Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 4/8/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Friday, April 8, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (-132) Detroit (+112)

The Detroit Tigers (77-85 last year) welcome the Chicago White Sox (93-69 last season) at Comerica Park on Friday. The moneyline on this contest has Chicago at -132 while Detroit is at +112. The total has been set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Lucas Giolito and Eduardo Rodriguez.

The White Sox accrued 275 doubles as a team and hit 190 balls out of the park. Chicago had a slugging percentage of .422 and struck out 1,389 times, while taking a walk on 586 occasions. As a team, the Chicago White Sox put up 4.9 runs per contest, which was 8th in MLB. They accounted for 757 RBI's and 1,373 base knocks last year, and their average at the plate came in at .256. They tallied 796 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .336.

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The White Sox had a team earned run average of 3.73 for the prior year (5th in the league), and the staff struck out 1,588 hitters. They walked 485 opposing hitters and their FIP finished at 3.74 as a team for the previous season. Their strikeout to walk ratio was at 3.27 and the pitching staff had a collective WHIP of 1.20. White Sox pitchers relinquished 182 home runs and 636 total runs (4th in the league).

The White Sox bullpen had a save percentage of 63.2% and entered the game in 161 save situations. The relievers inherited 201 base runners for the prior year and 34.8% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. White Sox relief pitchers entered the game with players on base 131 times as well as having 154 games in high leverage situations. The White Sox dispatched 512 relief pitchers to the hill for the previous season. The relief pitchers earned 89 holds for the prior year (10th in the league). They tallied 43 saves over the course of the prior season and blew 25 out of their 68 chances to save the game.

The White Sox turned 69.4% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 12,630 innings, which had them sitting 18th in MLB. The Chicago White Sox accounted for 4,210 putouts last season, as well as 1,210 assists and 97 errors. Their fielding rate was previously at .982 which had them ranked 27th in MLB, and had a total of 112 double plays.

Giolito has pitched in 667 frames and has earned 696 K's in his pro baseball career. Giolito (42-38 career record) sits with a FIP of 4.31 and he has gone up against 2,768 opposing hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 4.19 (311 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.194. He has given up 546 base knocks (7.4 hits per nine innings) and has had 251 free passes.

The Detroit Tigers compiled a team on-base percentage of .308 and a team batting average of .242 over the course of last year. They were called out on strikes on 1,514 occasions (4th in the league) and earned 1,299 hits. Detroit compiled 179 long balls last season to go along with 675 RBIs. The Tigers had a team SLG% of .399 and they were scoring 4.30 runs per outing (22nd in baseball). They put up 236 two-baggers, while walking 490 times as well as putting up 697 runs.

The Tigers had a team WHIP of 1.368 with a FIP of 4.60 as a squad for the prior year. They finished at 20th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 1,370. The Detroit pitching staff conceded 756 runs over the course of the prior season while having an ERA of 4.32 (681 earned runs yielded). They earned a K/BB ratio of 2.20 (1,259 strikeouts vs 571 walks). They gave up 199 dingers and they allowed 4.79 runs per 9 innings (20th in baseball).

Detroit had relief pitchers enter the contest in 66 save chances and they walked away with 42 saves. They were sitting at 11th in the league with a save rate of 63.6%, and they dispatched 577 relievers onto the diamond last year. Their relief pitchers came in 167 times in high leverage situations and on 155 occasions with runners on base. Detroit relief pitchers had an inherited score rate of 35.9% out of 234 inherited runners. Wrapping up the year with 149 save situations, the Tigers amassed 78 holds and also 24 blown saves.

The Detroit Tigers twisted 136 double plays and owned a fielding percentage of .986 (11th in MLB). The Tigers had 1,492 assists, 83 errors and had a total of 4,259 putouts over the course of last year. In their 12,777 innings on the field, the Tigers held a defensive efficiency of 69.8% (15th in MLB).

Rodriguez (64-39 career win-loss record) has earned a 4.16 ERA while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.03 and he has gone up against 3,649 batters in his pro baseball career. He has allowed 396 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.313 and a FIP of 3.8. During his pro baseball career, Rodriguez has surrendered 831 hits while he has tallied 892 K's in 856 innings pitched.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Chicago (-132)

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