Sacramento Athletics vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 4/17/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Sacramento Athletics vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025

Location: Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Chicago Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Sacramento (-152) Chicago (+126)

The Sacramento Athletics (7-10) are en route to Rate Field on Thursday where they will attempt to beat the Chicago White Sox (4-12). The moneyline on this contest has the Athletics at -152 and the White Sox are sitting at +126. The total has been set at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be JP Sears and Davis Martin.

As a unit, the Sacramento Athletics are putting up 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 11th in baseball. They are sitting with 77 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .313. The Athletics have tallied 26 doubles as a team and have smacked 23 balls out of the park. They have earned 73 RBI's and 143 base knocks for the season, while their batting average comes in at .248. Sacramento owns a slugging percentage of .416 and have been called out on strikes 117 times, while taking a walk on 55 occasions.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.15 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.52. Athletics pitchers have relinquished 21 long balls and 92 runs in total (27th in the league). Sacramento has relinquished 159 base knocks (9.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 81 earned runs. The Athletics hold a team earned run average of 4.80 over the course of the season (28th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 155 batters. They have walked 72 opposing players and their FIP is 4.38 as a unit over the course of the season.

The Athletics have sent 56 relievers to the hill on the campaign. The relievers have inherited 27 runners so far this season and 25.9% of them ended up scoring. They have tallied 5 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 3 of 8 save opportunities. The Athletics bullpen have recorded a save rate of 62.5% and has entered the game in 16 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 8 holds on the season (22nd in MLB). Athletics relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 19 times and also have had 12 appearances in high leverage situations.

The New York Yankees have earned 456 putouts on the campaign, in addition to 126 assists and 13 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .978 which puts them in 26th in pro baseball, and have a total of 11 double plays. The Athletics have turned 66.0% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 1,368 innings, which has them ranked 28th in baseball.

Sears has taken the ball for 440 innings and is sitting with 365 strikeouts in his MLB career. Sears (23-32 mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.29 while facing 1,853 batters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.36 (213 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.248. He has allowed 421 base hits (8.6 hits per nine innings) and has 128 walks.

The Chicago White Sox have earned an on-base percentage of .272 as well as a batting average of .200 on the year. They have been called out on strikes on 139 instances (18th in MLB) and have notched a total of 101 base hits. Chicago has tallied 11 home runs this season to go along with 51 runs batted in. The White Sox have a slugging percentage of .300 and they average 3.31 runs per contest (27th in MLB). They have hit 18 doubles, while getting a free base 51 times as well as notching 53 runs.

The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.311 with a FIP of 4.44 as a squad over the course of the season. They come in at 6th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 118. The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 65 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.11 (63 earned runs surrendered). Their K/BB ratio comes in at 8.10 (125 strikeouts against 63 walks). They have yielded 17 homers and they concede 4.24 runs per 9 innings (14th in the league).

Chicago has called on bullpen pitchers to step onto the mound in 2 save chances, but they have failed to convert one. They rank 30th in MLB holding a save rate of 0.0%, and they have dispatched 53 bullpen pitchers to the mound for the season. Their relievers have come in 12 times in high leverage situations in addition to 14 occasions with base runners. Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 37.5% of 24 inherited runners. Sitting with 9 save situations, the White Sox have compiled 7 holds and also 2 blown saves.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 13 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .984 (21st in MLB). The White Sox have racked up 139 assists, 9 errors and have accumulated 415 putouts during this campaign. In 1,245 innings played, the White Sox have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 71.8% (10th in MLB).

Martin (4-12 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.57 earned run average and has given up 9.1 hits per 9 innings. His K/BB ratio is 2.23 and he has gone up against 563 batters in his career. He has allowed 66 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.376 and having a FIP of 4.5. During his MLB career, Martin has conceded 132 hits while he has tallied 105 punch outs in 130 frames.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago (+126)

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