Mets vs. White Sox odds, tips and betting trends

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19 July 2023

Mets vs. White Sox odds, tips and betting trends

The New York Mets (44-50) will host the Chicago White Sox (40-56), in the second game of a three-game series, Wednesday at 7:10 PM ET.

The White Sox are an away underdog (+181) versus the Mets (-217). The Mets will give the ball to Justin Verlander (3-5) against the White Sox and Touki Toussaint (0-2).

Grant Hartwig (1.2 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 3 K) was credited with the win in the Mets’ 11-10 victory over the White Sox yesterday. Francisco Alvarez led the way offensively, going 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI. Lucas Giolito (3.2 IP, 8 R, 6 H, 5 K) was handed the loss for the White Sox.

Here is what you need to get ready for Wednesday’s Mets vs. White Sox action, including viewing options.

New York Mets vs. Chicago White Sox Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Wednesday at 9:17 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Mets (-217, bet $217 to win $100)
Underdog: White Sox (+181, bet $100 to win $181)
Over/under: 8.5

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Mets Stats and Trends

Mets Betting Records

This season, the Mets have won 34 out of the 61 games, or 55.7%, in which they’ve been favored.
New York has entered seven games this season favored by -217 or more and is 4-3 in those contests.
Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Mets have a 68.5% chance to win.
New York and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 39 of 93 opportunities.
The Mets have an ATS record of 38-55-0 in 93 games with a spread this season.

Justin Verlander (Mets Probable Starter)

The Mets are sending Verlander (3-5) to make his 14th start of the season. He is 3-5 with a 3.72 ERA and 63 strikeouts in 75 2/3 innings pitched.
In his last appearance on Friday, the righty tossed five innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, giving up three earned runs while surrendering two hits.
The 40-year-old has an ERA of 3.72, with 7.6 strikeouts per nine innings, in 13 games this season. Opponents are hitting .236 against him.
Verlander is trying to secure his seventh quality start of the year in this game.
Verlander will try to pitch five or more innings for his seventh straight start. He’s averaging 5.8 innings per outing.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in two of his 13 appearances this season.
He will face off against a White Sox squad that is batting .239 as a unit (20th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .392 (23rd in MLB) with 107 total home runs (15th in MLB).

Mets Batting Stats

The Mets’ 119 home runs rank 10th in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for New York have combined for a team rank of 19th in the majors with a .401 team slugging percentage.
The Mets have a team batting average of .237 this season, which ranks 21st among MLB teams.
New York has scored the 18th-most runs in the majors this season with 419 (4.5 per game).
The Mets have an on-base percentage of .318 this season, which ranks 18th in the league.
New York ranks fifth in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 7.9 whiffs per contest.

White Sox Stats and Trends

White Sox Betting Records

The White Sox have come away with 21 wins in the 60 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
Chicago has a win-loss record of 2-1 when favored by +181 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
The moneyline set for this matchup implies the White Sox have a 35.6% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
Chicago’s games have gone over the total in 43 of its 95 opportunities.
The White Sox are 46-49-0 against the spread in their 95 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Touki Toussaint (White Sox Probable Starter)

Toussaint gets the start for the White Sox, his fourth of the season. He is 0-2 with a 3.38 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings pitched.
In his last time out — in relief on Friday — the righty threw 5 1/3 innings against the Atlanta Braves, giving up one earned run while surrendering three hits.
In six games this season, the 27-year-old has an ERA of 3.38, with 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .190 against him.
Toussaint will try to prolong a three-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging four frames per outing).
He has had one outing this season that he held his opponents to zero earned runs.
He will face a Mets offense that ranks 18th in the league with 419 total runs scored while batting .237 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .401 slugging percentage (19th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 119 home runs (10th in the league).

White Sox Batting Stats

The White Sox average 1.1 home runs per game to rank 15th in MLB action with 107 total home runs .
So far this season, Chicago ranks 23rd in baseball, slugging .392.
The White Sox are 20th in the majors with a .239 batting average.
Averaging 4.2 runs per game (406 total), Chicago is the 22nd-highest scoring team in MLB.
The White Sox’s .297 on-base percentage is the second-worst in MLB.

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