Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 2, 2024

Coming off of a 1-3 series loss to the Royals, the Cleveland Guardians (52-30) are -189 favorites to pick up the win in Game 1 of a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox (24-62). The series begins at Progressive Field, starting on Tuesday at 6:40 PM ET on BSGL. Cleveland’s Carlos Carrasco gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Chris Flexen.

Here is our betting preview for this contest, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-189)
• Underdog: White Sox (+158)
• Over/under: 9.5

Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been chosen as favorites in 53 games this year and have walked away with the win 37 times (69.8%) in those games.
• Cleveland has a record of 3-2 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -189 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 65.4% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The White Sox have a 20-61 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 24.7% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +158 or longer, Chicago has a 7-34 record (winning just 17.1% of its games).
• The White Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 38.8% in this contest.

Guardians vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez is batting .280 with 23 home runs and 76 RBI. All three of those stats lead Cleveland hitters this season.
• Ramirez’s home runs rank him fourth in Major League Baseball, and he ranks second in RBI.
• Josh Naylor has collected 70 hits this season and has an OBP of .321. He’s slugging .498 on the year.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox in runs batted in (39) and has put up a team-best batting average of .244.
• Vaughn ranks 75th in home runs and 65th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Gavin Sheets has 17 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 33 walks while hitting .239.

Guardians vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have pitched to a 3.60 ERA this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.207 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the White Sox has a collective 8.9 K/9, the fifth-best in MLB.
• Chicago has a 4.57 team ERA that ranks 27th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in MLB (1.374).