Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins MLB Betting Preview | October 3

The Minnesota Twins are underdogs (+106) on the road against the Chicago White Sox (-126) in the first game of the MLB season at Guaranteed Rate Field on Monday. First pitch is at 8:10 PM ET. Johnny Cueto starts for Chicago while Minnesota will counter with Bailey Ober.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for White Sox vs. Twins

• Game Day: Monday, October 3, 2022
• Game Time: 8:10 PM ET
• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field

White Sox Stats & Trends

White Sox Batting

• The White Sox ranked 19th in MLB play with 190 total home runs last season.
• The White Sox’s .256 batting average was fifth-best in MLB.
• Last season the White Sox scored the seventh-most runs in baseball (796 total, 4.9 per game).
• The team struck out 8.6 times per game, the No. 13 mark in baseball.
• The White Sox averaged 1.4 homers per home game last season (110 total at home).
• The White Sox had a .442 slugging percentage and averaged three extra-base hits per game at home.
• The team averaged 8.3 hits per game and batted .260 at home last season.

White Sox Key Batters

• Jose Abreu finished last season with 148 hits while batting .261.
• A.J. Pollock slashed .297/.355/.536 and finished with an OPS of .891.
• Last season, Josh Harrison finished with eight home runs, 60 RBI and a batting average of .279 last season.
• Yoan Moncada had 137 hits and an OBP of .375.

Twins Stats & Trends

Twins Batting

• The Twins ranked fifth in Major League Baseball with 228 home runs.
• The Twins’ .241 batting average ranked 17th in the league last season.
• The Twins scored 729 runs (4.5 per game) last season, which ranked 14th in MLB.
• The Twins had the 17th-ranked strikeouts per game rate (8.7) among MLB offenses.
• In 80 games on the road last season, they hit 115 homers, an average of 1.4 per contest.
• They had a team slugging percentage of .427 in away games last season with 266 extra-base hits.
• In away games last season, they had a .244 AVG with 8.4 base hits per contest.

Twins Key Batters

• Carlos Correa had a .366 on-base percentage while batting .279 last season.
• Luis Arraez hit .294 with 17 doubles, six triples, two home runs and 43 walks.
• Gary Sanchez had 13 doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 52 walks while batting .204 last season.
• Gio Urshela hit .267 with 18 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 20 walks.

White Sox vs. Twins Probable Pitchers