White Sox at Red Sox
O/U 9 · RL Red Sox -1.5
The pick & result
- Published pick
- White Sox ML +137
- Published odds
- +137
- Result
- Lost
- Final score
- 2-14
Odds are the American price printed with this pick, not a current offer. Wins, losses and pushes remain on the public record; a missing grade is not a win.
The read
Tuesday night at Fenway, hot and muggy with the wind blowing out to center, and the Red Sox come home for the first time in weeks with the biggest story in baseball behind them — three straight wins in Los Angeles, five in a row overall, a sweep of the defending champs in their own park. The White Sox land in Boston coming off a blowout win in Tampa, and they're sitting alone in first place in their division. These two teams are separated by a single game in the standings. The prices are not that close.
This morning you could have gotten Chicago at a decent number, and by the time I locked it in they were paying noticeably more. That move didn't come from anything about tonight's game — it came from a weekend in Los Angeles and a highlight reel. Boston earned that hot stretch, but they earned it on the road. At home this year they've actually been a losing team. Their starter is barely into a season that began with him rehabbing, he's putting a lot of runners on base, and he hasn't been trusted to get through the fifth inning all year. Chicago's counter to a lefty is a lineup stacked with right-handed hitters, in a ballpark that rewards righties pulling the ball better than anywhere else in the game. Vargas and Grichuk both mash left-handed pitching with real power. Murakami is a different hitter at night than he is during the day, and this is a night game.
I'll be straight about the other side, because it's real. Chicago's starter had two ugly months in June and July, his best pitch has been getting hit hard, and this same Boston lineup lit him up for five runs in four innings a month ago. The White Sox have lost all three meetings this year and barely scored. Boston's bullpen is the best thing on the field tonight, and everybody in it is rested. That's why this number isn't crazy. But it isn't a good deal either. When two teams with basically the same record play, and one of them is priced like a clear favorite behind a pitcher who can't finish the fifth, I don't need the underdog to be the better team. I just need them to be closer to a coin flip than the price says. **White Sox, moneyline, +137.**
The full analysis
Tuesday night at Fenway, 87 degrees with the wind pushing out toward center, and the Red Sox come home for the first time in weeks carrying the loudest story in baseball — three straight in Los Angeles, five wins in a row, a sweep of the defending champs on their own field. Chicago flies in the other direction off a 9-1 laugher in Tampa, sitting 59-52 and alone in first place in the Central. Two clubs separated by one game in the standings. The prices are not separated by one game.
This morning the White Sox were +118. By the time the ticket sealed they were +137. That drift didn't come from anything that happened in this matchup — it came from a weekend in Los Angeles and a highlight reel. Boston earned every bit of that run, but they earned it on the road, where they're 35-22. At Fenway they're 25-29. Patrick Sandoval is nineteen innings into a season that began in a rehab dugout, working with a WHIP near 1.60 and a leash that hasn't stretched past the fifth all year. Chicago's answer to a left-hander is seven right-handed bats in a ballpark that pays right-handed pull better than any address in the sport. Vargas is at .920 with nine homers against lefties. Grichuk is at .915 with seven. Murakami's night splits are a different hitter than his day splits, and this is a night game.
I'll be honest about the other side, because it's real. Davis Martin's June and July were bad months, his cutter has been getting punished, and this same Boston lineup handed him five runs in four innings a month ago. Chicago has lost all three meetings this season and scored two runs doing it. Boston's bullpen — Chapman, Whitlock, Weissert, all rested off Monday — is the best thing on the field tonight and it's the reason this number isn't wrong. But it isn't a bargain either. When two teams with the same record meet and one is priced like a 59 percent favorite behind a starter who can't finish the fifth, I don't need the dog to be the better club. I just need them closer to even than 42 percent. **White Sox, moneyline, +137.**
The research
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HEAT CHECK
Ceddanne Rafaela: 1.089 OPS in Last 15 Days
1.089Rafaela's running a 1.089 OPS over his last 15 days against an .805 season mark — real heat, and he's already got 15 homers on the year. That 1.5 total-base line tonight looks like it hasn't caught up to how hot he's been.
