The Detroit Tigers will take the field against the Chicago White Sox (31-98) on Saturday. The game begins at 7:10 p.m. ET on NBCS-CHI, with the Tigers listed as -159 favorites on the moneyline. Detroit’s Tarik Skubal and Chicago’s Ky Bush have been named the starters for this contest.
Here is our betting preview for this game, and uncover all of our MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $32.58
Tigers to win vs White Sox -159
Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Tigers (-159)
- Underdog: White Sox (+133)
- Over/under: 8.5
Tigers vs. White Sox Betting Insights
- The Tigers have been victorious in 26, or 53.1%, of the 49 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season Detroit has been victorious nine times in 13 chances when named as a favorite of at least -159 on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 61.4% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The White Sox have won 22.1% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (27-95).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +133 or longer, Chicago has gone 20-79 (20.2%).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 42.9%.
Tigers vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders
- Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs with 18, runs batted in with 54 and his batting average of .263 is also best on his team.
- Greene’s home runs rank him 58th in MLB, and he is 87th in RBI.
- Matt Vierling is batting .255 with an OBP of .296 and a slugging percentage of .432 this season.
- Andrew Vaughn has put up a team-best 14 home runs and 53 runs batted in.
- Among all batters in the majors, Vaughn is 105th in homers and 89th in RBI.
- Andrew Benintendi is batting .210 with 15 doubles, 13 home runs and 28 walks.
Tigers vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Tigers have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in the majors.
- The Tigers have the 11th-ranked ERA (3.85) in the majors this season.
- The Tigers have a combined WHIP of just 1.198 as a pitching staff, which is the third-best in baseball this season.
- The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 18th in the majors.
- Chicago’s 4.81 team ERA ranks 29th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The White Sox have the second-highest WHIP in baseball (1.436).