Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 8/16/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Houston (-135) Chicago (+115)

The Chicago White Sox (59-56) are welcoming the Houston Astros (75-41) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has Houston at -135 while Chicago is sitting at +115. The over/under is set at 7. The starting pitchers are Justin Verlander and Dylan Cease.

The Astros have compiled 201 doubles as a team and have hit 159 balls out of the park. Houston has a slugging rate of .425 and have struck out 848 times, while taking a walk on 393 occasions. As a unit, the Houston Astros are putting up 4.5 runs/g, which ranks them 11th in the league. They have tallied 510 runs batted in as well as 940 hits this year, while their team batting average comes in at .244. They have tallied 525 runs and hold an OBP of .318.

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Astros pitchers have surrendered 100 long balls in addition to 384 total runs (2nd in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 327 players from the other team and their FIP is 3.47 as a unit this season. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 3.18 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.10. The Astros have a team ERA of 3.02 over the course of the season (2nd in the league), and they have rung up 1,039 batters.

The Astros relievers have earned a save percentage of 75.6% and has come into the game in 115 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 114 runners for the year with 30.7% of them earned a run for their team. Astros pitchers have come into the game with runners on 75 times as well as having 109 appearances in high leverage situations. The Astros have dispatched 337 relievers to the mound on the campaign. The relief pitchers have tallied 70 holds this year (8th in the league). They have 34 saves this year and have blown 11 out of their 45 save chances.

The Houston Astros have accounted for 3,086 putouts for the season, in addition to 895 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .987 which puts them in 10th in pro baseball, and they have turned 86 double plays. The Astros have turned 72.4% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,258 innings, which has them sitting 1st in professional baseball.

Verlander has taken the mound for 3,124 innings and has tallied 3,147 K's during his pro baseball career. Verlander (241-132 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.39 while going up against 12,736 hitters in the majors. His ERA is 3.26 (1,133 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.122. He has allowed 2,631 base knocks (7.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 875 free passes.

Chicago has tallied 101 long balls on the year to go along with 466 RBIs. They have hit 195 doubles, while taking a walk 272 times as well as putting up 490 runs. The Chicago White Sox have earned a team on-base percentage of .313 in addition to a batting average of .259 on the campaign. The White Sox have a team slugging percentage of .388 and they are scoring 4.26 runs per game (18th in baseball). They have struck out on 894 occasions (24th in MLB) and have a total of 1,034 base knocks.

The Chicago pitching staff have given up 504 runs on the year while having an ERA of 3.89 (444 earned runs allowed). They have conceded 123 long balls and they give up 4.42 runs per 9 innings (18th in baseball). The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.313 and have a FIP of 3.87 as a pitching staff on the season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.66 (1,044 strikeouts against 392 walks). They have a ranking of 21st in the league as a staff in total hits surrendered with 956.

Chicago has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 51 save opportunities and they have walked away with 35 saves. They are ranked 11th in MLB holding a save percentage of 68.6%, and they have sent 391 relievers onto the diamond this season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 118 times in high leverage situations and also on 95 occasions with runners on base. Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.3% out of 133 inherited base runners. With 133 save situations, the White Sox have compiled 81 holds in addition to 16 blown saves.

Out of their 9,243 innings on the diamond, the White Sox have a defensive efficiency of 68.5% (25th in MLB). The Chicago White Sox have gotten 92 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in baseball). The White Sox have 929 assists, 70 errors and are sitting with 3,081 putouts this year.

In his pro baseball career, Cease has surrendered 359 base knocks while earning 525 punch outs in 425 innings pitched. He has allowed 173 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.294 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.73 and he has faced 1,817 batters thus far in his career. Cease (34-23 career mark) has earned a 3.66 ERA and has conceded 7.6 hits per nine innings.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago (+115) and under 7 runs

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