Rangers vs. White Sox Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 23, 2025

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The Texas Rangers (25-26) bring a four-game losing streak into a road matchup against the Chicago White Sox (15-35) on Friday at 7:40 p.m. ET. The Rangers are favored (-186) to stop their streak against the underdog White Sox (+155). Texas’ Tyler Mahle gets the start against Chicago’s Sean Burke.

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Rangers to win vs White Sox -186

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Rangers vs. White Sox betting lines

  • Favorite: Rangers (-186)
  • Underdog: White Sox (+155)
  • Over/under: 8

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

  • The Rangers have won 17 of the 24 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (70.8%).
  • Texas has gone 4-1 when playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -186 or shorter (80% winning percentage).
  • The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Rangers a 65% chance to win.
  • Texas has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 51 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 15 of those games (15-35-1).
  • The Rangers have collected a 29-22-0 record against the spread this season (covering 56.9% of the time).

Rangers hitting info

  • Wyatt Langford has a team-best nine home runs.
  • Langford’s home runs rank 35th in MLB and he ranks 108th in RBI in MLB.
  • Josh Jung is hitting .284 with six doubles, a triple, seven home runs and seven walks.
  • Jung ranks 68th in home runs and 119th in RBI among batters in MLB action.
  • Jung enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .238 with an RBI.
  • Josh Smith leads the Rangers with a .289 batting average.
  • Adolis Garcia has been productive as he leads his team with 24 runs batted in.

Rangers pitching rankings

  • The Rangers pitching staff is 20th in the majors with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Texas has a 3.27 team ERA that ranks third across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Rangers pitchers combine for the No. 1 WHIP in MLB (1.130).
  • Rangers pitchers combine to give up 44 home runs (0.9 per game), the sixth-fewest in MLB.
  • Texas struck out seven Yankees batters while allowing five hits in a 1-0 loss in its last game.

White Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

White Sox betting info

  • This season, the White Sox have been the underdog 50 times and won 15, or 30%, of those games.
  • Chicago has a record of 7-24 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +155 on the moneyline.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 39.2% chance of a victory for the White Sox.
  • Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 21 of its 50 games with a total this season.
  • The White Sox are 26-24-0 against the spread this season.

White Sox hitting info

  • Miguel Vargas leads Chicago in home runs (six) and runs batted in (21) this season while batting .234.
  • Among all hitters in MLB, Vargas ranks 87th in homers and 100th in RBI.
  • Luis Robert has collected 29 hits this season and has an OBP of .270. He’s slugging .294 on the year.
  • Robert currently ranks 121st in homers and 153rd in RBI in the major leagues.
  • Chase Meidroth has 28 hits this season and a slash line of .301/.381/.376.
  • Meidroth takes a nine-game hitting streak into this game. During his last 10 games he is hitting .375 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and three RBIs.
  • Lenyn Sosa leads Chicago with a .272 batting average. He’s also hit four homers and has 13 RBI.
  • Sosa takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .267 with a double, a home run and two RBIs.

White Sox pitching rankings

  • The White Sox average just 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in the majors.
  • Chicago has pitched to a 4.20 ERA this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
  • White Sox pitchers have a 1.398 WHIP this season, 23rd in the majors.
  • The White Sox have given up the 17th-fewest long balls so far this season with 54 home runs allowed.
  • Chicago suffered a 6-5 defeat in its most recent game, as its pitchers struck out eight Mariners batters while allowing seven hits.
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