The Chicago White Sox (19-20) wrap up their 3-game series at the New York Yankees (29-10) in Game 2 of a doubleheader on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. First pitch at Yankee Stadium is set for 7:08 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the White Sox vs. Yankees odds with MLB picks and predictions.
(Team records and stats are through Saturday – pre-doubleheader).
Friday’s White Sox-Yankees meeting was rained out, which led to Sunday’s doubleheader. New York beat Chicago 7-5 in the series opener Saturday as Yankees 3B D.J. LeMahieu did the brunt of the damage with a 2nd inning grand slam.
N.Y. leads the season series with Chicago 4-1 entering Sunday and the Yankees have a plus-19 run differential in those meetings.
White Sox at Yankees projected starters
RHP Michael Kopech vs. RHP Luis Severino
Kopech is 0-1 with a 1.54 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 4.4 BB/9 and 8.5 K/9 in 35 IP over 7 starts.
- Last start: Loss, 5-1, at home vs. the Yankees last Sunday with 6 IP, 3 ER, 1 H, 4 BB and 3 K.
- vs. Yankees on the current roster: 6.78 FIP with a .264/.380/.513 expected batting average (xBA), wOBA (xwOBA) and slugging percentage (xSLG) slash line, 16.7 K% and 90.6 mph exit velocity (EV) in 36 plate appearances (PA).
Severino is 3-0 with a 3.63 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 2.9 BB/9 and 9.9 K/9 in 34 2/3 IP over 7 starts.
- Last start: Win, 6-2, Monday at the Baltimore Orioles with 6 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 BB and 7 K.
- vs. White Sox on the current roster: 2.96 FIP with a .234/.262/.383 xBA-xwOBA-xSLG slash line, 37.8 K% and 87.5 mph EV in 37 PA.
White Sox at Yankees odds and lines
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:10 p.m. ET.
- Money line (ML): White Sox +135 (bet $100 to win $135) | Yankees -170 (bet $170 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): White Sox +1.5 (-145) | Yankees -1.5 (+120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -130 | U: +105)
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White Sox at Yankees picks and predictions
Prediction
Yankees 5, White Sox 3
Money line
BET the YANKEES (-170) because they have decisive edges over the White Sox in hitting and relief pitching. Both starting righties have good stuff but N.Y. performs much better vs. right-handed pitching.
The Yankees are 21-6 overall against righty starters and their lineup ranks in the top-four of wRC+ (122), wOBA (.332), BB/K (0.50) and hard-hit rate (33.7%) vs. right-handed pitching, per FanGraphs.
Whereas the White Sox are 14-16 vs. righty starters and their lineup is 27th in wRC+ (83) and 28th in wOBA (.227), BB/K rate (0.29) and hard-hit rate (26.1%) against right-handed pitching.
N.Y.’s bullpen has the second-best ERA in baseball and the pitching peripherals to support it while Chicago’s has regressed since last season and is a mediocre unit.
N.Y. is 9-2 vs. Chicago since the start of 2021 and Saturday’s series opener featured a bench-clearing over beef between Yankees 3B Josh Donaldson and White Sox C Yasmani Grandal and SS Tim Anderson.
BET the YANKEES (-170) because they’ll have maximum motivation for this nationally televised game against a White Sox team they are beefing with.
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Run line/Against the spread
LEAN YANKEES -1.5 (+120) based on the previous analysis and because they are 10-9 RL as home favorites and N.Y. has beaten the White Sox by at least 2 runs in 6 of their last 7 meetings.
However, N.Y.’s ML is the preferred wager hence the LEAN to the YANKEES -1.5 (+120).
Over/Under
Slight LEAN UNDER 8.5 (+105) only because the Yankees are 5-2 O/U in Severino’s 7 starts and the weather forecast is predicting nearly 20 mph winds blowing out to right-centerfield and both lineups have sluggers.
However, the Under has cashed in 5 of the last 6 White Sox-Yankees meetings in New York, both starters could throw a quality start and Chicago is 1-8-1 O/U in the last 10 games vs. righty starters.
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