Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 8/13/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Detroit Tigers vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Location: Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Chicago Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Detroit (-132) Chicago (+110)

Rate Field is the site where the Chicago White Sox (43-75) will compete against the Detroit Tigers (68-51) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this contest has Detroit at -132 and Chicago opens at +110. The total is set at 8.5. The starting pitchers are Keider Montero and Shane Smith.

Detroit is slugging .424 and have struck out 1,046 times, while drawing a walk on 361 occasions. They have recorded 555 RBI's and 1,004 hits over the course of the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .251. The Tigers have earned 182 doubles as a squad and have smacked 154 baseballs out of the park. They have earned a total of 575 runs scored while having a team OBP of .318. As a team, the Detroit Tigers are putting up 4.8 runs per game, which puts them at 8th in MLB.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 2.98 and the pitching staff holds a collective WHIP of 1.23. Tigers pitchers have given up 135 home runs and also 498 total runs (14th in the league). Detroit has given up 959 base knocks (8.2 per 9 innings) and also 452 earned runs. The Tigers hold a team ERA of 3.86 this season (12th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 1,014 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 340 opposing hitters and their FIP is 3.96 as a squad over the course of the season.

The Tigers have dispatched 367 relievers to the hill for the season. The relievers have inherited 178 base runners so far this year with 27.5% of those players crossed home plate. They have accumulated 31 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 16 of 47 chances to get a save. The Tigers relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 66.0% and have entered the game in 105 save situations. The relief pitchers have racked up 55 holds for the season (23rd in MLB). Tigers pitchers have entered the contest with opponents on base 128 times in addition to having 95 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Tigers have transformed 70.1% of balls in play into outs in their 9,489 innings, which has them sitting at 14th in professional baseball. The Colorado Rockies have amassed 3,163 putouts on the year, as well as 1,011 assists and 57 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .987 which has them ranked 15th in pro baseball, and have a total of 93 double plays.

Montero has taken the hill for 171 innings and has racked up 130 K's during his pro baseball career. Montero (10-9 career win-loss record) sits with a FIP of 4.66 and he has faced 730 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 4.73 (90 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.379. He has given up 180 base hits (9.5 hits per 9 innings) and has 56 walks.

The Chicago White Sox have compiled a team OBP of .300 and a team batting average of .229 over the course of the season. They have been called out on strikes on 989 occasions (16th in the league) and have earned 892 hits. Chicago has knocked in 116 home runs so far this year to go along with 435 RBIs. The White Sox hold a slugging % of .370 and they are earning 3.83 runs per outing (27th in the league). They have 183 two-baggers, while walking 376 times as well as scoring 452 runs.

The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 527 runs this year while having an ERA of 4.16 (476 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 127 home runs and they allow 4.60 runs per 9 innings (23rd in baseball). The White Sox hold a team WHIP of 1.368 with a FIP of 4.44 as a team on the season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 7.80 (891 strikeouts against 439 walks). They rank 19th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 970.

Sitting with 84 save situations, the White Sox have tallied 51 holds and 17 blown saves. Chicago has had bullpen pitchers enter the game in 33 save chances and they have walked away with 16 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 105 times in high leverage situations in addition to 110 occasions with runners on. Chicago relievers have an inherited score rate of 30.0% out of 160 inherited runners. They rank 30th in baseball with a save rate of 48.5%, and they have dispatched 374 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Chicago White Sox have gotten 97 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (27th in professional baseball). The White Sox have racked up 963 assists, 73 errors and have amassed 3,091 putouts this year. Out of their 9,273 innings played, the White Sox are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 69.8% (16th in pro baseball).

Smith (3-7 career record) has earned a 4.22 earned run average while allowing 7.7 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.21 and he has gone up against 415 hitters so far in his MLB career. He has conceded 45 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.292 and a FIP of 4.2. So far in his pro baseball career, Smith has surrendered 82 hits while he has totaled 93 punch outs in 96 frames.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Chicago (+110)

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