Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox Prediction, 6/6/2025 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox

Date: Friday, June 6, 2025

Location: Rate Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Chicago Sports Network

Odds/Point Spread: Kansas City (-160) Chicago (+132)

The Kansas City Royals (32-29) are en route to Rate Field on Friday where they will meet the Chicago White Sox (19-43). The odds on this game have the Royals at -160 while the White Sox are sitting at +132. The betting total is set at 9. The pitchers taking the mound are Seth Lugo and Davis Martin.

The Royals have tallied 101 doubles as a squad and have hit 36 balls out of the stadium. Kansas City owns a slugging percentage of .362 and have struck out 424 times, while being walked on 144 occasions. As a squad, the Kansas City Royals are putting up 3.3 runs/g, which ranks them 28th in MLB. They have earned 201 RBI's as well as 507 hits for the year, while their team batting average comes in at .248. They have a total of 204 runs while holding a team on-base percentage of .302.

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The Royals have compiled a team earned run average of 3.19 this year (4th in MLB), and the staff has struck out 496 batters. Royals pitchers have allowed 58 long balls and 208 total runs (2nd in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 171 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.67 as a squad on the year. Kansas City has surrendered 477 base hits (7.9 per 9 innings) and 193 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.90 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.19.

Royals pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 60 times in addition to having 70 appearances in high leverage situations. The relievers have notched 32 holds this season (21st in MLB). The Royals bullpen have a save percentage of 83.3% and have entered the game in 56 save situations. They have earned 20 saves for the year and have blown 4 of their 24 save opportunities. The relievers have inherited 81 runners so far this season with 24.7% of them earned a run for their team. The Royals have sent 194 relief pitchers to the mound so far this year.

The Houston Astros are sitting with 1,633 putouts this season, as well as 552 assists and 26 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding steady at .988 which puts them in 7th in baseball, and have 54 double plays. The Royals have transformed 71.0% of balls in play into outs in their 4,899 innings on the field, which ranks them 9th in professional baseball.

Lugo has taken the hill for 907 innings and has racked up 874 punch outs during his career. His ERA is 3.38 (341 ER's allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.153. He has conceded 808 base knocks (8.0 hits per 9 innings) with 238 free passes. Lugo (59-45 career win-loss mark) has earned a FIP of 3.33 while he has gone up against 3,726 batters in the majors.

The White Sox have a team SLG% of .342 and they are recording 3.45 runs per game (26th in MLB). They have recorded 93 doubles, while getting a free base 200 times and racking up 214 runs. Chicago is sitting with 48 HRs this season as well as 207 runs batted in. They have struck out on 520 instances (11th in the league) and have totaled 447 base knocks. The Chicago White Sox have earned an on-base percentage of .294 as well as a batting average of .221 this year.

The Chicago pitching staff have allowed 272 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 4.21 (249 earned runs given up). They have given up 66 home runs and they yield 4.60 runs per 9 innings (23rd in MLB). The White Sox have a WHIP of 1.377 in addition to having a FIP of 4.51 as a team for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 7.60 (449 strikeouts against 229 free passes). They come in at 18th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 504.

Sitting with 45 save situations, the White Sox have tallied 29 holds in addition to 11 blown saves. Chicago has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 16 save opportunities and they have walked away with 5 saves. Their relievers have stepped onto the mound 55 times in high leverage situations and on 62 occasions with runners on. Chicago bullpen pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.3% out of 89 inherited base runners. They rank 30th in MLB with a save rate of 31.3%, and they have sent 199 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the year.

In 4,794 innings played, the White Sox have a defensive efficiency of 69.9% (18th in professional baseball). The Chicago White Sox have turned 45 double plays and have accounted for a fielding rate of .981 (28th in baseball). The White Sox have accrued 500 assists, 41 errors and have accounted for 1,598 putouts so far this year.

Martin (5-17 career record) is the owner of a 4.27 earned run average while allowing 9.0 hits per nine innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.31 and he has faced 773 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has conceded 86 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.324 and a FIP of 4.2. During his pro baseball career, Martin has surrendered 181 hits while earning 136 strikeouts in 181 innings pitched.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Chicago (+132)

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