{"id":1964938,"date":"2025-08-17T06:27:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1964938"},"modified":"2025-08-17T06:27:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T06:27:43","slug":"chicago-white-sox-vs-kansas-city-royals-prediction-8-16-2025-todays-mlb-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chicago-white-sox-vs-kansas-city-royals-prediction-8-16-2025-todays-mlb-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals Prediction 8\/16\/2025 Today’s MLB Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chicago (44-78) vs Kansas City (61-61)<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tAugust 16, 2025 at 07:10 PM EDT\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Line: Betting Odds: Kansas City -175 \u2014 Over\/Under: +9.5<\/p>\n

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The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox meet Saturday in MLB action from Rate Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here\u2019s a Kansas City Royals<\/a> vs. Chicago White Sox prediction.<\/p>\n

Starting Pitching Matchup<\/h2>\n

Michael Lorenzen will get the nod for Kansas City in this one and Lorenzen is 5-8 with a 4.61 ERA and 85 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against the White Sox, Lorenzen is 2-0 with a 2.18 ERA and 27 strikeouts. The Chicago White Sox will start Sean Burke here and Burke is 4-9 with a 4.26 ERA and 107 strikeouts this season. This will be Burke\u2019s second career start against the Royals.<\/p>\n

Kansas City Royals Recap<\/h2>\n

The Kansas City Royals come into this game looking to build on their win over the White Sox from Friday\u2019s opening matchup by a final score of 3-1 to sit at 61-61 this season. After this series, the Royals will take on the Texas Rangers in a series at home.<\/p>\n

Royals Looking For Back-To-Back Series Wins<\/h2>\n

Bobby Witt Jr. has 135 hits with 37 doubles and 30 stolen bases along with 4 triples, 17 home runs and 67 RBIs while Vinnie Pasquantino has 120 hits with 20 doubles, a triple, 22 home runs and 80 RBIs. Maikel Garcia\u2019s added 133 hits with 31 doubles, 5 triples, 11 home runs and 51 RBIs and 22 stolen bases and Salvador Perez also has 21 home runs and 68 RBIs but also has 98 strikeouts so far this season.<\/p>\n

Why the Kansas City Royals will win<\/h3>\n
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  • The White Sox have lost each of their last 12 games at Kauffman Stadium.<\/li>\n
  • The Royals have won each of their last nine home games against the White Sox following a win.<\/li>\n
  • The home team has covered the run line in each of the White Sox\u2019s last five games.<\/li>\n
  • The White Sox have failed to cover the run line in eight of their last 10 games at Kauffman Stadium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Kansas City Royals Player Prop Facts<\/h3>\n
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    • Michael Lorenzen has recorded four or more strikeouts in each of his last eight appearances against AL opponents.<\/li>\n
    • Adam Frazier has recorded a Double in three of his last four home appearances against AL Central opponents.<\/li>\n
    • Michael Lorenzen has recorded a win in three of his last four appearances at Kauffman Stadium against AL opponents that held a losing record.<\/li>\n
    • MJ Melendez has hit a home run in three of his last four home appearances against the White Sox.<\/li>\n
    • Bobby Witt Jr. has recorded at least one hit in each of the Royals\u2019 last 16 games against the White Sox.<\/li>\n
    • Bobby Witt Jr. ranks T4th in the league in Hits (137) this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Chicago White Sox Recap<\/h2>\n

      The Chicago White Sox come into this game looking to bounce back from their loss at the hands of the Royals in Friday\u2019s series opener to sit at 44-78 this season. After this series, the White Sox will head on the road for a series against the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n

      White Sox Lose 8 Of Their Last 10<\/h2>\n

      Lenyn Sosa has 102 hits including 16 doubles and 48 RBIs. Andrew Benintendi has 72 hits including 13 doubles, 14 home runs, 45 RBIs and a .223 batting average while Miguel Vargas has 90 hits, 25 doubles, 13 home runs and 44 RBIs. Brooks Baldwin has also added 26 RBIs while Luis Robert Jr. has a team-high 31 stolen bases along with 47 RBIs so far this season. Chase Meidroth has added 78 hits with 11 stolen bases as well as 12 doubles this season.<\/p>\n

      Why the Chicago White Sox will win<\/h3>\n
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      • The Royals have lost four of their last five games as favorites against AL Central opponents following a win.<\/li>\n
      • The White Sox have won each of their last three Saturday games as road underdogs.<\/li>\n
      • The Royals have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven night games against AL Central opponents following a home win.<\/li>\n
      • The White Sox have covered the run line in each of their last four games after playing the previous day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Chicago White Sox Player Prop Facts<\/h3>\n
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        • Andrew Benintendi has recorded at least one Double in three of his last four appearances against the Royals after playing the previous day.<\/li>\n
        • Michael A. Taylor has hit a home run in two of the White Sox\u2019s last three games as road underdogs.<\/li>\n
        • Luis Robert has recorded at least one hit in each of his last seven road appearances after playing the previous day.<\/li>\n
        • Luis Robert ranks T5th in the league in Steals (31) this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Total Runs Facts<\/h3>\n
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          • Ten of the last 11 games between the White Sox and Royals at Kauffman Stadium have gone UNDER the total runs line.<\/li>\n
          • Five of the White Sox\u2019s last six road games against AL Central opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals Prediction<\/h2>\n

            I\u2019m going to back the under in this game. I get the case to be made for either side and realistically, I\u2019m not a fan of either starter or either offense here. However I think the offenses will struggle in general and it\u2019s going to be a low-scoring game, not because of dominant pitching, but because of just inconsistent offense across the board. Give me the under in this one.<\/p>\n

            Chris Ruffolo’s Pick: Under 9.5<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

            \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

            \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pickdawgz.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Chicago (44-78) vs Kansas City (61-61) August 16, 2025 at 07:10 PM EDT The Line: Betting Odds: Kansas City -175 \u2014 Over\/Under: +9.5 (Get latest betting odds) The Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox meet Saturday in MLB action from Rate Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1964939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1964938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Chicago-White-Sox-vs-Kansas-City-Royals-Prediction-8162025-Todays.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1964938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1964939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1964938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1964938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}