Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 8/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Guaranteed Rate Field is the site where the Chicago White Sox (31-100) will take on the Texas Rangers (60-71) on Tuesday. The expected starting pitchers are Andrew Heaney and Garrett Crochet.

The Rangers have compiled 173 doubles as a team and have knocked 139 baseballs out of the park. Texas is slugging .377 and have been rung up 1,024 times, while drawing a walk on 400 occasions. As a team, the Texas Rangers are recording 4.2 runs per game, which ranks them 22nd in the league. They have earned 524 RBI's in addition to 1,048 hits on the season, while their team batting average is .237. They have accounted for 548 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .305.

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They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.51 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. Rangers pitchers have allowed 162 home runs and 593 runs in total (21st in MLB). Texas has surrendered 1,048 base hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 553 earned runs. The Rangers have a team ERA of 4.31 over the course of the season (24th in MLB), and their staff has struck out 1,103 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 439 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 4.37 as a team so far this year.

The Rangers relief pitchers have a save rate of 62.8% and has entered the game in 101 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 232 runners so far this season and 32.3% of those runners earned a run for their team. Rangers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 143 times in addition to having 142 appearances in high leverage situations. The Rangers have sent 386 relievers to the mound for the year. The relief pitchers have 56 holds this season (28th in MLB). They have 27 saves on the year and have blown 16 out of their 43 save chances.

The Texas Rangers have earned 3,462 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,117 assists and 54 errors. Their fielding rate is at .988 which has them ranked 3rd in pro baseball, and have a total of 92 double plays. The Rangers have converted 70.8% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,386 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 7th in the majors.

Heaney has thrown 983 innings and has totaled 1,042 K's during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.43 (484 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.265. He has given up 949 hits (8.7 hits per nine innings) and has had 294 walks. Heaney (50-61 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.37 while he has gone up against 4,193 batters during his time in the majors.

The White Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .344 and they earn 3.11 runs per game (30th in MLB). They have put up 199 two-baggers, while walking 319 times and putting up 408 runs. Chicago has 107 home runs on the season to go along with 389 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,142 occasions (12th in the league) and have earned 958 hits. The Chicago White Sox hold a team OBP of .278 in addition to a batting average of .221 over the course of the season.

The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 684 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 4.90 (623 earned runs conceded). They have allowed 169 homers and they yield 5.38 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.444 in addition to having a FIP of 4.68 as a unit so far this season. They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.50 (1,078 strikeouts against 519 free passes). They come in at 26th in MLB as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,133.

Chicago relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 35.3% of 224 inherited base runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 135 times in high leverage situations and on 144 occasions with runners on. With 107 save situations, the White Sox have 57 holds and 30 blown saves. They rank 30th in the league with a save percentage of 37.5%, and they have sent 426 relievers onto the diamond so far this year. Chicago has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 48 save opportunities and they have walked away with 18 saves.

Out of their 10,302 innings on the field, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.7% (25th in the majors). The Chicago White Sox have turned 88 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (26th in the majors). The White Sox have racked up 1,037 assists, 80 errors and are sitting with 3,434 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his career, Crochet has given up 164 hits while he has accumulated 265 punch outs in 201 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 74 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.172 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.3. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.73 and he has gone up against 842 opposing batters thus far in his career. Crochet (9-16 record in his career) has a 3.32 ERA and has conceded 7.4 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Texas

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