Tampa Bay and Chicago continue their three-game series at Guaranteed Rate Field, so we are breaking down Saturday’s middle contest to find out the best Rays vs White Sox betting pick. At the moment, the Chi Sox are the third-strongest fave to win the American League at +475 odds, while the Rays are right behind them at +650. Chicago has won 11 of its last 20 encounters with Tampa, excluding Friday’s opener of this series.
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Rays vs Sox FanDuel Betting Pick
This game will be played at Guaranteed Rate Field at 2:10 PM ET on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
Why Bet The White Sox:
✅ The 4-3 Rays entered Friday’s opener off a disappointing 3-1 defeat in a four-game home set against the Oakland Athletics. Their pitching staff carried a mediocre 4.08 ERA and 1.31 WHIP, allowing a .231 batting average to its opponents. The Rays led the majors in strikeouts per nine innings (11.1), but they were also 23rd in walks per nine (3.9). On the other side, Chicago’s offense had the third-fewest strikeouts on Friday (38), while its pitching ranked eighth in ERA (3.02) and fourth in batting average against (.199).
✅ Corey Kluber met the Baltimore Orioles in his season debut, pitching 4.2 scoreless innings in the Rays’ 8-0 victory at home. He struggled with control and issued four walks, but Kluber also punched out five. The 36-year-old right-hander is 13-5 with a strong 2.96 ERA in 24 career starts against the White Sox. However, Kluber hasn’t met Chicago since 2019 when he yielded six runs (four earned) in 3.1 innings of work. The current Chi Sox are slashing .349/.398/.530 in 118 at-bats against him, and some of them know Kluber very well. Jose Abreu is 18-for-53 with five home runs against the veteran righty.
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✅ The White Sox have won 17 of their last 25 games at Guaranteed Rate Field. They’ve just beat the Mariners 2-1 in a three-game home set despite a .213 batting average and an 80 OPS+. Last year, Chicago recorded a .260/.347/.442 triple slash at home (113 OPS+). On the other side, the Rays have dropped ten of their previous 15 games on the road. They posted a 4.43 ERA on the road in 2021.
Tampa Bay Rays
The Rays swept the lowly Orioles in their opening series of the season, but they were awful in that four-game set against the A’s. Tampa allowed 31 runs to Oakland, including 13 in a heavy 11-run loss in the series opener.
On the offensive side of things, the Rays rank sixth in the majors in batting average (.261) and tenth in OPS (.734). Brandon Lowe and Ji-Man Choi have combined for five home runs and 12 RBIs thus far, while Wander Franco has a .379 batting average and .939 OPS.
Chicago White Sox
The 4-2 White Sox put an end to their four-game winning streak with a 5-1 home loss to Seattle last Thursday. After winning a three-game set at the Detroit Tigers, Chicago missed an opportunity to sweep the Mariners at home. The White Sox have scored 29 runs through their first six tilts of the season, posting a .246/.294/.414 triple-slash.
Michael Kopech will get the starting call Saturday, his second in 2022 and tenth in the big leagues. The 25-year-old powerful righty took a no-decision last Sunday, allowing one earned run on a couple of hits and walks across four innings in Chicago’s 10-1 dismantling of the Tigers.