The Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox meet Thursday in MLB action at Rate Field. Here’s a White Sox vs. Rays Prediction. This article will include a White Sox vs. Rays Pick.
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview
The Tampa Bay Rays are 10-10 on the year and play the Pirates and Reds next. The Tampa Bay Rays are batting .266 on the season, have a .337 OBP, and have a .399 slugging percentage. The Tampa Bay Rays pitching staff has a 4.46 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP. Yandy Diaz leads the Tampa Bay Rays with 24 hits and 16 RBI, while Junior Caminero and Chandler Simpson have combined for 39 hits and 10 RBI.
Steven Matz gets the ball for the Tampa Bay Rays, and he is 3-0 with a 3.94 ERA and 17 strikeouts this season. Matz is 0-0 with a 2.13 ERA and 16 strikeouts in his career against the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago White Sox Betting Preview
The Chicago White Sox are 6-12 on the year and play the Athletics and Diamondbacks next. The Chicago White Sox are batting. 193 on the season, have a .284 OBP, and have a .306 slugging percentage. The Chicago White Sox pitching staff has a 5.02 ERA and a 1.46 WHIP. Chase Meidroth leads the Chicago White Sox with 12 hits and 2 RBI, while Colson Montgomery and Munetaka Murakami have combined for 21 hits and 18 RBI.
Anthony Kay gets the ball for the Chicago White Sox, and he is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA and 11 strikeouts this season. Kay is 0-0 with a 3.93 ERA and 18 strikeouts in his career against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Why the Chicago White Sox will win
- The White Sox have won three of their last four games as underdogs against the Rays following a loss.
- The Rays have lost 12 of their last 18 games as favorites against American League opponents.
- The White Sox have covered the run line in 10 of their last 11 day games against American League opponents that held a winning record.
- The Rays have failed to cover the run line in six of their last seven day games against American League opponents that held a losing record.
- The White Sox have led after 5 innings in each of their last five home day games.
- The White Sox have won the first inning in three of their last four day games against opponents that held a winning record.
- The White Sox have led after 3 innings in four of their last five home day games.
Why the Tampa Bay Rays will win
- The Rays have won each of their last seven games against American League opponents.
- The White Sox have lost each of their last six games against AL East opponents following a home loss.
- The Rays have covered the run line in each of their last seven games against American League opponents.
- The White Sox have failed to cover the run line in each of their last five home games against American League opponents following a home loss.
- The White Sox have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last five games.
- The White Sox have trailed after 3 innings in each of their last four games.
Total Runs Facts
- Seven of the Rays’ last eight day games as favorites have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Five of the last six games between the Rays and White Sox have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in five of the last six games between the Rays and White Sox.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in 20 of the Rays’ last 25 day games against AL Central opponents.
Chicago White Sox Player Prop Facts
- Austin Hays has hit a home run in three of his last 10 appearances with his team as a home underdog against AL opponents.
- Austin Hays has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances with his team as a home underdog against AL opponents.
Tampa Bay Rays Player Prop Facts
- Yandy Diaz has hit a home run in two of his last three appearances against the White Sox after playing the previous day.
- Steven Matz has recorded a win in each of his last three appearances.
- Gavin Lux has recorded at least one hit in each of his last seven road appearances.
- Yandy Díaz ranks T3rd in the league in Hits (24) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The White Sox rank 30th in the league for hits this season (110).
- The White Sox rank 30th in the league for RBIs this season (49).
- The Rays rank 2nd in the league for strikeouts against this season (120).
- The Rays rank T2nd in the league for hits allowed this season (126).
White Sox vs Rays Prediction
The Rays are on a roll right now and the lineup is tearing the cover off the ball. The White Sox are looking more and more like the worst team in baseball. This team just doesn’t show up night to night. Kay has been solid through 14.2 innings with his 2.45 ERA and 1.16 WHIP, but that means the White Sox won’t score runs. It’s always something with this team. Also, because the Rays aren’t a public team, we don’t get inflated prices even when there’s a mismatch. I’ll gladly take the Rays at the soft price. The White Sox stick to high heaven.