0.989
Fielding %
0.985

Pitching Stats

CHC

CHC

MIN

MIN
0.239
Batting Average Against
0.256
0.401
Slugging % Against
0.416
0.977
On Base % Against
0.971
0.235
Strike Out %
0.250
0.657
Strike %
0.646
0.343
Ball %
0.354

Last 5 Games

CHCCHC

Result

ATS

Total

vs MIL

W0 - 6

W-1.5

P6

@ MIL

L3 - 7

L+1.5

7

@ MIL

L3 - 9

L+1.5

8

vs SD

W1 - 3

W-1.5

7

vs SD

L3 - 0

L-1.5

7

MINMIN

Result

ATS

Total

@ PHI

L1 - 2

W+1.5

5

@ PHI

W5 - 0

W+1.5

8

@ PHI

L1 - 3

L+1.5

8

@ TEX

W4 - 0

W+1.5

7

@ TEX

L2 - 4

L+1.5

7

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