Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees 9/7/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

On Wednesday, the Minnesota Twins play the third game of a four-game series on the road against the New York Yankees. Minnesota is 68-65 following its 5-2 loss to New York in the opening game of the series on Monday. Minnesota has lost four of the last five and the Twins have fallen out of a tie for first place in the American League Central with Cleveland and now trails the Guardians by one game.

First baseman Luis Arraez is batting .314 to lead Minnesota and has team highs in hits with 144 and on-base percentage at .377. Center fielder Byron Buxton is the leader in home runs with 28 and infielder Jose Miranda is the leader in RBIs with 58. Minnesota has not announced its starting pitcher for Wednesday's third game of a four-game series against the New York Yankees. Check out all of our baseball picks.

The New York Yankees improved to 81-54 following its three-run victory over Minnesota on Monday. Aaron Judge hit his 54th home run of the season. New York has won two straight but the Yankees have seen their double-digit lead in the American League East shrink to just five games over the second-place Tampa Bay Rays.

Right fielder Aaron Judge is batting .302 with 54 home runs, 117 RBIs, 146 hits and an on-base percentage of .403 to lead New York in each category.  First baseman Anthony Rizzo is second in both home runs with 30 and RBIs with 71. On Wednesday, the New York Yankees will send Domingo German to the mound. The right-hander is 2-3 with a 3.12 ERA, 32 Ks and 11 BBs.