Minnesota Twins Face Off Against the A's in Sacramento

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00:00Minnesota remains on the West Coast as they head to Sacramento today to take on the A's.

00:06The Twins are a road favorite today, minus 162 in Sactown against the Athletics.

00:12Total, nine and a half.

00:13How does this series start this week, DRS, in California's capital?

00:17Yeah, how about Joe Ryan?

00:1863 innings pitched on the season, an ERA of 2.57 and a very manageable XFIP number of 3.45.

00:24You take a look at his numbers against weighted on base percentage against 243 batters he's faced.

00:28How about a 262?

00:30You go to the last 30 days, that actually increases to a 224, so even better here.

00:34He's been great the last month.

00:36Low walk rate, decent K rate, low ISO power numbers against, and low weighted on base percentages here.

00:40Now, also, we're not playing in Minnesota.

00:42We're out on the West Coast there in Sacramento, which has usually been a band box to open up the season,

00:46which you have Lawrence Butler, Jacob Wilson, Brent Rooker, and Tyler Soderstrom,

00:50all with very good numbers against right-handed pitching, particularly over the past month.

00:53Now, flip it over to Minnesota here and take a look at how they match up against Luis Severino.

00:57He's been a decent pitcher.

00:58However, on the season, it's 72 and a third innings pitched here, 389 ERA, which is good,

01:04and the 410 XFIP number, which is right around the numbers you look forward to.

01:07But there are a couple guys in that lineup that have a chance to do damage tonight.

01:10Byron Buxton, 385 weighted on base percentage last 30 days against right-handed pitching.

01:15Trevor Larnock, 410 weighted on base percentage with a high ISO going up against right-handed pitching.

01:20And also, take a look at Walner, only had limited at-bats, but Cody Clemens continues to shine on each card.

01:2459 at-bats against right-handed pitching over the past month, a 396 ISO and a weighted on-base percentage of 453.

01:30Usually, we're just fading the ballpark out there and the pitchers pitching into it saying,

01:35that's just going to go over.

01:36It's hard to say I love both of these lineups, but there are spots here, like we just talked about.

01:40Buxton, Larnock, and Clemens, who have legitimate chances to get RBI.

01:44And anytime you play in a smaller ballpark with those hot temperatures in Sacramento,

01:48you sort of want to glom onto that.

01:49That's the way I would play with those three batters from Minnesota, as opposed to taking a side,

01:53even though I do feel the Twins have the better pitcher on the mound tonight.