Chicago White Sox @ Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins -140

Games Total: 9.0

Game Play Predictions

Chicago White Sox

  • The White Sox rank 28th in runs scored and 26th in ERA this season.

  • The White Sox rank 24th in walk rate against right-handed pitchers this season.

  • The White Sox have never faced righty Fernando Romero before. Romero is making his seventh big league start. He has 14 walks in 30.1 innings but he has survived thanks to allowing just two home runs. Romero allowed just four home runs in 125 innings at Double-A last season.

  • Romero has thrown a first-pitch strike to 54.2 percent of the batters he has faced. Overall, he has thrown 45.2 percent of his pitches in the strike zone.

  • The White Sox lead the league in stolen bases this season with 50. They have five players with at least five stolen bases.

  • Tim Anderson is one of three MLB players with at least 10 home runs and 10 stolen bases this season. The others are Mike Trout and Mookie Betts .

  • The White Sox rank 11th with a .735 OPS against righties.

  • The White Sox bats have struggled of late; their .293 wOBA over the last seven days ranks 25th in MLB.

  • Yolmer Sánchez is 9-for-28 during his current seven-game hitting streak.

  • The White Sox have gotten little production from their catchers with Welington Castillo serving an 80-game suspension. Omar Narváez and Alfredo Gonzalez are a combined 3-for-16 over the last week.

Minnesota Twins

  • The Twins rank seventh in MLB in walk rate against right-handed pitchers.

  • The Twins will face right-handed Reynaldo López , who has a 3.80 ERA, 4.62 FIP and 5.48 xFIP. Lopez has 3.80 BB/9 this season and a 1.63 K/BB rate.

  • Among qualified starters, only six pitchers have a lower K/BB rate than Reynaldo López .

  • Reynaldo López has a 64.1 first-pitch strike percentage and a 46.9 zone percentage.

  • Logan Morrison is 5-for-6 with two home runs against Reynaldo López .

  • Eddie Rosario may be the hottest hitter in baseball, going 12-for-26 over the last week. He has four home runs in his last two games. Rosario is tied for eighth with 125 total bases on the season.

  • Only the Indians, Giants and Yankees have a higher wOBA than the Twins over the last seven days.

  • Brian Dozier appears to be heating up himself after a slow start. He has three consecutive multi-hit games to begin June.

  • The Twins are 18th with a .723 OPS against righties. Minnesota’s .733 OPS at home ranks 10th in MLB.