Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 8/29/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, August 29, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

The Chicago White Sox (31-101) will take on the Texas Rangers (60-71) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday. The starting pitchers will be Nathan Eovaldi and Nick Nastrini.

As a team, the Texas Rangers are scoring 4.2 runs/g, which ranks them 22nd in baseball. They have notched a total of 548 runs scored and have an on-base percentage of .305. The Rangers have accrued 173 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 139 baseballs out of the park. They have accumulated 524 runs batted in and 1,048 hits for the season, and their batting average is sitting at .237. Texas is slugging .377 and have struck out 1,024 times, while drawing a walk on 400 occasions.

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The Rangers have an earned run average of 4.32 so far this year (24th in baseball), and the staff has struck out 1,103 batters. Rangers pitchers have yielded 162 home runs in addition to 593 total runs (19th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 439 hitters and their FIP is 4.37 as a team on the season. Texas has relinquished 1,049 hits (8.2 per 9 innings) and 554 earned runs. They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.51 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.29.

Rangers pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 143 times as well as having 142 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 56 holds on the year (28th in MLB). The Rangers bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 62.8% and stepped onto the hill in 101 save situations. They have compiled 27 saves on the year and have blown 16 out of their 43 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 232 runners on the campaign and 32.3% of them crossed home plate. The Rangers have dispatched 386 relief pitchers to the hill on the season.

The Rangers have transformed 70.7% of baseballs in play into outs in their 10,386 innings, which has them sitting at 6th in MLB. The Texas Rangers have a total of 3,462 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,117 assists and 53 errors. Their fielding rate is at .989 which puts them in 2nd in the majors, and have accumulated 92 double plays.

Eovaldi has thrown 1,534 innings and has 1,320 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Eovaldi (88-80 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.02 while he has faced 6,473 hitters during his time in the majors. His ERA is 4.08 (695 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.286. He has given up 1,540 base knocks (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 433 walks.

Chicago is sitting with 108 home runs on the campaign to go along with 392 runs batted in. They have hit 199 doubles, while taking a walk 322 times as well as recording 411 runs. The Chicago White Sox hold an on-base percentage of .278 and a batting average of .221 so far this season. The White Sox have a SLG% of .344 and they average 3.11 runs per outing (30th in baseball). They have been rung up on 1,145 occasions (12th in baseball) and have notched a total of 964 hits.

The Chicago pitching staff have surrendered 690 runs for the season while having an ERA of 4.91 (629 earned runs allowed). They have relinquished 171 homers and they concede 5.39 runs per 9 innings (29th in MLB). The White Sox have a team WHIP of 1.446 in addition to having a FIP of 4.69 as a staff on the year. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.50 (1,086 strikeouts vs 522 walks). They are currently ranked 26th in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,146.

Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.8% out of their 226 inherited runners. Their relievers have come in 135 times in high leverage situations and on 145 occasions with runners on. Sitting with 108 save situations, the White Sox have earned 57 holds in addition to 31 blown saves. They rank 30th in MLB with a save rate of 36.7%, and they have sent 429 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season. Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 49 save opportunities and they have converted 18 saves.

Out of their 10,383 innings played, the White Sox are sitting with a defensive efficiency of 68.6% (25th in MLB). The Chicago White Sox have gotten 88 double plays and hold a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in pro baseball). The White Sox have 1,046 assists, 80 errors and have amassed 3,461 putouts so far this year.

Nastrini (0-5 record in his career) has a 8.55 earned run average while giving up 8.9 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 0.76 and he has gone up against 122 batters in his career. He has allowed 23 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 2.025 and being the owner of a FIP of 8.4. So far in his career, Nastrini has conceded 24 hits while tallying 19 K's in 24 innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Texas

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