*3 Star Free Pick* The Chicago White Sox have been elite against left handed pitching the last two years. Chicago ranks 4th in the majors in weighted on base average (wOBA) against left handed pitching. Sean Manaea has been up and down this year for the Athletics. He’ll likely find it tough to get through this one without allowing quite a bit of traffic on the bases. Manaea enters this game with 3 poor starts in his last 5 outings.
Reynaldo Lopez starts for the White Sox. Lopez has all the stuff necessary to be very good, but his control is lacking. Oakland busted out of an offensive slump yesterday, and the hitting conditions are quite a bit better in the daytime in Oakland than at night.
Adrian Johnson is the home plate umpire here, and he has been a very hitter-friendly umpire in the long run. He’ll likely make things tough on the pitchers in this one.
Take the over here.