COOLING OFF
Wilyer Abreu: .485 OPS in L15 — draws RHP Davis Martin
.485Abreu's been quiet for two weeks, .485 OPS against a .757 season mark, and Davis Martin tonight is his tougher side too at .666 against right-handers. Doesn't look like the get-right spot.
Colson Montgomery: .415 OPS in L15 — draws LHP Patrick Sandoval
.415Montgomery's in a rough stretch, .415 OPS over his last 15 days against a .744 season mark, but tonight's actually his good side — Patrick Sandoval's a lefty, and lefties are who he's hit best all year at .873. Worth watching if he flips it around.
HR THREAT
Ceddanne Rafaela
+650Gary's Take Rafaela isn't sneaking into this matchup on a name — he's four home runs deep into the Dodgers series alone, with a two-homer night on Saturday and three straight games leaving the yard heading into tonight. Over his last fifteen days he's hitting .339 with a 1.089 OPS.
BULLPEN
Chicago White Sox pen: 13.7 relief IP over their last 3 games
13.7 IPOnly six arms have covered this stretch for Chicago, and two of them — Schultz and Schweitzer — turned in bulk-length outings that take them out of the mix right away. Taylor, Davitt, and Domínguez are the only real fresh options if tonight's game in Boston turns into a bullpen game.
SITUATIONAL
CHW's bullpen has covered 13.7 innings over the last 3 games
13.7That is 13.7 relief innings in 3 games, led by Noah Schultz (5) and Tyler Schweitzer (3). BOS's pen has thrown 10.7 over the same span.
TEAM RECORD
White Sox 2-6 in Davis Martin's last 8 starts
2-6Davis Martin taking the ball hasn't worked out for the White Sox — 2-6 in his last eight starts. Now he takes it to Boston.
REGRESSION
Ceddanne Rafaela: .289 AVG vs .248 xBA
.248The same Rafaela running hot the last two weeks has also outhit his expected numbers all season — .289 against a .248 expected average, .349 wOBA against .288 expected, across 441 plate appearances. The recent heat is real, but even his baseline was already running better than the contact earns.
Chase Meidroth: .273 AVG vs .232 xBA
.232Meidroth's hitting .273 against a .232 expected average across 452 plate appearances, with a wOBA of .329 against a .292 expected mark. That's a full season of data now, and it's still running ahead of what the contact quality says it should.
CLOSER WATCH
Grant Taylor / Bryan Hudson
5 SVShared ninth in CHW: Grant Taylor 5 saves, Bryan Hudson 4. The role is live.
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Props on this game
3- GARY'S PICKPATRICK SANDOVALPITCHER OUTS UNDER 15.5
Every one of his four starts back from Tommy John has topped out at five innings or less — 5.0, 4.2, 5.0, 4.1 — and he's never once reached this number in a game log. Boston's staff has him on a pitch count in the high 60s to low 80s and said outright they didn't expect a 95-pitch outing from him this early in the return. Nothing in four trips through his own logs suggests the leash gets longer tonight.
- GARY'S PICKCEDDANNE RAFAELATOTAL BASES OVER 1.5
He's the reason Boston swept the West Coast trip — four home runs in three games against the Dodgers, and he's still squaring the ball up. He's cleared a base and a half in ten of his last fifteen games, and the price still pays plus money for it. Davis Martin's cutter and changeup have both gotten hit hard all season, and that's real contact for a hitter who's already locked in. His home numbers at Fenway are quieter than his road split, but the Monster still turns line drives into extra bases, and right now he doesn't need much room to do damage.
- THE LONG SHOTCEDDANNE RAFAELAHR OVER 0.5
Four home runs in his last three games is about as hot as a bat gets, and it's a swing built for a short wall in left. I don't expect that pace to hold at its current rate, but even a fraction of this power surge carrying into tonight makes plus-six-fifty worth being on. He's already gone deep in six of his last fifteen games — this price is built for a much colder stretch than the one he's actually on.
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