The Road AheadĪfter a 6-3 win over the A’s on Tuesday, the White Sox will continue their three-game set in Oakland on Wednesday night, with Dallas Keuchel taking the mound for Chicago in a rematch of the 2020 Wild Card Round series. The winner of that game would be poised to play the Rays in the first round of the MLB playoffs.
The New York Yankees retained their hold on the top AL Wild Card spot, with the Boston Red Sox sitting just a half-game behind them. The Astros currently lead the White Sox by one game in the battle for the second-seed in the American League. If the season were to end today, the White Sox would be on the road to start the playoffs, taking on the American League West champion Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. The Tampa Bay Rays kept the White Sox at bay in the race for the top seed in the American League, beating the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday. If the White Sox are able to nail down the Central Division crown, it would be the first they’ve won since 2008. The White Sox made some progress toward a Central Division title on Tuesday, beating the Oakland Athletics as the Cleveland Indians fell to the Minnesota Twins. Pick: Chicago White Sox -0.White Sox' Davis Martin Undergoes Season-Ending Tommy John Surgery To get a reasonable number to back Chicago at, I will play them to lead after five innings at -140. The White Sox just have too much firepower in this lineup to expect an experienced rookie to shut them down, and he will likely need to with a Cy Young candidate on the other side. Since the White Sox started limiting Rodon’s workload, he has remained fresh and dominant. Rodon has faced Detroit twice this season and is 2-0 with a pair of one-run outings, racking up 21 strikeouts in 13 innings against the Tigers. He allowed seven hits and two runs in 2 2/3 innings and had no strikeouts. The 23-year-old Manning faced the White Sox on July 4 in his fourth career start. Jeimer Candelario, Robbie Grossman and Jonathan Schoop have been Detroit’s best players offensively but none are batting over. Really lacking star power in the lineup, the Tigers offense is led by good, not great players. They are ninth in batting average against southpaws. However against lefties, they sit 17 th in wOBA and 18 th in wRC+. Over the entire year the Tigers rank 24th in wOBA and 22nd in wRC+. He is in the bottom 5% of the league in expected batting average against.ĭetroit has been much better on offense this season when facing left-handed pitchers. He ranks in the bottom 2% in the league in strikeout rate, averaging just three punch outs per start.
So far Manning has really struggled to miss bats at the big-league level. He is coming off his best start of his young career, allowing just one run and two hits while striking out six in six innings against Milwaukee. 3 prospect Matt Manning (RHP) made his MLB debut on June 17 and has since gone 4-6 with a 5.75 ERA in 15 starts. Luis Robert and Leury Garcia are mashing the ball right now as well.ĭOWNLOAD NOW Tigers Prospect, Manning, Takes The Hill Since returning from an injury on August 27, he is batting. Multiple players in this lineup have taken turns being the hot hand throughout the season, with Yasmani Grandal currently being the big dog. Even as it has been playing on cruise control for the last couple months, Chicago still ranks seventh in wOBA and fifth in wRC+ in the last 30 days. It ranks fifth in wOBA and third in wRC+.
He is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA over those outings.Ĭhicago’s offense has been crushing the ball all season. Rodon has made just four starts since the beginning of August, as the White Sox are trying to limit his workload to make sure he is fresh for the playoffs. He has the third lowest ERA among all pitchers with at least 100 innings on the year. The former third overall pick out of NC State is 12-5 with a 2.38 ERA. The White Sox are likely to have two pitchers finish in the top five of AL Cy Young voting, with one of them being Monday’s starter Carlos Rodon (LHP). The Tigers were expected to finish last in the division but sit in third and have gone 7-3 over their last 10 games.Ĭy Young Contender Rodon Starts For White Sox The White Sox magic number to clinch the AL Central is down to four, with an 11-game lead over the second-place Cleveland Indians.ĭetroit is already eliminated from the playoffs, but at 72-78, it has far exceeded expectations and its preseason win total of 68.5.
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