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Stephen Nover's MLB Monday Top Ticket - 37-21 (64%) MLB Run!
(MLB) Twins (MIN) vs. Cubs (CHC),
Money Line: 100.00 Cubs (CHC) (Home)
Result: Loss
Money Line: 100.00 Cubs (CHC) (Home)
Result: Loss
The record shows the Twins to be 62-48. But they aren't nearly that good. They've feasted on four bad teams going 28-8 when playing the White Sox, A's, Angels and Tigers.
If you removed those 36 games, Minnesota would be 34-40 on the season, six games below .500.
The Cubs are four games below .500. They have won four of their last five games.
So I'm not buying the Twins opening as a road favorite against the Cubs in a pitching matchup of rookie David Festa against Kyle Hendrick.
Festa has pitched 19 1/3 innings. He has a 6.98 ERA. Festa has surrendered a whopping six homers in his 19 1/3 innings.
Hendricks is a tough sell, too, with a 6.86 ERA. But he's pitched better at Wrigley Field and he might avoid facing two of the Twins' four best hitters. Carlos Correa remains out and Byron Buxton is questionable.
If you removed those 36 games, Minnesota would be 34-40 on the season, six games below .500.
The Cubs are four games below .500. They have won four of their last five games.
So I'm not buying the Twins opening as a road favorite against the Cubs in a pitching matchup of rookie David Festa against Kyle Hendrick.
Festa has pitched 19 1/3 innings. He has a 6.98 ERA. Festa has surrendered a whopping six homers in his 19 1/3 innings.
Hendricks is a tough sell, too, with a 6.86 ERA. But he's pitched better at Wrigley Field and he might avoid facing two of the Twins' four best hitters. Carlos Correa remains out and Byron Buxton is questionable.
