Chicago White Sox vs Atlanta Braves Prediction, 8/20/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Atlanta Braves

Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Location: Truist Park in Cumberland, GA

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+126) Atlanta (-152)

The Chicago White Sox (45-80) are headed to Truist Park on Wednesday where they will attempt to beat the Atlanta Braves (56-69). The odds on this game have Chicago at +126 and Atlanta is priced at -152. The total is 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Martin Perez and Hurston Waldrep.

Chicago has a slugging percentage of .371 and have struck out 1,047 times, while taking a walk on 399 occasions. They have compiled 463 runs batted in and 954 base knocks for the season, while their team batting average is sitting at .231. The White Sox have hit 190 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 124 balls out of the park. They have tallied 480 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .301. As a squad, the Chicago White Sox are earning 3.8 runs per game, which puts them at 27th in the league.

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The White Sox have a team earned run average of 4.17 so far this season (19th in the league), and their staff has struck out 955 hitters. White Sox pitchers have conceded 138 long balls and 560 total runs (21st in the league). They have walked 458 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.45 as a team over the course of the season. Chicago has surrendered 1,032 base knocks (8.5 per 9 innings) and 505 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.09 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.37.

The White Sox relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 48.6% and have come into the game in 87 save situations. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 169 base runners on the year with 29.6% of those players ended up scoring. White Sox bullpen pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 118 times as well as having 109 appearances in high leverage situations. The White Sox have dispatched 396 relievers to the mound so far this season. The bullpen have tallied 52 holds so far this season (27th in baseball). They have 17 saves on the season and have blown 18 of their 35 save chances.

The White Sox have converted 69.7% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,813 innings on the field, ranking them 17th in the majors. The Chicago Cubs have notched a total of 3,271 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 1,018 assists and 78 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which puts them in 27th in professional baseball, and have 102 double plays.

Perez has pitched in 1,598 innings and has racked up 1,131 K's in his career. Perez (91-89 career record) holds a FIP of 4.36 while he has faced 6,940 hitters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.43 (786 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.444. He has conceded 1,727 hits (9.7 hits per nine innings) and has 581 walks.

The Braves have a team SLG% of .394 and they tally 4.36 runs per contest (16th in baseball). They have put up 187 doubles, while taking a walk 451 times as well as putting up 545 runs. Atlanta is sitting with 141 long balls on the season as well as 526 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 1,087 occasions (8th in the league) and have earned 1,040 hits. The Atlanta Braves have compiled a team on-base percentage of .320 and a batting average of .244 this season.

The Braves have a WHIP of 1.298 in addition to having a FIP of 4.13 as a team on the season. They have a ranking of 15th in baseball as a staff in total hits given up with 1,017. The Atlanta pitching staff have given up 557 runs so far this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.29 (527 earned runs given up). Their K/BB ratio is 8.90 (1,095 strikeouts against 419 bases on balls). They have given up 146 homers and they concede 4.53 runs per 9 innings (19th in the league).

With 93 save situations, the Braves have recorded 54 holds and 16 blown saves. Atlanta has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 39 save chances and they have come away with 23 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 128 times in high leverage situations and also on 127 occasions with base runners. Atlanta bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 38.5% of 169 inherited runners. They rank 21st in MLB with a save percentage of 59.0%, and they have dispatched 402 bullpen pitchers to the mound on the campaign.

The Atlanta Braves have turned 84 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .990 (2nd in pro baseball). The Braves have racked up 1,073 assists, 44 errors and have a total of 3,320 putouts for the year. In 9,960 innings on the diamond, the Braves have a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (14th in the majors).

Waldrep (3-1 career mark) has a 5.58 ERA and has allowed 6.7 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 1.54 and he has gone up against 102 batters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 15 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.281 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.5. Thus far in his career, Waldrep has given up 18 hits while he has totaled 20 punch outs in 24 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Atlanta (-152)

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