Los Angeles Angels vsChicago White Sox Prediction
The Chicago White Sox are 49-24 at home this season and are heavy favorites to beat the Los Angeles Angels who are 34-40 on the road this season. The White Sox have a better than 60% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. White Sox' starter Reynaldo Lopez is forecasted to have a better game than Angels' starter Alex Cobb. Reynaldo Lopez has a 47% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Alex Cobb has a 39% chance of a QS. If Reynaldo Lopez has a quality start the White Sox has a 78% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 6 and he has a 52% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the White Sox win 71%. In Alex Cobb quality starts the Angels win 55%. He has a 29% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 55% of simulations. In simulations we tracked the batter for each team that was most productive based his average hits, walks and RBI per simulation. The most productive batter for the Chicago White Sox is Yasmani Grandal who averaged 2.48 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 42% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the White Sox have a 82% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Los Angeles Angels is Shohei Ohtani who averaged 1.81 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 28% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Angels have a 49% chance of winning.