Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 6/2/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Monday, June 2, 2025

Location: Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Chicago Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-210) Chicago (+172)

The Detroit Tigers (37-20) are traveling to Rate Field on Monday where they will take on the Chicago White Sox (18-38). The moneyline on this contest has Detroit at -210 while Chicago is coming in at +172. The total is 8.5. The starting pitchers will be Jack Flaherty and Jonathan Cannon.

The Tigers have tallied 90 doubles as a unit and have hit 65 balls out of the park. Detroit is slugging .408 and have been called out on strikes 510 times, while being walked on 190 occasions. As a squad, the Detroit Tigers are compiling 5.1 runs per contest, which is 4th in the league. They have amassed 275 runs batted in and 485 hits on the campaign, and their batting average is sitting at .252. They have a total of 288 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .325.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.04 and their pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.16. Tigers pitchers have conceded 56 home runs and 204 total runs (7th in the league). Detroit has conceded 424 base hits (7.5 per 9 innings) and 182 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team earned run average of 3.22 on the campaign (4th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 495 hitters. They have walked 163 batters and their FIP is 3.68 as a team this season.

The Tigers relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 68.0% and have come into the game in 58 save situations. The relievers have inherited 85 runners so far this season with 27.1% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. Tigers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with opponents on base 62 times and also have had 48 appearances in high leverage situations. The Tigers have dispatched 169 relievers to the hill on the year. The relievers have a total of 31 holds this season (16th in baseball). They have compiled 17 saves this year and have missed out on 8 of their 25 chances to save the game.

The Tigers have turned 71.7% of balls in play into outs out of their 4,572 innings, which has them ranked 5th in baseball. The Colorado Rockies have notched a total of 1,524 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 481 assists and 24 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .988 which has them ranked 7th in pro baseball, and have accumulated 43 double plays.

Flaherty has taken the mound for 888 frames and has totaled 1,014 strikeouts in his career. His earned run average is 3.66 (361 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.179. He has conceded 736 base hits (7.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 311 free passes. Flaherty (58-47 career win-loss record) holds a FIP of 3.60 while he has gone up against 3,680 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The Chicago White Sox have accumulated an OBP of .294 and a team batting average of .221 on the campaign. They have been rung up on 470 occasions (11th in the league) and have accounted for 404 base knocks. Chicago has a total of 46 HRs over the course of the season and 190 runs batted in. The White Sox have a team SLG% of .344 and they earn 3.50 runs per contest (26th in baseball). They have recorded 83 doubles, while taking a walk 181 times as well as racking up 196 runs.

The Chicago pitching staff have given up 244 runs this season while having an ERA of 4.13 (221 earned runs given up). They have given up 59 home runs and they allow 4.56 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB). The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.380 with a FIP of 4.55 as a unit over the course of the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 7.60 (405 strikeouts against 213 bases on balls). They sit at 14th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 451.

Chicago relievers have an inherited score rate of 31.0% of 84 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 51 times in high leverage situations and on 58 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 44 save situations, the White Sox have accrued 28 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. They rank 30th in MLB holding a save percentage of 31.3%, and they have dispatched 182 bullpen pitchers to the mound over the course of the season. Chicago has called on relief pitchers to step onto the mound in 16 save chances and they have recorded 5 saves.

Out of their 4,335 innings on the diamond, the White Sox have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.0% (13th in MLB). The Chicago White Sox have turned 42 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .979 (28th in baseball). The White Sox have accrued 454 assists, 40 errors and have earned 1,445 putouts this season.

During his pro baseball career, Cannon has surrendered 189 hits while he has earned 137 strikeouts in 184 innings pitched. He has given up a total of 90 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.340 and being the owner of a FIP of 4.3. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.36 and he has gone up against 787 batters in his MLB career. Cannon (7-16 record in his career) has a 4.40 ERA and has given up 9.2 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Detroit (-210)

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