Spencer Torkelson: MLB Player Prop Bets for Tigers Vs Twins – August 9, 2023

Written By PlayPicks Staff on August 9, 2023

The upcoming contest between Spencer Torkelson’s Detroit Tigers and the Minnesota Twins (with Bailey Ober drawing the start) is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9 at 6:40 PM ET.

Looking to wager on Torkelson ahead of his matchup on Wednesday? Keep reading for everything you need to know, then head over to DraftKings Sportsbook to place your bets!

Player Prop Odds for Torkelson

Prop O/U Over Odds
Hits 1.5 +100
Runs 0.5 -133
RBI 0.5 -119
Strikeouts 1.5 +100

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Stats and Trends for the Minnesota Twins

  • The Twins will send Ober (6-5) to the mound for his 19th start this season.
  • The right-hander’s last appearance was on Saturday, when he threw five innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks, giving up two earned runs while allowing six hits.
  • The 28-year-old has an ERA of 3.21, a 5.44 strikeout-to-walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.051 in 18 games this season.
  • The Twins strike out a league-high 9.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
  • Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.83 this year, sixth-best in baseball.
  • The Twins have a combined 1.181 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
  • The Twins have allowed 132 home runs this season, or 1.1 per game. That ranks 14th in MLB play.

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Spencer Torkelson Stats vs. the Twins

Date Opp. SP H/AB XBH HR RBI R K/BB SB
8/8/2023 Sonny Gray 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 1/0 0
8/7/2023 Pablo Lopez 0-for-4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0
6/25/2023 Bailey Ober 0-for-5 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
6/24/2023 Pablo Lopez 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0
6/23/2023 Kenta Maeda 1-for-4 0 0 0 0 3/0 0
6/18/2023 Louie Varland 1-for-5 1 1 2 1 3/0 0
6/17/2023 José De León 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0
6/16/2023 Joe Ryan 1-for-4 1 0 0 0 2/0 0
6/15/2023 Sonny Gray 2-for-5 1 0 2 2 0/0 0
10/2/2022 Simeon Woods-Richardson 0-for-3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0

Torkelson Stats and Trends

  • Torkelson has collected a base hit 65 times this year in 111 games played (58.6%), including multiple knocks on 25 occasions (22.5%).
  • He has hit a long ball in 13 of 111 games in 2023 (11.7%), which is 3.2% of his trips to the dish.
  • In 39.6% of his games this year (44 of 111), he has touched home plate at least one time. In eight of those games (7.2%), he tallied more than one run scored.
  • In 41 of 111 games this season (36.9%), Torkelson has plated a run, and in 11 of those games (9.9%) he knocked in multiple runs. He has also been responsible for three or more of his team’s runs in four contests.
  • He has struck out at least once 75 times this season in 111 games (67.6%), including 29 games with more than one strikeout (26.1%).
Home Away
56 GP 55
30 (53.6%) Games w/1+ Hit 35 (63.6%)
12 (21.4%) Games w/2+ Hits 13 (23.6%)
21 (37.5%) Games w/1+ Run 23 (41.8%)
4 (7.1%) Games w/1+ HR 9 (16.4%)
19 (33.9%) Games w/1+ RBI 22 (40.0%)

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