Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 5/27/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Monday, May 27, 2024

Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: NBC Sports Chicago

Odds/Point Spread: Toronto (-200) Chicago (+168)

The Toronto Blue Jays (23-29) are hitting the road to Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday where they will attempt to beat the Chicago White Sox (15-38). The moneyline on this contest has the Blue Jays at -200 and the White Sox are coming in at +168. The over/under is 8.5. The pitchers taking the mound will be Chris Bassitt and Nick Nastrini.

As a team, the Toronto Blue Jays are putting up 3.8 runs per game, which has them sitting at 26th in MLB. They have accumulated 194 runs while having a team on-base percentage of .309. The Blue Jays have tallied 85 doubles as a team and have hit 43 balls out of the park. They have earned 182 runs batted in and 386 base knocks for the year, and their batting average comes in at .232. Toronto has a slugging % of .369 and have been called out on strikes 367 times, while being walked on 170 occasions.

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The Blue Jays have compiled a team earned run average of 4.19 this season (20th in the league), and their staff has struck out 416 hitters. Blue Jays pitchers have conceded 64 home runs and also 229 total runs (16th in baseball). They have walked 157 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 4.31 as a team on the season. Toronto has allowed 424 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) as well as 206 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.65 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.31.

The Blue Jays have dispatched 166 relief pitchers to the mound this year. The relief pitchers have inherited 79 base runners this year with 25.3% of those runners crossed home plate. They have tallied 12 saves this season and have blown 5 of 17 save opportunities. The Blue Jays relievers have a save percentage of 70.6% and has entered the game in 46 save situations. The relief pitchers have recorded 29 holds on the year (13th in the league). Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 54 times as well as having 33 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Blue Jays have transformed 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,978 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 22nd in professional baseball. The Toronto Blue Jays have amassed 1,326 putouts on the year, as well as 434 assists and 31 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .983 which has them sitting 24th in MLB, and have accumulated 42 double plays.

Bassitt has taken the hill for 992 innings and is sitting with 906 strikeouts in his pro baseball career. Bassitt (66-48 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.94 and he has gone up against 4,155 batters in the major leagues. His earned run average is 3.54 (390 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.207. He has given up 886 base hits (8.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 312 walks.

The White Sox hold a team slugging percentage of .330 and they average 2.94 runs per contest (30th in MLB). They have hit 82 two-baggers, while taking a walk 139 times as well as earning 156 runs. Chicago has hit 36 HRs this year to go along with 145 RBIs. They have struck out on 438 occasions (14th in MLB) and have a total of 372 base hits. The Chicago White Sox have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .279 and a batting average of .216 over the course of the season.

The White Sox have a WHIP of 1.380 with a FIP of 4.71 as a team so far this season. They rank 21st in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 433. The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 269 runs on the campaign and come in with a team ERA of 4.73 (242 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio is 8.40 (431 strikeouts against 202 free passes). They have given up 72 homers and they concede 5.26 runs per 9 innings (28th in the league).

Sitting with 47 save situations, the White Sox have recorded 27 holds and 10 blown saves. Chicago has called on relievers to step onto the mound in 20 save opportunities and they have tallied 10 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 61 times in high leverage situations in addition to 68 occasions with base runners. Chicago relievers have an inherited score rate of 33.6% out of their 107 inherited runners. They rank 28th in baseball with a save rate of 50.0%, and they have sent 180 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

In 4,140 innings played, the White Sox hold a defensive efficiency of 70.3% (11th in the majors). The Chicago White Sox have gotten 31 double plays and have a fielding rate of .983 (23rd in baseball). The White Sox have racked up 421 assists, 31 errors and are sitting with 1,380 putouts on the season.

Nastrini (0-3 win-loss mark in his career) has a 11.91 earned run average and has given up 12.7 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 0.62 and he has faced 63 opposing batters so far in his MLB career. He has allowed 15 ER's while holding a WHIP of 2.559 and having a FIP of 7.5. So far in his MLB career, Nastrini has surrendered 16 base knocks while he has earned 8 punch outs in 11 frames.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Toronto (-200)

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