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The Red Sox make the trip to Chicago to face the White Sox! The Red Sox have been the epitome of average this season, while the White Sox are easily the worst team in the MLB. Our MLB odds series has our Red Sox-White Sox prediction, odds, and pick for Friday.
Red Sox-White Sox Projected Starters
Cooper Criswell vs. Garrett Crochet
Cooper Criswell (3-2) with a 3.92 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP
Last Start: Pitched five innings and gave up one run on four hits with one walk and five strikeouts in a Red Sox win.
2024 Road Splits: (1-1) 4.82 ERA
Garrett Crochet (5-5) with a 3.49 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP
Last Start: Pitched six innings and gave up one run on five hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in a White Sox loss.
2024 Home Splits: (3-3) 2.50 ERA
Here are the MLB Odds, courtesy of FanDuel.
MLB Odds: Red Sox-White Sox Odds
Boston Red Sox: -1.5 (+155)
Moneyline: -106
Chicago White Sox: +1.5 (-188)
Moneyline: -10
Over: 7.5 (-106)
Under: 7.5 (-114)
How to Watch Red Sox vs. White Sox
Time: 8:10 pm ET
TV: NESN / NBC Sports Chicago
Stream: fuboTV (Click for free trial)
Why The Red Sox Will Cover The Spread/Win
The Red Sox have been average overall and have a 31-31. They just won a game to break a two-game losing streak. Statistically, the Red Sox are in the top half of the league behind the plate and then are top five in pitching on the mound. Tyler O'Neill, Triston Casas, Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Rafael Devers are all talented players and have been solid to a varying degree behind the plate so far this season. When it comes to their pitching Tanner Houck, Kutter Crawford, Nick Pivetta, and Garrett Whitlock have made up a great pitching staff with all of them varying from good to great overall.
The Red Sox are starting Cooper Criswell on the mound and he has a 3-2 record, a 3.92 ERA, and a 1.19 WHIP. He has allowed 24 runs on 42 hits with 10 walks and 41 strikeouts through 43.2 total innings so far this season. Through the 10 games that he has appeared in this year the Red Sox are 7-3. Criswell has been a key reason the Red Sox have been great on the mound as a team. He gets a favorable matchup against the White Sox behind the plate with how much their offense has struggled.
The Red Sox's offense has been solid this season. They are 13th in team batting average at .244 after finishing last season at .258. The offense is led by Rafael Devers, Ceddanne Rafaela, and Jarren Duran in most batting categories behind the plate. Devers leads in batting average at .288, in home runs at 13, and in OBP at .380. Rafaela leads in RBI at 33, and then Duran in total hits at 66. The Red Sox are solid behind the plate, but Garrett Crochet is one of the better pitchers for the White Sox this season.
Why The White Sox Will Cover The Spread/Win
The White Sox are the worst team in the MLB currently. They have a 15-47 record so far this season, and they have lost 13 straight games heading into this game. They are the worst team in the MLB behind the plate and are also struggling on the mound, ranking second to last and only in front of the Rockies. Gavin Sheets, Paul DeJong, Andrew Vaughn, and Andrew Benintendi are standouts despite how bad the offense has been. The only notable pitchers in the lineup are Erick Fedde and Garrett Crochet.
The White Sox are starting Garrett Crochet as a pitcher in this matchup and he has a 5-5 record, a 3.49 ERA, and a 0.93 WHIP. He has allowed 27 runs on 50 hits with 15 walks and 93 strikeouts. In his 12 appearances this season, the White Sox are 5-8. Crochet has genuinely been a bright spot for a team that has struggled so much on the mound this year. He gets a decent matchup because the Red Sox have been solid behind the plate, making this a big matchup to potentially break the losing streak.
The offense for the White Sox has been awful. The White Sox are dead last in the MLB in team batting average at .217 which comes after having .238 last season. Gavin Sheets, Paul DeJong, and Andrew Vaughn lead the offense in most categories. Sheets leads the way in batting average at .236, in RBI at 22 and in OBP at .338. Then, DeJong leads the way in home runs at nine and Vaughn in total hits at 44. The White Sox offense will struggle in this game against Criswell and how good he has been on the mound.
Final Red Sox-White Sox Prediction & Pick
The White Sox have been spiraling and the Red Sox are the better team in this series. Crochet might be the better pitcher in this matchup compared to Criswell, but it is close. The Red Sox are the better offense, but this is going to be a pitching duel. Side with the White Sox to cover and potentially break their losing streak at home in this spot.
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Final Red Sox-White Sox Prediction & Pick: White Sox +1.5 (-188)
