Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins 8/29/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Target Field will play host to a Monday night MLB clash between the Boston Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins. The Red Sox (62-66) have dropped seven of their previous ten games and are in last place in the AL East Division standings. On Sunday, Boston SP Nick Pivetta (9-10) gave up five runs in five innings during a 12-4 home loss versus Tampa Bay. Check out all the other MLB picks.

Rookie right-hander Brayan Bello (0-3 7.36 ERA) will make his fifth career major league start for the Red Sox. In 22 innings, Bello has struck out 22 batters and owns an ugly 2.09 WHIP.

The Minnesota Twins are ten games above .500 at home and trail AL Central Division leading Cleveland by 2.5 games. On Sunday, OF Jake Cave homered and drove in four runs to power Minnesota to an 8-3 home victory versus San Francisco. Max Kepler contributed a pair of hits and scored a run for the Twins, who improved to 65-61 on the year.

Twenty-nine year old righty Dylan Bundy (7-6 4.56 ERA) will head to the hill for the Twins in this contest. Last time out, Bundy gave up two runs in five innings during a 5-3 road loss against Houston.