Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 7/6/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Toronto Blue Jays vs Chicago White Sox
Date: Thursday, July 6, 2023
Location: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, IL
TV: NBC Sports Chicago
The Chicago White Sox (37-50) will go up against the Toronto Blue Jays (46-40) at Guaranteed Rate Field on Thursday. The starting pitchers will be Yusei Kikuchi and Tanner Banks.
The Blue Jays have hit 159 doubles as a squad and have hit 96 baseballs out of the stadium. Toronto has a slugging percentage of .417 and have been rung up 684 times, while being walked on 273 occasions. As a squad, the Toronto Blue Jays are compiling 4.5 runs per game, which has them at 18th in MLB. They have amassed 362 runs batted in and 767 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average sits at .260. They have earned a total of 383 runs while holding a team OBP of .327.
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The Blue Jays have an earned run average of 3.94 over the course of the season (10th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 816 batters. Blue Jays pitchers have allowed 115 home runs in addition to 363 runs in total (10th in the league). They have walked 258 opposing hitters and their FIP is 4.27 as a unit so far this season. Toronto has relinquished 706 base hits (8.3 per 9 innings) and 334 earned runs. They have accumulated a K/BB ratio of 3.16 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.26.
Blue Jays bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 91 times in addition to having 91 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have a total of 50 holds for the year (7th in the league). The Blue Jays bullpen have recorded a save percentage of 77.8% and has stepped onto the mound in 86 save situations. They have recorded 28 saves over the course of the season and have not converted 8 of 36 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 132 runners so far this season and 22.0% of those runners crossed home plate. The Blue Jays have sent 285 relievers to the mound so far this year.
The Blue Jays have turned 69.0% of balls hit into play into outs in their 6,864 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 16th in the majors. The Toronto Blue Jays have amassed 2,288 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 667 assists and 45 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .985 which puts them in 19th in MLB, and they have twisted 66 double plays.
Kikuchi (28-34 career win-loss record) has a FIP of 5.11 and he has gone up against 2,406 opposing hitters in the majors. He has given up 559 base hits (9.1 hits per 9 innings) with 217 free passes. His earned run average is 4.87 (300 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.399. Kikuchi has pitched in 554 frames and has accumulated 542 strikeouts so far in his MLB career.
Chicago has a total of 100 home runs on the season and 356 RBIs. They have put up 149 doubles, while walking 220 times and notching 365 runs. The Chicago White Sox have tallied an OBP of .299 and a batting average of .239 so far this year. The White Sox have a slugging percentage of .396 and they average 4.20 runs per outing (24th in baseball). They have struck out on 757 occasions (13th in the league) and have earned 709 hits.
The White Sox are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.360 with a FIP of 4.62 as a team on the campaign. They are sitting at 16th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 707. The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 424 runs on the campaign while having an ERA of 4.55 (389 earned runs yielded). They currently have a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.70 (829 strikeouts vs 340 walks). They have conceded 118 homers and they surrender 4.96 runs per 9 innings (24th in the league).
Sitting with 80 save situations, the White Sox have 45 holds and also 18 blown saves. Chicago has called on relievers to step onto the hill in 34 save chances and they have walked away with 16 saves. Their relief pitchers have taken the field 118 times in high leverage situations and on 87 occasions with runners on base. Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 39.8% out of 128 inherited runners. They are ranked 30th in the league holding a save percentage of 47.1%, and they have sent 291 relief pitchers to the mound so far this season.
In 6,933 innings played, the White Sox have a defensive efficiency of 69.5% (12th in pro baseball). The Chicago White Sox have turned 52 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .986 (16th in the majors). The White Sox have recorded 639 assists, 43 errors and have 2,311 putouts during this campaign.
During his MLB career, Banks has surrendered 64 hits while tallying 69 punch outs in 75 innings pitched. Banks (2-3 career record) has earned a 3.72 ERA and has given up 7.7 hits per nine innings. He has conceded a total of 31 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.160 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.00 and he has faced 309 batters thus far in his career.
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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago
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