St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 7/8/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Saturday, July 8, 2023

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Chicago White Sox (37-52) are hosting the St. Louis Cardinals (36-51) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday. The pitchers who are expected to start are Miles Mikolas and Touki Toussaint.

St. Louis is slugging .426 and have been called out on strikes 727 times, while taking a walk on 300 occasions. They have recorded 387 RBI's and 750 hits on the year, while their batting average comes in at .253. The Cardinals have accounted for 147 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 117 balls out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 401 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .328. As a squad, the St. Louis Cardinals are notching 4.6 runs per outing, which is 13th in MLB.

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They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 2.26 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.48. Cardinals pitchers have relinquished 85 home runs and also 437 runs in total (25th in baseball). St. Louis has given up 828 hits (9.7 per 9 innings) in addition to 394 earned runs. The Cardinals are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.63 over the course of the season (25th in baseball), and the staff has rung up 693 hitters. They have walked 306 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.26 as a team for the year.

The Cardinals relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 53.8% and has come into the game in 83 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 162 runners on the season and 28.4% of those runners ended up scoring. Cardinals pitchers have entered the contest with runners on 99 times in addition to having 96 appearances in high leverage situations. The Cardinals have dispatched 263 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The bullpen have a total of 44 holds so far this season (20th in MLB). They have earned 21 saves for the year and have blown 18 of their 39 save chances.

The Cardinals have transformed 66.2% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,888 innings, which has them sitting at 30th in baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals have accumulated 2,296 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 822 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .989 which is 2nd in pro baseball, and they have twisted 82 double plays.

Mikolas (49-45 career win-loss mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.97 and he has gone up against 3,427 hitters in the major leagues. He has conceded 807 base knocks (8.8 hits per 9 innings) and has 169 walks. His ERA is 3.80 (350 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.178. Mikolas has thrown 828 frames and has earned 608 punch outs thus far in his career.

The White Sox have a team SLG% of .393 and they score 4.17 runs per contest (24th in baseball). They have 152 doubles, while taking a walk 223 times and scoring 371 runs. Chicago has hit 101 home runs on the campaign and 361 runs batted in. They have struck out on 776 instances (12th in baseball) and have tallied 722 base hits. The Chicago White Sox hold an OBP of .297 and a team batting average of .238 this year.

The Chicago pitching staff have conceded 435 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.54 (399 earned runs conceded). They have given up 121 home runs and they surrender 4.96 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league). The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.358 in addition to having a FIP of 4.59 as a pitching staff on the campaign. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 9.70 (851 strikeouts against 342 free passes). They are sitting at 18th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 731.

Chicago has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 34 save chances and they have walked away with 16 saves. They rank 30th in the league with a save rate of 47.1%, and they have dispatched 299 relief pitchers to the hill this year. Their relief pitchers have come in 124 times in high leverage situations and on 91 occasions with runners on. Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 40.2% of 132 inherited runners. With 80 save situations, the White Sox have 45 holds and also 18 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 55 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in the majors). The White Sox have 657 assists, 43 errors and have earned 2,371 putouts so far this year. In 7,113 innings played, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 69.3% (14th in pro baseball).

Toussaint (10-8 win-loss record in his career) has a 5.23 earned run average and has allowed 7.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 1.66 and he has faced 824 opposing hitters during his MLB career. He has allowed a total of 107 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.473 and a FIP of 5.3. In his career, Toussaint has conceded 154 base knocks while accumulating 194 punch outs in 184 frames.

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Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Chicago

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