hi it's Mitch from picd do.com here with your free pick in the Twins versus Braves Major League Baseball matchup on Monday August 26 2024 if you like all the free picks we do at pic dogs you'll love our premium picks our Best Bets you just go to pic dogs.com click on the premium picks tab I've got a link directly below this video as well uh make it nice and easy for you if you make bigger bets thousand or more per game looking for a long-term winning solution we have our VIP area as well just text the number you see on the screen if you bet a thousand or more per game and looking for a long-term winning solution but let's get to it we've got the twins taking on the Braves and you know the expanded wild card that they went to a couple years ago has made baseball a lot more interesting and certainly a game like this even though these teams aren't battling even in the same league against each other well they are both battling nonetheless the twins are actually right there um near the top of the American League Central so certainly a lot to play for in this one and they are also right there for the top wild card spot but unfortun they're also right there for the third wild card spot as well they've put a little distance between the Wild Card teams and the Chasers like the Boston Red Sox but in the American League but at the same time anything far from over anything but over at this point of the Season still plenty of games left to be played at this point but uh you know the how how much longer are we going to really be saying that for the Atlanta Braves it has been a little bit of a trying year the Braves generally we see them fighting for the National League East title or really locking up the National League East title this year um this year they kind of uh not uh you know they've had problems right I mean Spencer Strider went out early aunia Jr's gone down and you know they have they didn't really make the major moves at the trade deadline like we've seen them do in the past so the Braves kind of content to see what they can do with what they have we know there's still plenty of Talent on this roster and you know the Mets have tried to chase them down here for that third wild card spot in the National League really to know Veil at this point you know it just seems when the bra when the Mets have gotten close the Braves have extended it but this looks to be a little bit of a rougher spot for the Braves as they take on a twins team that's been pretty tough at home and bayy obber who gets the ball here for the twins has been pretty decent as well he had a rough couple games of the Season then in all in the middle he was really good hit another rough patch and then he's been really good once again of late so what we got from obber for a good portion of the season was a lot of great value because he had some numbers that weren't really representative as to what you know what he has done you know obber has been Sensational at home this season going uh seven and one so far in games at home this season and a 2.78 home er on the other side of the equation Max freed who's been a kind of a pillar for the uh for the for the Braves not having a typical Max free type season the Lefty has certainly had his share of struggles giving up more hits and runs than were custom to seeing him see seeing him uh seeing him throw you know Max freed just never has really looked like the same Max freed that we've seen throughout the years generally you know Max freed will start the season a little bit to the slow side and then start to pick it up look at the way these teams hit the baseball and the twins simply hammering it from both sides the Braves you know doing what the Braves do they just have so many guys with so much talent but at the end of the day when you're playing against a talented team like the Minnesota Twins I just don't think the Braves have enough here I'm going to take the twinss and that's going to be my free pick of course while you're doing your picks putting your bets in use our free betting tools sportschatplace.com 100% free help put you on the most favorable bets on the board today