Recent form
3-7
MIN -1.3 vs DET -1.8 margin
MIN brings the hotter last-ten margin into this matchup tonight with balance.

DET
63-73

MIN
65-72
Verdict
Pass · no edge tonight.
The model doesn't see daylight against the posted line on this game. We don't surface negative-EV picks; check the drill-down for sub-model context.
Why this matchup
1 signal · model + marketLine movement
200 snapshots
MIN spread
-1.5
open -1.5
Total
O/U 8.5
open O/U 8.5
MIN no-vig %
54.9%
open 54.3% · +0.6
Stepped lines reflect captured market snapshots from odds_snapshots. Spread sign convention: negative = MIN favored. Live mode caps the in-game branch to the last 60 minutes.
Drill down
Sub-model tables · ensemble breakdown · last meeting · book shop · player props
Pregame · scouting report
Probable starters, projected lineups, head-to-head this season, our model edge against the market — every angle on one surface.
Away starter

Jackson Jobe
SP · #21
1-1
W-L
3.93
ERA
1.42
WHIP
15
K
18.1
IP
Last 3 starts
Home starter

Taj Bradley
SP · #26
9-6
W-L
3.97
ERA
1.28
WHIP
169
K
147.1
IP
Last 3 starts
Vegas line
Model edge
Head to head
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Model side · moneyline
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Scouting report · pre-game
MIN is 3-7 recently; DET is 2-8.
59.7%
model · MIN win prob
Recent form
Situational
Rest is even. MIN has 0 straight road games; DET has 0.
Model angle
MIN's edge is mostly model confidence plus venue split. Head to head is the main caution flag. Weather and park remove about 0.1 runs from the total environment.
Players to watch
Taj Bradley · 6.6 K · last-10 6.7 vs season 6.5.
Framber Valdez · 4.1 K · last-10 3.9 vs season 4.3.
Bailey Ober · 3.7 K · last-10 3.6 vs season 3.8.
Line move
The market has moved 0.6pp toward the home side.
Aggregated from r107 anatomy · r109 CLV history · r112 calibration · r118 line moves · r124 player projections · refreshes every 5 minutes
Model ensemble · how the prediction is built
Each sub-model uses a different rating substrate. Bayesian model averaging weights them by rolling Brier score so the ensemble inherits each model's strengths. Disagreement flags games where the sub-models don't see eye-to-eye — lower confidence, wider band.
59.8%
ensemble · MIN favored
Elo Static
56.7%
P(MIN win)
33%
weight
Elo Pitching
56.7%
P(MIN win)
33%
weight
Bullpen Park
57.7%
P(MIN win)
34%
weight
Disagreement
0.47 pp
weighted σ across sub-models
Confidence
97% · high
maps from disagreement
Substrate count
3 / 3 active
ones with full inputs tonight
Weights recalibrated nightly on a 90-day rolling window with strict point-in-time correctness — no model gets credit for a game it hasn't seen. Headline % is Platt-scaled per league; sub-model rows show raw BMA inputs.
Player projections
Per-player stat projections built from a recency-weighted blend of the last ten games, season average, and matchup context. Confidence reflects sample size and stability — the top of each list is who to watch.
125
projections · 101 high confidence
Strikeouts
Hits
Total bases
RBIs
Earned runs
Projections recompute every 30 minutes · prop lines plug in once sportsbook ingest lands
Matchup · 2026
MLB Stats API
DET
league avg
MIN
.713
OPS
.718
▶.723
.315
OBP
.318
.318
4.38
Runs / G
4.50
▶4.57
3.58
Team ERA
4.16
4.65
1.22
WHIP
1.30
1.38
8.2
K / 9
8.5
▶8.4
DET
Tigers
66-88
MIN★
Twins
87-78
Team pages
Elsewhere in the MLB
Data via ESPN · MLB Stats API · Baseball Savant
Line shopping · 1 book
Same model, different prices. The same moneyline can vary 25¢ across books — taking the worst price wipes out a real edge instantly. Star marks the best-paying book per side.
+4.6pp
best edge · MIN · DraftKings
DET
no live price
MIN
★ bestedge +4.6pp · implied 55.1%
| Book | DET | MIN | Best edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| DraftKings | +119 | -127★ | +4.6 |
Edges shown are model probability minus no-vig implied probability for that side at that book. Stars mark the highest-paying cell per side. Lines refresh every 60 seconds.
The receipts
MIN's edge is mostly model confidence plus venue split. Head to head is the main caution flag.
+4.6
pp edge · MIN
+0.59
CLV pp
60.8%
±5.6pp band
2.75u large — +4.9pp edge, quarter Kelly.
Edge
+5.7pp
+1.1pp post-cal
Kelly
11.0%
2.7% sized
Decimal
1.79
+4.9pp vs price
Contributor breakdown · sums to 4.6pp · MIN over DET
MIN grades as a real model edge, not just noise.
MIN's venue form is 12.5pp stronger in the recent sample.
DET has controlled the recent head-to-head sample.
Open price
-132
Close price
-135
Open no-vig
54.3%
Close no-vig
54.9%
Market came to the model
How we read this game
Preview · MLB
etroit Tigers visit Minnesota Twins Monday at 8/31 - 7:40 PM EDT.
Vegas opened MIN as a 1.5-point favorite with the total at 8.5. MIN's moneyline implies a 56% break-even, DET the inverse. MIN is on a back-to-back.
For bettors: the MIN side carries the favorite-tax, the dog gets the points and a plus-money payout. The 8.5 total reads near the league average.
ByTheOnemodel/auto-generated · live odds + scouting data/refreshes with the page
MLB · Box score
No player stats available yet.
No player stats available yet.
Team stats
DET
Away
Stat
MIN
Home
596
Runs
626
1088
Hits
1134
61
Errors
63
1817
TB
1870
155
HR
158
475
BB
437
1164
K
1089
0
LOB
0
Season series
MIN leads series 5-2
Season series
MIN wins series 2-0
Model & market
Vegas line center
DraftKings via ESPN · 21+
Spread
MIN -1.5
Total
8.5
Standard · 0.0 vs avg
Moneyline
Implied probabilities back-computed from American odds — break-even win % a moneyline bet needs to be +EV.
Line movement · 200 snapshots
ESPN-tracked · 21+
Spread
1.5
0.0 since open
Total
8.5
0.0 since open
Pitching matchup · today
ESPN · season stats
J. Jobe
#21 · 1-1
ERA
3.93
K
15
SV
—
Last 3 starts

T. Bradley
#26 · 9-6
ERA
3.97
K
169
SV
—
Last 3 starts
Scouting report
DET @ MIN
Rest going in
0 days
last game Aug 30
0 days
last game Aug 30
Model edge vs market
Lean onlyMarket
MIN -1.5
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Market
8.5
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Market
MIN -127
Model
On the roadmap
Edge
—
Model spread derived from 21-day power-rank delta · not a true point-spread model. Total + ML model wires roadmap. Bet responsibly · 21+
Tale of the tape
63-73
Record
65-72
#12
Conf rank
#10
+0.5
Pt diff
-0.4
L1
Streak
W1
2-8
Last 10
3-7
Bullpen used yesterday
DET
3.0 bullpen IP · heavy
L 6-1 · Aug 30
MIN
0.7 bullpen IP
W 5-1 · Aug 30
Composite signals from ESPN standings + 21-day power rolling. NBA pace / ORtg / DRtg from ESPN core team-stats; NFL yards-per-game from nflverse aggregation. Park factors, weather, KenPom-class metrics still on the roadmap.
Betting line
MIN -1.5·O/U 8.5·DET +119/MIN -127