Mets at Twins prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, and stats for April 16

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Its Wednesday, April 16 and the Mets (11-6) are in Minneapolis to take on the Twins (6-12).

Huascar Brazoban is slated to take the mound for New York against David Festa for Minnesota.

These teams have split the first two games of the series. The Twins won last night, 6-3. Former Met Harrison Bader went 3-4 and drove in a run to lead Minnesota's offense. Pete Alonso hit his fifth home run of the season in a losing effort for New York.


Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.


We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.


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Game details & how to watch Mets at Twins​

• Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
• Time: 1:10PM EST
• Site: Target Field
• City: Minneapolis, MN
• Network/Streaming: SNY, MNNT

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Odds for the Mets at the Twins​

The latest odds as of Wednesday:

• Moneyline: Mets (+106), Twins (-126)
• Spread: Twins -1.5
• Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Mets at Twins​

• Pitching matchup for April 16, 2025: Huascar Brazoban vs. David Festa
  • Mets: Huascar Brazoban (0-0, 0.79 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/14 at Minnesota - 2IP, 0ER, 0H, 1BB, 1K
  • Twins: David Festa (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/11 vs. Detroit - 4.2IP, 0ER, 3H, 1BB, 4Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Mets at Twins​

• The Twins are 8-10 on the Run Line this season
• Mets' road games this season are 7-4 to the UNDER
• Juan Soto hit his 3rd HR of the season last night
• Francisco Lindor has committed 4 errors in 17 games this season

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Expert picks & predictions for today’s game between the Mets and the Twins​

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.


Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.


Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Wednesday's game between the Mets and the Twins:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the New York Mets at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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