Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 7, 2024

Entering Wednesday’s matchup with the Oakland Athletics (47-67), the Chicago White Sox (27-88) are on a 21-game losing streak. The contest starts at 3:37 PM ET on NBCS-CHI with the Athletics listed as -192 favorites, while the are +160 underdogs who may be heading for a 22nd straight defeat. Joey Estes will get the ball for Oakland while Chicago will counter with Davis Martin.

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

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Lines

• Favorite: Athletics (-192)
• Underdog: White Sox (+160)
• Over/under: 8.5

Athletics vs. White Sox Betting Insights

• The Athletics have been favorites in 13 games this season and have come away with the win 10 times (76.9%) in those contests.
• Oakland has played as a favorite of -192 or more just one time this year and came away with a win in that game.
• The Athletics have an implied victory probability of 65.8% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The White Sox have a 23-85 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 21.3% of those games).
• Chicago is 8-46 (winning just 14.8% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +160 or longer.
• The White Sox have a 38.5% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Athletics vs. White Sox Hitting Leaders

• Brent Rooker leads Oakland in home runs with 28, runs batted in with 81 and his batting average of .288 is also best on his team.
• Among all batters in baseball, Rooker’s home run total ranks him seventh and his RBI tally places him fifth.
• JJ Bleday has 97 hits and an OBP of .322 to go with a slugging percentage of .440 this season.
• Andrew Vaughn paces the White Sox with 13 home runs and 50 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .235.
• Vaughn ranks 90th in homers and 76th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
• Andrew Benintendi is batting .206 with 12 doubles, nine home runs and 23 walks.

Athletics vs. White Sox Pitching Rankings

• The Athletics have a 7.8 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 28th in baseball.
• The Athletics have the 23rd-ranked ERA (4.36) in the majors this season.
• The Athletics have a combined WHIP of 1.344 as a pitching staff, which is fifth-worst in baseball this season.
• The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the White Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in the majors.
• Chicago’s 4.89 team ERA ranks 29th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the second-worst WHIP in MLB (1.424).