White Sox at Red Sox
O/U 9 · RL Red Sox -1.5
White Sox ML+137
CONF 58%
LLostFinal 2-14
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.**
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Props on this game
3Patrick SandovalUNDER 15.5 Pitcher Outs Pitcher Outs-118
WActual 15
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.
Ceddanne RafaelaOVER 1.5 Total Bases Total Bases+108
WActual 2
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.
Ceddanne RafaelaOVER 0.5 Home Runs Home Runs+650
LActual 0
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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