Chicago White Sox vs Cincinnati Reds 5/7/2023 Picks Predictions

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The Chicago White Sox will go against the Cincinnati Reds in MLB action in Great American Ball Park, OH, on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 4:10 PM ET.

The Chicago White Sox went 4-1 and won their first series in 2023 after dropping ten matches in a row in the second part of April.

At home, they defeated the Minnesota Twins two out of three times. The White Sox defeated the Reds 5-4 on Friday night to improve to 11-22 on the season after falling 7-3 in extra innings to the Twins on Thursday.

Chicago has to get better on both sides of the ball urgently. The White Sox are 22nd in the majors in terms of runs scored per game (4.09), but 29th in terms of runs allowed (6.06).

The Chi Sox played 179 at-bats over the past seven days, batting .274/.353/.413 with seven home runs and only four doubles.

In six starts (31.2 innings pitched) in 2023, Michael Kopech, a 27-year-old right-hander, is 0-3 with an unimpressive 5.97 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, and a 34/21 K/BB ratio.

In his first appearance in May, Kopech pitched effectively after a terrible April (7.01 ERA, 7.41 FIP). He pitched six innings of one-run ball against Minnesota on Tuesday in a no-decision.

Kopech just allowed one hit while striking out seven batters, but he also gave up five free passes.

The total went OVER in 5 of Chi White Sox’s last 7 matches.
The Chi White Sox are 4-12 SU in their last 16 matches.
The Chi White Sox are 4-2 SU in their last 6 matches against Cincinnati.

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Chicago White Sox vs Cincinnati Reds Predictions 5/7/2023

After being defeated by the White Sox on Friday, the Cincinnati Reds‘ record dropped to 13-19 for the year. The Reds began this week with a three-game set loss to the San Diego Padres, marking their fourth defeat in five matches.

They broke a five-game undefeated run with a difficult 5-4 defeat to the Oakland Athletics to end the previous week.

The Reds are 30th in OPS+ (79), 27th in slugging percentage (.357), and 20th in runs scored (4.22 per game) in the majors.

They had 175 at-bats over the past seven days, slashing .240/.281/.331 with four home runs and four doubles.

On the opposite side of the ball, the Reds rank 28th in WHIP (1.50), 25th in ERA (4.98), and 23rd in runs permitted (5.00 per game).

Over the last seven days and 43 innings pitched, they accumulated a 5.44 ERA, 1.53 WHIP, and a .284 opposition batting average.

On Sunday, right-hander Graham Ashcraft, 25, will take the mound. In six starts (36 IP) this year, Ashcraft is 2-0 with a dazzling 2.00 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and a 27/16 K/BB ratio.

Although Ashcraft is walking a lot of batters, he is still keeping the ball in play (24th percentile strikeout rate, 29th percentile walk rate, 70th percentile hard-hit rate, and 76th percentile barrel rate).

He tossed six innings of one-run, six-hit ball against the Padres on the road last Tuesday in a no-decision game that Cincinnati finally won 2-1.

The Cincinnati Reds are 2-4 SU in their last 6 matches.
The total went UNDER in 5 of Cincinnati’s last 6 matches against Chi White Sox.
The Cincinnati Reds are 4-1 SU in their last 5 matches at home.

Chicago White Sox vs Cincinnati Reds. The MLB pick for this game is the Cincinnati Reds. The White Sox hit the ball effectively in recent games, but facing Graham Ashcraft will be challenging.

Despite the fact that they never met him before, Ashcraft was fantastic thus far this season. On the other hand, it’s difficult to believe that Michael Kopech will piece together a few

solid performances. Go with the Reds, who are 4-2 in Ashcraft’s six starts this season, since they are in the first percentile for barrel percentage and the third percentile for anticipated slugging percentage, respectively.

The main issue is that each of these two bullpens has the ability to squander a lead at any time.

In the previous ten days and 32.1 innings of work, the Chicago bullpen posted a dismal 7.24 ERA and 7.25 FIP, while the Reds’ relievers threw 29.2 frames in that time and have a dismal 4.55 ERA and 4.64.

The Cincinnati Reds will win to a predicted score of 6-5.

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