On a relatively boring Monday slate, the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels will do battle late in one of the day’s more interesting games. Two impressive young pitchers will take the mound for each team. Let’s dive into the White Sox-Angels odds as we make our predictions and pick the best MLB bet!
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Best MLB White Sox-Angels Betting Pick & Prediction: Expect a Pitcher’s Duel Early
White Sox-Angels Odds
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook
White Sox: +110 | Angels: -140
Over 8.5: +100 | Under 8.5: -120
NRFI: -120 | YRFI: -110
The public may not see this as an interesting pitcher’s duel, but I do. The White Sox will start RHP Dylan Cease (3-3). Cease entered the season close to the top of some analysts’ pitcher rankings but is yet to live up to the hype. Cease owns a 4.22 ERA and a 4.39 xERA. He’ll take on LHP Reid Detmers (1-5), whose 4.02 ERA and 4.07 xERA slightly edge him out. However, both pitchers have improved their form over the course of the year — Cease owns a 2.38 ERA in June, while Detmers owns a 2.28 ERA this month.
Although these teams are evenly matched on the mound, they aren’t in the batter’s box. The Angels rank tied for third in expected weighted on-base average, or xwOBA, at .339. They trail only the Braves and Dodgers. In contrast, the White Sox rank a thoroughly unimpressive 29th in the metric at .304. L.A. owes much of that ranking to its superstar players, Shohei Ohtani (.414) and Mike Trout (.393).
Cease has looked effective against the Angels to date. He has lined up against Trout six times, allowing only one hit and racking up three strikeouts. Ohtani has proven more difficult, as the two-way superstar has racked up two hits, including a home run, in eight at-bats against Cease. Still, Cease struck him out twice. In his last start against the Angels, Cease allowed only one hit while striking out 11 batters.
With two solid starting pitchers on the mound, bettors shouldn’t expect much offense early. That’s often been the case for the Angels and White Sox this year. The Angels rank 24th in yes runs first inning percentage, or YRFI%, at 25.3%, while the White Sox rank 28th at 21.5%. These teams collectively fail to score in the first inning a whopping 53.2% of the time. Let’s lock in the NRFI at -120 (54.6%) via DraftKings Sportsbook. New to DraftKings? Get $150 in bonus bets after you place a $5 wager by registering here!
Best White Sox-Angels MLB Pick: NRFI -120 at DraftKings
