Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 8/25/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Friday, August 25, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Oakland (+170) Chicago (-205)

The Chicago White Sox (50-77) will try to defeat the Oakland Athletics (36-91) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Friday. The moneyline on this game has the Athletics at +170 while the White Sox are opening at -205. The total is 8.5. The starting pitchers are JP Sears and Dylan Cease.

As a team, the Oakland Athletics are knocking in 3.6 runs per contest, which has them sitting at 30th in MLB. They have earned 453 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .300. The Athletics have recorded 174 doubles as a unit and have hit 127 balls out of the park. They have earned 438 runs batted in and 928 hits on the year, and their batting average sits at .223. Oakland has a slugging percentage of .364 and have struck out 1,165 times, while drawing a walk on 402 occasions.

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They have a K/BB ratio of 1.90 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.54. Athletics pitchers have relinquished 172 home runs and 757 runs in total (30th in the league). Oakland has yielded 1,175 base hits (9.5 per 9 innings) as well as 714 earned runs. The Athletics are sitting with a team ERA of 5.76 this season (30th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,024 hitters. They have walked 539 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 5.10 as a team this year.

The Athletics have dispatched 424 relievers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 244 base runners so far this season and 38.9% of those players ended up crossing the plate. They have earned 21 saves so far this season and have blown 24 out of their 45 save chances. The Athletics relief pitchers have accumulated a save percentage of 46.7% and stepped onto the hill in 90 save situations. The relievers have earned 43 holds this year (30th in baseball). Athletics pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 156 times and also have had 148 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Oakland Athletics have earned a total of 3,344 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,002 assists and 76 errors. Their fielding rate is currently at .983 which puts them in 27th in the majors, and have earned 90 double plays. The Athletics have turned 67.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 10,032 innings, ranking them 28th in the majors.

Sears (8-13 career record) has a FIP of 4.85 and he has faced 857 hitters in the majors. He has allowed 194 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) and has had 58 walks. His ERA is 4.35 (99 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.231. Sears has taken the mound for 204 innings and has earned 178 strikeouts thus far in his career.

Chicago is sitting with 137 HRs over the course of the season to go along with 503 RBIs. They have hit 207 doubles, while getting a free base 306 times as well as putting up 524 runs. The Chicago White Sox have recorded an on-base percentage of .295 in addition to a team batting average of .239 this season. The White Sox hold a team SLG% of .386 and they tally 4.13 runs per contest (25th in the league). They have been rung up on 1,134 occasions (10th in MLB) and have 1,036 hits.

The Chicago pitching staff have given up 646 runs on the year while having an ERA of 4.80 (600 earned runs relinquished). They have relinquished 176 homers and they surrender 5.16 runs per 9 innings (25th in baseball). The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.406 and have a FIP of 4.76 as a team on the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.50 (1,185 strikeouts vs 516 walks). They rank 18th in MLB as a staff in total hits surrendered with 1,067.

Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 37.0% out of their 173 inherited base runners. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 160 times in high leverage situations and also on 123 occasions with base runners. With 110 save situations, the White Sox have recorded 60 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. They rank 29th in MLB holding a save percentage of 46.9%, and they have dispatched 409 relievers onto the field so far this year. Chicago has called on relievers to enter the contest in 49 save opportunities and they have come away with 23 saves.

Out of their 10,134 innings on the diamond, the White Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 68.8% (19th in the majors). The Chicago White Sox have gotten 88 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .985 (20th in professional baseball). The White Sox have 949 assists, 66 errors and have a tally of 3,378 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his career, Cease has given up 525 hits while he has earned 741 strikeouts in 619 innings pitched. Cease (41-32 win-loss record in his career) has earned a 3.77 ERA and has given up 7.6 hits per 9 innings. He has allowed 259 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.297 and a FIP of 3.9. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.67 and he has gone up against 2,646 hitters in his career.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago (-205)

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