The Tampa Bay Rays host the Minnesota Twins on April 24, 2026. First pitch from Tropicana Field is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on MNNT.
The Rays are favored by -131 on the moneyline and by -1.5 on the run line. The Twins are +109 on the moneyline and +1.5 on the run line. The total is set at 7.5 runs.
Find my MLB picks and Twins vs Rays prediction below, as well as probable pitchers, weather report, and more.
Twins vs Rays Prediction
- Twins vs Rays Pick: Richie Palacios Under 0.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (+126)
My Twins vs Rays best bet is on Richie Palacios to record no hits, runs or runs batted-in tonight. Make sure to find the best odds by checking our live MLB odds page.
Twins vs Rays Odds
| Twins Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
+1.5 -199 | 7.5 -115o / -105u | +109 |
| Rays Odds | ||
|---|---|---|
| Spread | Total | Moneyline |
-1.5 +163 | 7.5 -115o / -105u | -131 |
- Twins vs Rays moneyline: Twins +109, Rays -131
- Twins vs Rays over/under: 7.5 (-115o / -105u)
- Twins vs Rays spread: Twins +1.5 (-199), Rays -1.5 (+163)
Twins vs Rays Probable Pitchers
| RHP Taj Bradley (MIN) | Stat | RHP Drew Rasmussen (TB) |
|---|---|---|
| 3-0 | W-L | 1-0 |
| 1.1 | fWAR (FanGraphs) | 0.2 |
| 1.63 / 3.29 | ERA / xERA | 2.75 / 2.79 |
| 1.99 / 3.55 | FIP / xFIP | 4.22 / 3.06 |
| 20.3 | K-BB% | 23.0 |
| 34.7 | GB% | 46.0 |
| .333 | BABIP | .128 |
| 109 | Stuff+ | 102 |
| 92 | Location+ | 120 |
Twins vs Rays MLB Betting Preview
By Derek Carty
My pick is on the Rays' Richie Palacios Under 0.5 hits, runs and runs batted-in at +126.
You may or may not have even heard of him. He's not the best hitter in the league by any stretch, but the thing I really like about this play is that he tends to get pinch-hit for a good amount.
The Bat X projects about a 54% chance that he gets pinch-hit once the opposing relievers get called into action. Palacios is a left-handed hitter, and there are a number of southpaws in the Twins bullpen that we could see come in and see Palacios lifted.
The other part I really like is that he's facing Taj Bradley, who was once a really heralded prospect.
Bradley has looked pretty good so far this year. My stuff model, the Batcast, really likes what it's seen from him compared to last year, when he had a stuff-expected ERA of 5 and a stuff-expected strikeout rate of about 18%.
This year, that has improved to about a 4.32 ERA and a 23% strikeout rate, which is the expected strikeout rate. So his stuff has gotten quite a bit better than it was last year.
Twins vs Rays Pick, Betting Analysis
So we have Bradley making good on some of the promises of old, and while it doesn't look awesome, his improvement is legitimate.
I feel pretty good about Bradley in this matchup against Palacios, and once Bradley is done, the pinch-hit risk really kind of seals the deal.
Pick: Richie Palacios Under 0.5 Hits + Runs + RBIs (+126, DraftKings)
