San Francisco Giants vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 4/6/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: San Francisco (+105) Chicago (-125)

The Chicago White Sox (2-3) will compete against the San Francisco Giants (2-2) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday. The moneyline on this contest has the Giants at +105 while the White Sox are at -125. The over/under is set at 7.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Alex Wood and Lance Lynn.

As a squad, the San Francisco Giants are knocking in 4.8 runs/g, which has them sitting at 15th in the league. They are sitting with 19 runs and hold an OBP of .335. The Giants have hit 4 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 9 balls out of the stadium. They have accumulated 19 RBI's as well as 33 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate comes in at .239. San Francisco has a slugging rate of .464 and have been rung up 50 times, while drawing a walk on 16 occasions.

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Giants pitchers have given up 8 home runs and also 19 total runs (8th in the league). They have walked 12 opposing hitters and their FIP sits at 5.32 as a unit for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.00 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.24. The Giants have a team earned run average of 4.76 over the course of the season (18th in the league), and the staff has rung up 36 hitters.

The San Francisco Giants have accumulated 102 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 37 assists and 1 error. Their fielding rate is at .993 which has them sitting 9th in MLB, and have a total of 2 double plays. The Giants have turned 73.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 306 innings on the field, ranking them 4th in professional baseball.

Wood has taken the hill for 1,121 innings and is sitting with 1,066 K's so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.69 (459 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.227. He has allowed 1,062 hits (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 313 free passes. Wood (71-60 career record) holds a FIP of 3.54 and he has gone up against 4,686 batters during his time in the majors.

The Chicago White Sox have accounted for an OBP of .328 as well as a batting average of .273 on the year. They have struck out on 44 occasions (15th in the league) and have 50 hits. Chicago has accumulated 6 home runs so far this year to go along with 19 RBIs. The White Sox have a team slugging percentage of .454 and they have an average of 3.80 runs per outing (20th in the league). They have hit 15 doubles, while taking a walk 11 times and scoring 19 runs.

The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.605 and have a FIP of 5.85 as a unit this year. Their strikeout to walk ratio comes in at 1.92 (50 strikeouts against 26 free passes). They sit at 13th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 43. They have relinquished 9 long balls and they allow 6.07 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 29 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 5.86 (28 earned runs given up).

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 4 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .994 (8th in the majors). The White Sox have accrued 36 assists, 1 error and have a total of 129 putouts for the season. Out of their 387 innings played, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.3% (17th in professional baseball).

Lynn (123-84 career win-loss record) has a 3.52 earned run average while giving up 8.2 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.88 and he has faced 7,224 hitters in his pro baseball career. He has given up 669 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.259 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.6. So far in his pro baseball career, Lynn has allowed 1,557 base knocks while he has earned 1,721 K's in 1,711 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take San Francisco (+105)

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