Royals vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – July 29, 2024

Entering Monday’s matchup with the Kansas City Royals (57-48), the Chicago White Sox (27-80) are on a 13-game losing streak. The contest starts at 8:10 PM ET on BSKC with the Royals listed as -164 favorites, while the are +138 underdogs who may be heading for a 14th straight defeat. Alec Marsh will get the ball for Kansas City while Chicago will counter with Chris Flexen.

Here is our betting primer for this contest, and find all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Royals vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Royals (-164)
• Underdog: White Sox (+138)
• Over/under: 8.5

Royals vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Royals have won in 29, or 65.9%, of the 44 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• This season Kansas City has come away with a win 14 times in 18 chances when named as a favorite of at least -164 on the moneyline.
• The Royals have an implied victory probability of 62.1% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The White Sox have won 23% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (23-77).
• Chicago has a 13-60 record (winning just 17.8% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +138 or longer.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the White Sox a 42% chance to win.

Royals vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in runs batted in with 71 while batting .342, which is also best on the team.
• Among all MLB hitters, Witt is first in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage, and fifth in slugging.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has 95 hits and an OBP of .318 to go with a slugging percentage of .421 this season.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with 45 runs batted in while accumulating a team-best batting average of .234.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Vaughn’s home run total puts him 105th, and his RBI total ranks 81st.
• Gavin Sheets has 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 35 walks while hitting .223.

Royals vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Royals average the 24th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.2) in the league this season.
• The Royals have the eighth-best ERA (3.78) in the majors this season.
• The Royals rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.257 WHIP this season.
• The White Sox pitching staff is 14th in the majors with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has a 4.69 team ERA that ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in the majors (1.395).