Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction MLB Picks 8/27/24

Chicago White Sox Betting Preview

The Chicago White Sox are 31-101 this season and they have lost four games in a row. Chicago is coming off of a series loss against Detroit, where they lost all four games by at least three runs. Prior to that series, the White Sox lost two out of three against the Giants, lost two out of three against the Astros, and lost two out of three against the Yankees. Chicago is just 1-8 in their last nine games and they are last in the AL Central. 

The Chicago pitching staff has a 4.91 ERA, a 1.45 WHIP, and a .256 opponent batting average. The White Sox offense has scored 411 runs with a .221 batting average and a .278 on base percentage. Andrew Vaughn is batting .246 with 15 home runs and 59 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. 

Starting Pitchers

The projected starting pitcher for Texas is Andrew Heaney, who is 4-13 with a 4.04 ERA and a 1.24 WHIP over 129.1 innings pitched this year. Heaney has allowed at least three earned runs in three of his last five starts. The projected starting pitcher for Chicago is Garrett Crochet, who is 6-9 with a 3.64 ERA and a 1.07 WHIP over 128.2 innings pitched this season. Crochet has allowed two earned runs or fewer in three of his last four starts, but has not pitched more than four innings in any of those outings. 

Why the Rangers will beat the White Sox

• The White Sox have lost each of their last 10 home games against teams that held a losing record.
• The Rangers have won nine of their last 10 games against the White Sox.
• The White Sox have failed to cover the run line in 14 of their last 15 games as home underdogs after playing the previous day.
• The favorites have covered the run line in eight of the White Sox's last nine games.

Total Runs Facts

• Six of the Rangers' last seven games as favorites have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• Five of the White Sox's last six games as underdogs against AL West opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• The 'Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the White Sox's last five home games.
• The 'Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs' market has hit in each of the Rangers' last three games as road favorites against AL Central opponents.

Chicago White Sox Player Prop Facts

• Andrew Vaughn has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 15 appearances at Guaranteed Rate Field against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Yoan Moncada has recorded at least one Single in each of his last 11 Tuesday night appearances.
• Yoan Moncada has recorded a Double in each of his last three appearances with the White Sox as home underdogs against the Rangers.
• Luis Robert has scored a run in each of the White Sox's last six games against the Rangers at Guaranteed Rate Field.
• Andrew Vaughn has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 15 appearances at Guaranteed Rate Field against AL opponents that held a losing record.
• Andrew Benintendi has hit a home run in each of the White Sox's last two games against AL West opponents that held a losing record.
• Andrew Vaughn has recorded at least one RBI in each of the White Sox's last five home games against the Rangers.

Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts

• Leody Taveras has recorded a Double in each of the Rangers' last three games as road favorites against AL Central opponents.
• Marcus Semien has scored at least one run in each of the Rangers' last six games against the White Sox.
• Andrew Heaney has recorded a win in each of his last three appearances at Guaranteed Rate Field.
• Marcus Semien has recorded at least one total base in each of the Rangers' last 11 games against the White Sox.
• Marcus Semien has hit a home run in four of the Rangers' last six games against the White Sox.
• Jonah Heim has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Rangers' last five games against the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field.
• Andrew Heaney has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his last three appearances at Guaranteed Rate Field.
• Marcus Semien has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rangers' last 11 games against the White Sox.
• Josh Jung has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances against AL Central opponents.

Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction 

Chicago comes into this matchup after a very rough series with the Tigers and they continue to be the worst team in the MLB. The White Sox are just 18-48 at home this year, while the Rangers are 26-40 on the road. Texas has been a huge disappointment this season and they will start Andrew Heaney, who hasn’t been great, but should be fine against this Chicago lineup. The White Sox are starting their ace, Garrett Crochet, but he is on an innings limit, which brings that awful bullpen into play much earlier than normal. I don’t like how the Rangers have played, especially on the road, but I can’t back the White Sox. Take Texas to win.