Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 7/10/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Sunday, July 10, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (+180) Chicago (-210)

The Chicago White Sox (39-43) will go up against the Detroit Tigers (36-47) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has Detroit at +180 and Chicago is priced at -210. The betting total is set at 9. The starting pitchers will be Drew Hutchison and Michael Kopech.

The Tigers have tallied 108 doubles as a team and have hit 51 balls out of the stadium. Detroit is slugging .339 and have struck out 701 times, while being walked on 204 occasions. As a squad, the Detroit Tigers are compiling 3.2 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 29th in the league. They have accounted for 258 RBI's as well as 627 base knocks this year, and their batting average is sitting at .231. They have racked up 268 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .289.

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Tigers pitchers have surrendered 82 home runs and 348 runs in total (14th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 254 opposing players and their FIP sits at 3.96 as a team for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.48 and the pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.25. The Tigers have compiled a team earned run average of 3.97 on the season (17th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 631 batters.

Tigers bullpen pitchers have entered the game with runners on 55 times and also have had 75 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 50 holds so far this season (12th in MLB). The Tigers relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 78.6% and has entered the game in 80 save situations. They have compiled 22 saves for the season and have blown 6 out of their 28 save opportunities. The relief pitchers have inherited 92 base runners on the campaign with 26.1% of them crossed home plate. The Tigers have dispatched 296 relief pitchers to the mound this season.

The Detroit Tigers have accumulated 2,181 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 697 assists and 42 errors. Their fielding rate sits at .986 which is 12th in MLB, and have a total of 64 double plays. The Tigers have converted 70.9% of baseballs in play into outs in their 6,543 innings on the field, which ranks them 9th in professional baseball.

Hutchison (36-28 career record) holds a FIP of 4.44 and he has gone up against 2,231 hitters in the majors. He has given up 535 base knocks (9.4 hits per nine innings) and has 184 walks. His ERA is 4.93 (280 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.407. Hutchison has taken the hill for 511 innings and has accumulated 444 punch outs during his career.

The White Sox have a team slugging percentage of .378 and they are recording 4.24 runs per contest (20th in MLB). They have 143 two-baggers, while walking 199 times as well as scoring 348 runs. Chicago has accounted for 66 home runs this year as well as 329 runs batted in. They have struck out on 649 instances (25th in the league) and have accounted for 729 base hits. The Chicago White Sox have accumulated an OBP of .310 in addition to a batting average of .255 on the year.

The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.348 in addition to having a FIP of 4.03 as a unit so far this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 2.49 (770 strikeouts vs 309 walks). They are sitting at 18th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 687. They have given up 95 dingers and they allow 4.81 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB). The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 395 runs over the course of the season while having an ERA of 4.15 (341 earned runs relinquished).

Chicago has called on relievers to take the mound in 38 save opportunities and they have tallied 24 saves. They are currently ranked 15th in the league with a save rate of 63.2%, and they have dispatched 294 relievers onto the field on the campaign. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 85 times in high leverage situations and also on 82 occasions with runners on. Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.7% out of their 111 inherited base runners. With 95 save situations, the White Sox have accrued 56 holds and also 14 blown saves.

In their 6,651 innings played, the White Sox have a efficiency on defense of 68.4% (26th in pro baseball). The Chicago White Sox have turned 59 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (28th in pro baseball). The White Sox have recorded 667 assists, 55 errors and have earned 2,217 putouts so far this season.

Kopech (7-10 mark in his career) has earned a 3.57 earned run average while conceding 7.0 hits per 9 innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.05 and he has gone up against 651 opposing batters in his MLB career. He has given up 62 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.164 and having a FIP of 3.9. Thus far in his career, Kopech has allowed 121 base knocks while tallying 186 strikeouts in 156 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Detroit (+180)

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