Twins at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 10

Its Thursday, April 10 and the Twins (4-8) are in Kansas City to wrap up their series with the Royals (6-6).

Bailey Ober is slated to take the mound for Minnesota against Michael Wacha for Kansas City.

Kansas City took the first two games of the series, but Minnesota claimed a 4-0 victory yesterday. Ty France and Matt Wallner went deep for the Twins and Joe Ryan tossed seven shutout innings.

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 Twins at Royals

• Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
• Time: 2:10PM EST
• Site: Kauffman Stadium
• City: Kansas City, MO
• Network/Streaming: MNNT, FDSNKC

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Odds for the Twins at the Royals

The latest odds as of Thursday:

• Moneyline: Twins (+104), Royals (-124)
• Spread:  Royals 1.5
• Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Twins at Royals

• Pitching matchup for April 10, 2025: Bailey Ober vs. Michael Wacha
  
  • Twins: Bailey Ober (0-1, 12.15 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/5 vs. Houston - 4IP, 1ER, 3H, 2BB, 5Ks
  • Royals: Michael Wacha (0-2, 4.66 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/5 vs. Baltimore - 5.2IP, 4ER, 6H, 1BB, 5Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Twins at Royals

• The Twins have lost 3 of their last 4 games
• Each of the last 7 games between the Twins and the Royals have stayed UNDER the Total
• The Royals last 4 games overall have stayed UNDER the Game Total
• The Royals are 5-7 on the Run Line this season

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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Twins and the Royals

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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 Thursday's game between the Twins and the Royals:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Kansas City Royals on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Minnesota Twins at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 8.0.

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