Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 5, 2024

One team will end a losing skid when the 46-67 Oakland Athletics (two-game losing streak) and the 27-87 Chicago White Sox (20-game losing streak) meet Monday at 9:40 PM ET. The Athletics have been set as -175 favorites by oddsmakers for the contest at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. Oakland’s JP Sears and Chicago’s Jonathan Cannon have been named the starters for this contest.

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

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-175)
• Underdog: White Sox (+146)
• Over/under: 7.5

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Athletics have been chosen as favorites in 12 games this year and have walked away with the win nine times (75%) in those games.
• Oddsmakers have given Oakland the best odds of winning it has seen this season, with a -175 moneyline listed for this contest.
• The Athletics have an implied victory probability of 63.6% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• The White Sox have put together a 23-84 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 21.5% of those games).
• Chicago has a 12-60 record (winning just 16.7% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +146 or longer.
• The White Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 40.7% in this matchup.

Athletics vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Brent Rooker is batting .290 with 28 home runs and 81 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among Oakland hitters this season.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Rooker’s home run total places him seventh and his RBI tally ranks him fourth.
• JJ Bleday has collected 96 hits this season and has an OBP of .321. He’s slugging .438 on the year.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with 13 home runs and 50 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .235.
• Vaughn ranks 88th in homers and 75th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
• Gavin Sheets is batting .214 with 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 35 walks.

Athletics vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Athletics average just 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in the league.
• The Athletics have pitched to a 4.39 ERA this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
• The Athletics have a combined 1.352 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-highest in MLB.
• The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in MLB.
• Chicago has a 4.88 team ERA that ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in the majors (1.422).