Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 9, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians will take the field against the Chicago White Sox (33-111) on Monday. The game begins at 7:40 p.m. ET on NBCS-CHI, with the Guardians listed as -223 favorites on the moneyline. Cleveland’s Joey Cantillo and Chicago’s Nick Nastrini have been named the starters for this contest.

Here is our betting preview for this tilt, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-223)
• Underdog: White Sox (+185)
• Over/under: 9

Guardians vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Guardians have won in 57, or 65.5%, of the 87 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
• Cleveland has a record of 4-2 when favored by -223 or more this year.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 69% chance of pulling out a win.
• The White Sox have won 29 of the 136 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (21.3%).
• Chicago is 9-42 (winning only 17.6% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +185 or longer.
• The White Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 35.1% in this game.

Guardians vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (34) and runs batted in (106) this season while batting .271.
• Among all batters in Major League Baseball, Ramirez’s home run total places him eighth and his RBI tally places him second.
• Josh Naylor has collected 120 hits this season and has an OBP of .322. He’s slugging .464 on the year.
• Andrew Vaughn has put up a team-best batting average of .242, while pacing the White Sox in home runs (17) and runs batted in (62).
• In all of MLB, Vaughn ranks 91st in homers and 75th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi is batting .222 with 19 doubles, 16 home runs and 38 walks.

Guardians vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have an 8.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, 10th-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have pitched to a 3.82 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined 1.216 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 13th in the majors.
• Chicago has a 4.87 team ERA that ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The White Sox average MLB’s second-worst WHIP (1.453).