Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction, 8/17/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals

Date: Sunday, August 17, 2025

Location: Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, MO

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City

Odds/Point Spread: Chicago (+120) Kansas City (-144)

The Chicago White Sox (44-77) are traveling to Kauffman Stadium on Sunday where they will attempt to defeat the Kansas City Royals (60-61). The odds on this game have Chicago at +120 while Kansas City opens at -144. The over/under is 8.5. The expected starting pitchers will be Davis Martin and Ryan Bergert.

Chicago has a slugging percentage of .368 and have been called out on strikes 1,015 times, while being walked on 385 occasions. They have accumulated 445 runs batted in in addition to 911 base knocks on the year, while their batting average is sitting at .228. The White Sox have accumulated 184 doubles as a team and have smacked 118 balls out of the park. They have notched a total of 462 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .299. As a squad, the Chicago White Sox are notching 3.8 runs per contest, which is 27th in the league.

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

The White Sox have dispatched 384 relievers to the hill for the year. The relievers have inherited 164 runners so far this year and 29.3% of them earned a run for their team. They have recorded 17 saves on the campaign and have blown 17 of their 34 save opportunities. The White Sox relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 50.0% and have entered the game in 86 save situations. The bullpen have racked up 52 holds so far this year (26th in the league). White Sox pitchers have entered the game with runners on base 113 times and also have had 108 appearances in high leverage situations.

The White Sox have transformed 69.8% of balls hit into play into outs out of 9,516 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 15th in professional baseball. The Chicago Cubs have earned a total of 3,172 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 986 assists and 75 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which is 27th in professional baseball, and have a total of 98 double plays.

Martin has taken the mound for 214 innings and has totaled 165 K's in his pro baseball career. Martin (7-20 mark in his career) has a FIP of 4.35 while he has faced 916 opposing batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 4.41 (105 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.340. He has allowed 214 hits (9.0 hits per 9 innings) and has 73 walks.

Kansas City is sitting with 108 home runs for the season to go along with 449 RBIs. They have notched 214 doubles, while walking 309 times and putting up 456 runs. The Kansas City Royals hold a team on-base percentage of .304 and a batting average of .245 for the season. The Royals have a SLG% of .387 and they average 3.77 runs per outing (28th in baseball). They have struck out on 831 instances (29th in the league) and have notched a total of 995 hits.

The Royals have a team WHIP of 1.240 with a FIP of 3.94 as a team this season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.00 (953 strikeouts vs 367 walks). They come in at 9th in the league as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 969. They have surrendered 123 dingers and they give up 3.93 runs per 9 innings (4th in the league). The Kansas City pitching staff have relinquished 470 runs on the campaign while having a team ERA of 3.65 (437 earned runs relinquished).

Sitting with 112 save situations, the Royals have amassed 62 holds in addition to 15 blown saves. Kansas City has had bullpen pitchers take the mound in 49 save opportunities and they have come away with 34 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 131 times in high leverage situations in addition to 121 occasions with base runners. Kansas City relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.7% of 164 inherited runners. They sit at 4th in the league with a save rate of 69.4%, and they have sent 404 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond this year.

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

Thus far in his career, Bergert has surrendered 30 base knocks and he has 44 strikeouts in 47 frames. He has given up a total of 15 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.085 and a FIP of 2.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.10 and he has gone up against 191 opposing hitters in his MLB career. Bergert (1-1 career mark) has a 2.87 ERA while giving up 5.7 hits per 9 innings.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Kansas City (-144)

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