Giants vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 19, 2024

The San Francisco Giants (63-63) are favorites (-238) on the moneyline when they take on the Chicago White Sox (30-95) Monday at 9:45 p.m. ET, live on NBCS-BA. San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Jonathan Cannon.

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

Giants vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Giants (-238)
• Underdog: White Sox (+193)
• Over/under: 8

Giants vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Giants have been victorious in 39, or 57.4%, of the 68 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• San Francisco has played as a favorite of -238 or more just one time this year and came away with a win in that game.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Giants have a 70.4% chance of walking away with the win.
• The White Sox have won 26 of the 118 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (22%).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +193 or longer, Chicago has gone 5-27 (15.6%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the White Sox have an implied win probability of 34.1%.

Giants vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Matt Chapman leads San Francisco in batting average (.245), home runs (19) and runs batted in (61) this season.
• Chapman is 41st in home runs and 46th in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
• Heliot Ramos is batting .279 with an OBP of .335 and a slugging percentage of .490 this season.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox in home runs (14), runs batted in (52) and has accumulated a team-high batting average of .242.
• Vaughn is 99th in homers and 86th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Andrew Benintendi is hitting .216 with 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 26 walks.

Giants vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Giants have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, sixth-best in baseball.
• The Giants have the 21st-ranked ERA (4.20) in the majors this season.
• The Giants rank 21st in MLB with a combined 1.302 WHIP this season.
• The White Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in the majors with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Chicago has the 29th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.84).
• The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in MLB (1.436).