Chicago White Sox @ Minnesota Twins
Minnesota Twins -140
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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.
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Daulton Varsho picked up three hits, three RBI and a homer in a win over the Angels on Thursday.
Varsho has only played in seven games this year, but they’ve been seven good ones. He’s homered three times already, and his slugging percentage is a remarkable — and entirely unsustainable — .727 over 22 at-bats. Varsho has been a mediocre offensive player in his two seasons with the Blue Jays, but it’s possible at the age of 28 he’s having a breakout campaign. Far from a guarantee, but possible.
Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer in a loss to the Blue Jays on Thursday.
Ward, 31, gave the Angels a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer off Chris Bassitt in the first inning. He’s now gone deep in two of his last three games, and it ‘improves’ his slash to .181/.224/.391. Ward has been one of the most hot/cold players players in the sport over the last few years, so fantasy managers who can afford to make some roster moves may want to look at Ward while the going is good.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. picked up three hits and scored twice in an 8-5 win over the Angels on Thursday.
Guerrero also drew a walk. It gives the first baseman multiple hits in back-to-back games, and it’s the third time in May that he’s reached that mark. That’s helped raise his average from .268 to .295, and the only thing fantasy managers can be disappointed with is his .432 slugging percentage. That number should continue to climb as the season unfolds, but Vladdy Jr. has had some inconsistent seasons when it comes to power production.
Chad Green picked up his first save of 2025 with a scoreless ninth against the Angels on Thursday.
Green got the save after Jeff Hoffman worked in back-to-back games — and struggled — in the first two contests against the Angels. He struck out two and looked the part while needing just nine pitches to get through the inning. Hoffman should remain the closer, but Green is on his tail if the struggles were to continue.
Chris Bassitt allowed five runs — four earned — while working six-plus innings against the Angels on Thursday while picking up a win.
Bassitt allowed three runs over the first two innings on a pair of homers, but settled down over his next four frames. He came out to work the seventh, but ended up being charged for two more runs after leaving the contest. The 36-year-old veteran has forged a 3.35 ERA and outstanding 49/8 K/BB ratio over the first quarter of the season, but this wasn’t him at his best. He’ll get the Rays next week if the rotation order stays the same for Toronto.
José Soriano allowed three runs over five innings while not factoring in the decision Thursday against the Blue Jays.
Soriano left with a 4-3 lead, but it was erased quickly after his departure. The 26-year-old was not exactly dominant in his outing with eight hits allowed and four free passes, but he did strike out six to help balance things out a smidgen. Soriano takes an even ERA of 4.00 into a scheduled start against the Padres in San Diego on Tuesday. There should be better options for that one.