Yankees vs. Twins line, odds, start time, picks, best bets for Thursday's American League matchup from proven model

The New York Yankees (29-15) and the Minnesota Twins (24-18) meet in the third and final game of their series on Thursday. The Yankees earned a 4-0 win on Wednesday and will be looking for the sweep. Right-hander Clarke Schmidt (4-1, 2.95 ERA) will start for New York, while Joe Ryan (2-2, 3.21 ERA) gets the ball for Minnesota.

First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET from Target Field in Minneapolis. The Twins are the -121 money line favorite (risk $121 to win $100) in the latest Yankees vs. Twins odds, while New York is a +102 underdog. The over/under for total runs scored is 8. Before you make any Yankees vs. Twins picks or MLB predictions, you need to see what the SportsLine Projection Model has to say.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every MLB game 10,000 times. It enters Week 7 of the 2024 MLB season on a profitable 115-91 run on top-rated MLB picks dating back to last season, and it has excelled on top-rated run-line picks during that span, going 20-8 (+708). Anybody following has seen HUGE returns!

The model knows New York center fielder Aaron Judge has been red hot of late. In Wednesday's win over the Twins, he reached base five times and was 4-for-4 with three doubles, one home run, two RBI and two runs scored. He is 5-for-8 in the series. For the season, he is batting .255 with 13 doubles, 11 homers, 29 RBI and 24 runs scored. In 35 career games against Minnesota, he is hitting .311 with 12 doubles, 10 homers and 28 RBI.

The model also knows right fielder Max Kepler has hits in 15 of the last 16 games, and had one of Minnesota's four hits on Wednesday. He is coming off a solid series at Toronto, where he was 4-for-10 with two doubles and three RBI. For the season, Kepler is batting .318 with three homers, 17 RBI and 13 runs scored. In 32 career games against the Yankees, he has nine doubles, four homers and 12 RBI.

The model has simulated Yankees vs. Twins 10,000 times and the results are in. We can tell you the model is leaning Over on the run total, predicting a combined 8.9 runs, and it also says one side of the money line has ALL the value!

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