Twins vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 4, 2024

The Minnesota Twins (61-48) hope to complete a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox (27-86) when the teams meet at 2:10 PM ET Sunday. The Twins are -286 favorites to keep the White Sox out of the win column in the series. Minnesota’s Simeon Woods Richardson gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Chris Flexen.

Here is our preview for this tilt, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Twins vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Twins (-286)
• Underdog: White Sox (+231)
• Over/under: 9

Twins vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Twins have been favorites in 74 games this season and have come away with the win 47 times (63.5%) in those contests.
• Minnesota has been listed as a favorite of -286 or more on two occasions this season and won both games.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Twins have a 74.1% chance of walking away with the win.
• The White Sox have won 21.7% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (23-83).
• Chicago is 1-9 (winning just 10% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +231 or longer.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 30.2%.

Twins vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Carlos Santana is batting .243 with 14 home runs and 48 RBI for Minnesota this season.
• Santana’s home runs rank him 78th in baseball, and he ranks 79th in RBI.
• Willi Castro leads Minnesota in batting with a .260 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 38 runs.
• Andrew Vaughn leads the White Sox with 13 home runs and 48 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .230.
• In all of MLB, Vaughn ranks 87th in homers and 79th in RBI.
• Gavin Sheets has 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 35 walks while batting .214.

Twins vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Twins strike out a league-high 9.3 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff.
• Twins pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.13 this year, which ranks 19th in MLB.
• The Twins have a combined WHIP of just 1.169 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
• The 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 20th in MLB.
• Chicago’s 4.82 team ERA ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in the majors (1.410).