White Sox vs. Blue Jays Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups July 18, 2026

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The Chicago White Sox (51-45) visit the Toronto Blue Jays (45-52) at 3:07 p.m. ET on Saturday, providing a matchup between two top-10 sluggers. Colson Montgomery has 23 homers (ninth in MLB) for the favored White Sox (-116), and Kazuma Okamoto is 10th in MLB play with 22 round-trippers this season for the underdog Blue Jays (-106). Chicago’s Davis Martin and Toronto’s Shane Bieber will start this matchup.

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White Sox to win vs Blue Jays -116

Bet $20, Payout $37.24

White Sox vs. Blue Jays betting lines

  • Favorite: White Sox (-116)
  • Underdog: Blue Jays (-106)
  • Over/under: 8.5

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

  • The White Sox have been the moneyline favorite 19 total times this season. They’ve gone 12-7 in those games.
  • Chicago has a 9-5 record (winning 64.3% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -116 or shorter.
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the White Sox’s implied win probability is 53.7%.
  • Chicago has combined with opponents to hit the over on the total 56 times this season for a 56-39-1 record against the over/under.
  • The White Sox have put together a 57-39-0 record against the spread this season (covering 59.4% of the time).

White Sox hitting info

  • Miguel Vargas leads the White Sox with 59 runs batted in.
  • Among hitters in MLB play, Vargas ranks 14th in home runs and 21st in RBI.
  • Vargas heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .300 with three doubles, a home run and three RBIs.
  • Sam Antonacci has a club-leading .289 batting average.
  • Antonacci ranks 176th in homers and 184th in RBI among MLB batters this season.
  • Antonacci heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with two home runs, two walks and four RBIs.
  • Montgomery has a team-best 23 homers.
  • Montgomery enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with a double, two walks and three RBIs.
  • Tristan Peters is hitting .300 with 20 doubles, three triples, six home runs and 18 walks.
  • Peters heads into this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .467 with a double, a triple, a home run and six RBIs.

White Sox pitching rankings

  • The White Sox pitching staff ranks 13th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Chicago’s 4.13 team ERA ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the White Sox combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.320).
  • White Sox pitchers combine to allow 104 home runs (1.1 per game), the 10th-fewest in baseball.
  • Chicago struck out nine Blue Jays batters while giving up seven hits in a 12-4 win in its last game.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

  • The Blue Jays have entered the game as underdogs 42 times this season and won 16, or 38.1%, of those games.
  • Toronto is 14-23 this season when entering a game as the underdog by -106 or more on the moneyline.
  • Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 51.5% chance to win.
  • Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in 50 of its 97 games with a total this season.
  • The Blue Jays have an ATS record of 46-51-0 in 97 games with a spread this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

  • Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been key for Toronto with 89 hits, an OBP of .345 plus a slugging percentage of .356.
  • Among all hitters in the big leagues, Guerrero is 209th in homers and 98th in RBI.
  • Ernie Clement leads Toronto in batting with a .298 average while slugging eight homers and driving in 32 runs.
  • Clement ranks 152nd among hitters in MLB in homers, and 166th in RBI.
  • Clement takes an eight-game hitting streak into this game. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .293 with a double, a home run, a walk and three RBIs.
  • Okamoto leads the club in homers (22) and runs batted in (62) this season.
  • Daulton Varsho has collected 67 hits this season and has an OBP of .304. He’s slugging .382 on the year.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

  • The Blue Jays have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
  • Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.20 ERA this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
  • The Blue Jays rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.312 WHIP this season.
  • With 107 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 14th in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Toronto suffered a 12-4 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight White Sox batters while allowing 12 hits.
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