Angels vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 26, 2024

The Los Angeles Angels (63-95) hope to avoid an upset as -120 favorites when they take on Korey Lee (with homers in two straight contests) and the Chicago White Sox (38-120). First pitch is at 2:10 p.m. ET Thursday, live from Guaranteed Rate Field and airing on NBCS-CHI. Los Angeles’ Tyler Anderson gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Chris Flexen.

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

Angels vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Angels (-120)
• Underdog: White Sox (+101)
• Over/under: 7.5

Angels vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Angels have been favorites in 28 games this season and have come away with the win nine times (32.1%) in those contests.
• This season Los Angeles has been victorious six times in 11 chances when named as a favorite of at least -120 on the moneyline.
• The Angels have an implied victory probability of 54.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The White Sox have compiled a 34-116 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 22.7% of those games).
• Chicago has a 29-114 record (winning only 20.3% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +101 or longer.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the White Sox have an implied win probability of 49.8%.

Angels vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Zachary Neto leads Los Angeles in runs batted in with 77 and has a batting average of .248.
• Among hitters in baseball, Neto is 46th in home runs and 46th in RBI.
• Taylor Ward leads Los Angeles in batting average (.250) and home runs (25) this season, while also driving in 74 runs.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox in home runs (19), runs batted in (67) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .244.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Vaughn is 88th in homers and 79th in RBI.
• Andrew Benintendi has hit 19 home runs to pace his team.

Angels vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Angels average just 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in the league.
• The Angels have the 26th-ranked ERA (4.53) in the majors this season.
• The Angels have a combined WHIP of 1.343 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 12th in the majors.
• Chicago has the 28th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (4.75).
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in baseball (1.446).