{"id":1980668,"date":"2025-08-26T15:57:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1980668"},"modified":"2025-08-26T15:57:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T15:57:48","slug":"royals-at-white-sox-prediction-odds-expert-picks-starting-pitchers-betting-trends-stats-for-august-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-at-white-sox-prediction-odds-expert-picks-starting-pitchers-betting-trends-stats-for-august-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals at White Sox prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends, stats for August 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s Tuesday, August 26 and the Royals (67-64) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (47-83). <b>Michael Lorenzen<\/b> is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against <b>Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez<\/b> for Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>The Chicago White Sox won the series opener over the Royals 7-0 to extend their winning streak to three games, while the Royals fell to 2-4 over the past six games after winning five straight. Entering tonight\u2019s meeting, the Royals are 8-3 versus the White Sox this season.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We\u2019ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on how to catch first pitch, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks &amp; best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/fantasy\/football\/player-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotoworld Player News<\/a><\/span> for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long.<\/p>\n<h2>Game details &amp; how to watch Royals at White Sox<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025<\/li>\n<li>Time: 7:40PM EST<\/li>\n<li>Site: Rate Field<\/li>\n<li>City: Chicago, IL<\/li>\n<li>Network\/Streaming: FDSNKC, CHSN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/mlb\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB schedule page<\/a><\/span>, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out.<\/p>\n<h2>Odds for the Royals at the White Sox<\/h2>\n<p><b>The latest odds as of Tuesday:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Moneyline: Royals (-124), White Sox (+104)<\/li>\n<li>Spread: Royals -1.5<\/li>\n<li>Total: 8.0 runs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Probable starting pitchers for Royals at White Sox<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Pitching matchup for August 26, 2025: <b>Michael Lorenzen<\/b> vs. <b>Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez<\/b>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Royals: Michael Lorenzen, (5-8, 4.50 ERA)<br \/>Last outing: 6.23 ERA, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 9 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 6 Strikeouts<\/li>\n<li>White Sox: Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez, (1-3, 2.51 ERA)<br \/>Last outing: 0.00 ERA, 0 Earned Runs Allowed, 3 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 5 Strikeouts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/player-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB player news<\/a><\/span> for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type!<\/p>\n<h2>Top betting trends &amp; insights to know ahead of Royals at White Sox<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Kansas City is 8-3 versus Chicago this season<\/li>\n<li>Chicago is 3-0 in the last 3 games<\/li>\n<li>Kansas City is 1-3 in the last 4 games<\/li>\n<li>The White Sox have allowed 0 runs in the last 2 games<\/li>\n<li>The Royals have won 17 of their last 20 games against the White Sox<\/li>\n<li>4 of the White Sox\u2019s last 5 matchups with the Royals have stayed under the Total<\/li>\n<li>The White Sox are showing a profit of 1.82 units on the Run Line in their last 5 games at Rate Field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/betting\/mlb\/tools\/top-trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB Top Trends tool <\/a><\/span>on NBC Sports!<\/p>\n<h2>Expert picks &amp; predictions for tonight\u2019s game between the Royals and the White Sox <\/h2>\n<h3>Rotoworld Best Bet<\/h3>\n<p>Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700.<\/p>\n<p>Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over\/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.<\/p>\n<h2>Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Tuesday\u2019s game between the Royals and the White Sox:<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Kansas City Royals on the Moneyline.<\/li>\n<li>Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago White Sox at +1.5.<\/li>\n<li>Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Want even more <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/betting\/mlb\/tools\/game-predictions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB best bets and predictions<\/a><\/span> from our expert staff &amp; tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC.<\/p>\n<p>Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rte2-style-ul\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px;\">\n<li>Jay Croucher (@croucherJD)<\/li>\n<li>Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper)<\/li>\n<li>Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports)<\/li>\n<li>Trysta Krick (@Trysta_Krick)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-4\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '206053216266379',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nbcsports.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s Tuesday, August 26 and the Royals (67-64) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (47-83). Michael Lorenzen is slated to take the mound for Kansas City against Mart\u00edn P\u00e9rez for Chicago. The Chicago White Sox won the series opener over the Royals 7-0 to extend their winning streak to three games, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1980669,"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-1980668","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\/Royals-at-White-Sox-prediction-Odds-expert-picks-starting-pitchers.com2Fbrightspot2F1d2Fb.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980668","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=1980668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}