Chicago White Sox vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/21/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+195) San Francisco (-240)

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (64-63) will try to defeat the Chicago White Sox (30-96) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the White Sox at +195 and the Giants are sitting at -240. The betting total comes in at 8. The men taking the mound will be Garrett Crochet and Logan Webb.

The White Sox have compiled 193 two-baggers as a team and have smacked 106 baseballs out of the park. Chicago has a slugging % of .346 and have been called out on strikes 1,097 times, while drawing a walk on 310 occasions. As a team, the Chicago White Sox are notching 3.1 runs per game, which ranks them 30th in MLB. They have accrued 372 runs batted in and 917 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .220. They are sitting with 391 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .278.

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The White Sox have an earned run average of 4.83 so far this season (29th in the league), and they have rung up 1,029 hitters. White Sox pitchers have conceded 165 long balls and 651 runs in total (29th in MLB). They have walked 496 hitters and their FIP sits at 4.71 as a squad for the year. Chicago has conceded 1,082 base knocks (8.9 per 9 innings) as well as 591 earned runs. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.07 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.43.

White Sox relief pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 139 times in addition to having 131 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have earned 57 holds so far this season (25th in MLB). The White Sox relievers have a save rate of 37.5% and has entered the game in 107 save situations. They have tallied 18 saves this year and have blown 30 of their 48 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 215 runners this year and 34.0% of them earned a run for their team. The White Sox have dispatched 408 relief pitchers to the hill on the year.

The Chicago White Sox have notched a total of 3,302 putouts on the campaign, as well as 993 assists and 74 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .983 which has them sitting 25th in the majors, and they have turned 81 double plays. The White Sox have converted 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs in their 9,906 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 23rd in MLB.

Crochet has taken the ball for 197 innings and has 261 strikeouts so far in his career. His earned run average is 3.30 (72 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.170. He has surrendered 160 base knocks (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has had 70 walks. Crochet (9-16 win-loss record in his career) holds a FIP of 3.25 while facing 826 batters in the major leagues.

The Giants have a team slugging % of .397 and they average 4.33 runs per game (16th in MLB). They have recorded 212 doubles, while getting a free base 404 times and earning 550 runs. San Francisco has a total of 132 home runs on the campaign to go along with 524 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 1,096 occasions (10th in the league) and have notched a total of 1,043 base hits. The San Francisco Giants have tallied an on-base percentage of .312 as well as a batting average of .243 for the year.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.304 in addition to having a FIP of 3.87 as a squad over the course of the season. They are sitting at 25th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 1,069. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 560 runs so far this season and come in with a team ERA of 4.19 (523 earned runs yielded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (1,111 strikeouts vs 394 bases on balls). They have given up 128 homers and they relinquish 4.49 runs per 9 innings (18th in the league).

San Francisco has had relievers enter the contest in 43 save chances and they have come away with 25 saves. They rank 22nd in MLB with a save rate of 58.1%, and they have dispatched 440 relievers onto the diamond for the season. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 121 times in high leverage situations and also on 103 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relievers have an inherited score rate of 35.1% out of their 148 inherited runners. Sitting with 124 save situations, the Giants have earned 79 holds and 18 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 112 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in pro baseball). The Giants have 1,246 assists, 69 errors and have accounted for 3,368 putouts over the course of the season. In 10,104 innings on the field, the Giants have accumulated a efficiency on defense of 68.0% (28th in MLB).

Webb (53-40 career mark) is the owner of a 3.36 earned run average and has given up 8.5 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.78 and he has faced 3,328 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 304 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.182 and a FIP of 3.3. In his pro baseball career, Webb has given up 768 base knocks while totaling 738 strikeouts in 814 frames.

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

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco (-240) and under 8 runs

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