The Blue Jays and White Sox will be undertaking a three-game series starting on the 8th of July. The second and third games will be played on the 9th and 10th. The first and second games start at 7:40 PM, and the third begins at 2:10 PM. Although the White Sox will have home field advantage, the Blue Jays go into this game as the overwhelming favorite.
Match Preview
The Blue Jays are 9-1 over the last 10 games, with no other team able to match them in the form stakes. They sit at the top of the American League East, with a 51-38 record for the season.
The White Sox have almost the opposite situation. Their record is 5-5 in the last 10, and they sit bottom of the American League Central. They have a record of 30-58 for the season, with only the Rockies having a worse record.
The Blue Jays are on the road for this game, but the MLB odds are still strongly in their favor. Part of this is due to the potential for the crowd to turn on the White Sox if things don’t go well. As a result of this, a Blue Jays vs White Sox prediction is most likely going to be a Blue Jays win.
Head-to-Head
The Blue Jays have a marginally better record than the White Sox. It stands at 233-207 in their history. However, there are some data points that make a Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox prediction interesting.
Firstly, the Blue Jays are only ahead when playing with home field advantage. They have a 125-99 record at home. When playing at the Rogers Centre it stands at 108-108. It shows that historically, there’s not much between the two teams when the White Sox are at home.
The second data point is the head-to-head record over the last 8 games. It’s currently 8-8, meaning that in recent history they can’t be separated. So, although the Blue Jays are having a much better season, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility that the White Sox can eke out a win.
If you feel it will be the White Sox chance to turn their season around, then the baseball odds could offer you some solid prediction opportunities.
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Key Stats & Facts
Some interesting stats surround this game. Firstly, the White Sox have won exactly a third of the games where they have been the underdog. It means that statistically, they are likely to win one of the games in this series. If they lose the first two, then predicting them to win the third is a mathematically sound option.
However, the Blue Jays haven’t been dominant when they are listed as the favorite. This season, they have won around 58% of the games where they are the favorites. It shows that over 40% of the time they’re unable to capitalize on their stronger position.
It makes predicting this game a challenge, as there are lots of different ways that the game could go.
Predicted Lineups
The White Sox don’t have many significant injury worries at the moment. Davis Martin and Luis Robert Jr. are the only players likely to be missing, although there’s an outside chance Robert Jr. could return. The Blue Jays are missing Andrés Giménez and Yimi García, although it shouldn’t be too much of an issue with their relatively strong roster.
Chicago White Sox Likely Lineup
- Mike Tauchman (L) RF
- Chase Meidroth (R) SS
- Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
- Miguel Vargas (R) 1B
- Kyle Teel (L) C
- Lenyn Sosa (R) 2B
- Josh Rojas (L) 3B
- Brooks Baldwin (S) CF
- Ryan Noda (L) DH
Toronto Blue Jays Likely Lineup
- Nathan Lukes (L) CF
- George Springer (R) DH
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
- Addison Barger (L) RF
- Alejandro Kirk (R) C
- Ernie Clement (R) SS
- Will Wagner (L) 3B
- Davis Schneider (R) LF
- Leo Jiménez (R) 2B
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Tips & Score Prediction
The most obvious prediction to make is for the Blue Jays to win. Regardless of the baseball odds that you find, the Blue Jays are the favorites and should come away with a win. However, if you can get the White Sox to beat the spread by 8, then it is a solid prediction choice.
On the over/under market, a solid prediction is over 8.5. With the White Sox unlikely to start Shane Smith, who has their best ERA at 3.86, there could be some big scoring from the Blue Jays.
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