Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/16/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+125) Kansas City (-150)

The Kansas City Royals (60-61) will go up against the Chicago White Sox (44-77) at Kauffman Stadium on Saturday. The moneyline on this game has Chicago at +125 and Kansas City is opening at -150. The total is set at 8. The pitchers who are expected to start are Sean Burke and Michael Lorenzen.

As a team, the Chicago White Sox are scoring 3.8 runs per outing, which has them sitting at 27th in the league. They have accounted for 462 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .299. The White Sox have accrued 184 doubles as a team and have knocked 118 balls out of the park. They have recorded 445 runs batted in and 911 base knocks on the year, while their batting average sits at .228. Chicago is slugging .368 and have been rung up 1,015 times, while taking a walk on 385 occasions.

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The White Sox have an earned run average of 4.12 so far this year (18th in baseball), and they have struck out 924 hitters. White Sox pitchers have surrendered 130 home runs and also 536 total runs (20th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 448 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.41 as a squad so far this season. Chicago has given up 991 base hits (8.4 per 9 innings) and 484 earned runs. They have accrued a K/BB ratio of 2.06 and the pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.36.

The White Sox have sent 384 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 164 base runners on the season with 29.3% of those runners ended up scoring. They have tallied 17 saves for the season and have blown 17 of 34 save chances. The White Sox relief pitchers have a save rate of 50.0% and have entered the game in 86 save situations. The bullpen have earned 52 holds over the course of the season (26th in baseball). White Sox bullpen pitchers have entered the contest with runners on base 113 times and also have had 108 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Chicago Cubs have amassed 3,172 putouts on the campaign, as well as 986 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .982 which ranks 27th in MLB, and have earned 98 double plays. The White Sox have turned 69.8% of baseballs in play into outs out of their 9,516 innings on the diamond, which has them sitting 15th in pro baseball.

Burke has taken the ball for 133 innings and has totaled 129 punch outs during his career. Burke (6-9 win-loss record in his career) sits with a FIP of 3.80 while going up against 581 hitters in the majors. His earned run average is 3.86 (57 earned runs allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.376. He has allowed 123 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has 60 walks.

Kansas City has compiled 108 long balls on the campaign to go along with 449 RBIs. They have hit 214 doubles, while walking 309 times and putting up 456 runs. The Kansas City Royals have accounted for an OBP of .304 in addition to a batting average of .245 over the course of the season. The Royals have a SLG% of .387 and they earn 3.77 runs per contest (28th in the league). They have been rung up on 831 occasions (29th in baseball) and have totaled 995 base hits.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.240 and have a FIP of 3.94 as a staff on the season. Their K/BB ratio is 8.00 (953 strikeouts vs 367 bases on balls). They rank 10th in the league as a staff in total hits conceded with 969. They have conceded 123 long balls and they concede 3.93 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have conceded 470 runs on the year and come in with a team ERA of 3.65 (437 earned runs surrendered).

With 112 save situations, the Royals have amassed 62 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. Kansas City has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 49 save chances and they have tallied 34 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 131 times in high leverage situations and on 121 occasions with runners on base. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 28.7% out of their 164 inherited base runners. They are currently ranked 4th in the league holding a save percentage of 69.4%, and they have dispatched 404 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond so far this season.

The Kansas City Royals have gotten 92 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .989 (5th in baseball). The Royals have 1,080 assists, 50 errors and have a tally of 3,231 putouts so far this year. Out of their 9,693 innings played, the Royals have earned a defensive efficiency of 71.0% (8th in professional baseball).

Lorenzen (52-52 career record) has a 4.06 ERA while giving up 8.2 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.08 and he has gone up against 4,032 batters during his pro baseball career. He has conceded 430 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.311 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.0. Thus far in his career, Lorenzen has conceded 873 hits and he has 784 punch outs in 953 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (-150)

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