Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 5/14/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Sunday, May 14, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

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

Guaranteed Rate Field is where the Chicago White Sox (13-27) will meet the Houston Astros (20-18) on Sunday. The moneyline on this game has the Astros at +115 while the White Sox are sitting at -135. The over/under is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Hunter Brown and Lucas Giolito.

The Astros have compiled 59 doubles as a team and have smacked 34 baseballs out of the park. Houston owns a slugging percentage of .367 and have struck out 306 times, while being walked on 118 occasions. As a squad, the Houston Astros are earning 4.4 runs per game, which is 15th in baseball. They have amassed 160 RBI's in addition to 303 hits on the campaign, while their batting average is at .238. They have tallied 166 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .309.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 3.37 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.19. Astros pitchers have allowed 37 home runs and also 141 total runs (3rd in baseball). Houston has yielded 296 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 124 earned runs. The Astros are sitting with a team ERA of 3.30 on the year (2nd in the league), and their staff has struck out 364 hitters. They have walked 108 opposing players and their FIP is 3.67 as a unit on the campaign.

The Astros bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 66.7% and has entered the game in 30 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 36 runners for the year with 25.0% of those players earned a run for their team. Astros bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 21 times as well as having 32 appearances in high leverage situations. The Astros have sent 119 relievers to the hill for the season. The relievers have accumulated 14 holds on the campaign (26th in the league). They have earned 10 saves on the season and have blown 5 out of their 15 save opportunities.

The Astros have converted 69.3% of baseballs in play into outs in their 3,048 innings, which has them sitting at 16th in pro baseball. The Houston Astros have 1,016 putouts thus far, as well as 321 assists and 14 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .990 which puts them in 6th in the majors, and have 34 double plays.

Brown has taken the ball for 59 innings and is sitting with 61 strikeouts so far in his MLB career. His ERA is 2.43 (16 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.230. He has given up 50 base knocks (7.6 hits per 9 innings) with 23 walks. Brown (5-1 record in his career) sits with a FIP of 2.77 while going up against 242 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Chicago White Sox are sitting with a team on-base percentage of .298 as well as a team batting average of .235 this season. They have struck out on 336 instances (15th in MLB) and have totaled 323 hits. Chicago has knocked in 41 home runs for the year and 166 runs batted in. The White Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .381 and they score 4.22 runs per contest (21st in the league). They have tallied 74 two-baggers, while walking 108 times and earning 169 runs.

The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.518 in addition to having a FIP of 5.16 as a unit on the season. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 9.90 (385 strikeouts against 167 bases on balls). They sit at 28th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 366. They have conceded 65 long balls and they allow 6.18 runs per 9 innings (29th in the league). The Chicago pitching staff have conceded 241 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 5.66 (221 earned runs conceded).

Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 51.6% out of 62 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 57 times in high leverage situations in addition to 41 occasions with runners on base. With 36 save situations, the White Sox have accumulated 23 holds and also 7 blown saves. They are ranked 28th in the league holding a save rate of 46.2%, and they have dispatched 142 bullpen pitchers onto the field on the year. Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 13 save chances and they have walked away with 6 saves.

In their 3,165 innings played, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 66.9% (27th in baseball). The Chicago White Sox have turned 23 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .984 (19th in MLB). The White Sox have racked up 274 assists, 21 errors and have amassed 1,055 putouts so far this year.

In his pro baseball career, Giolito has conceded 759 base knocks and he has 923 K's in 877 innings pitched. Giolito (55-49 win-loss mark in his career) is the owner of a 4.29 earned run average and has allowed 7.8 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded 418 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.234 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.2. His K/BB ratio is 2.86 and he has gone up against 3,665 hitters so far in his career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Houston (+115)

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