Chicago White Sox vsCleveland Guardians Prediction
The Chicago White Sox are 37-40 on the road this season and are heavy favorites to beat the Cleveland Indians who are 38-39 at home. The White Sox have a better than 55% chance of winning based on 10,000 game simulations generated one play at a time by the AccuScore Simulation Supercomputer. White Sox' starter Lucas Giolito is forecasted to have a better game than Indians' starter Triston McKenzie. Lucas Giolito has a 57% chance of having a Quality Start (QS) while Triston McKenzie has a 39% chance of a QS. If Lucas Giolito has a quality start the White Sox has a 76% chance of winning. His simulated strikeout to walk ratio is 5.8 and he has a 42% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio. When he has a 5/1 ratio the White Sox win 59%. In Triston McKenzie quality starts the Indians win 65%. He has a 22% chance of having a 5 to 1 K/BB ratio and if he does his team wins 65% 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 Cleveland Indians is Jose Ramirez who averaged 2.06 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 33% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the Indians have a 52% chance of winning. The most productive batter for the Chicago White Sox is Yasmani Grandal who averaged 2.53 hits+walks+RBI. He has a 43% chance of having a big game with 3+ Hits, Walks, RBI and if he has a big game the White Sox have a 76% chance of winning.