Kenny G grabbed the White Sox at +120, citing a tale of two trajectories. Texas has dropped six straight, owns an anemic offense ranked 27th in runs and carries a 4.20 bullpen ERA. Spot starter Patrick Corbin (3-3, 3.59 ERA) has yielded exactly three earned in back-to-back outings and has not yet faced Chicago. On the flip side, Davis Martin has quietly posted a 3.49 ERA and is coming off 7.1 strong innings (2 ER) versus Seattle. Chicago’s lineup has come alive, winning three of four and hanging 10 runs on Texas Saturday. While the Sox bullpen remains a concern (4.55 ERA), Kenny believes current form and the plus money outweigh that risk—especially against a Rangers side pressing for answers and just 8-18 on the road.

Ryan Wormeli selected Jacob deGrom for the Week 8 two-start competition, stressing that managers should capitalize while the ace is healthy. DeGrom has fired 23 innings of one-run ball with a 39% K rate since returning, and Wormeli likes the schedule: at Toronto and home versus St. Louis, two offenses ranking bottom-12 in OPS over the last two weeks. Ryan believes banking elite ratios now is wise because deGrom’s injury track record suggests innings will be scarce later. He views deGrom as the top streamer-tier SP for both roto and head-to-head formats this scoring period.

Maher countered by locking in Garrett Crochet despite acknowledging the southpaw’s limited workload history. Crochet sports a sub-2.00 ERA and elite 32% strike-out rate, and Maher is willing to brave road dates at Milwaukee and Atlanta. The Brewers are middle-of-the-pack against lefties, while Atlanta’s order is more daunting, but Ronald Acuna will just be returning from injury. Maher expects Crochet’s overpowering fastball/slider combo to play in any park and believes the upside justifies the risk, especially in leagues where strikeouts are at a premium.

Ron grabbed Chicago as a home dog, doubting Patrick Corbin’s ability to justify road chalk. While Corbin has been better in 2025, he faltered against the Yankees and Texas is just 1-4 in his last five starts. On the flip side, Davis Martin keeps the ball on the ground (14-9 GB/FB last outing) and owns only two walks in 23 May innings. With the Rangers’ offense ranking among MLB’s worst on the road, Romanelli sees the White Sox as the sharper side.

JD Bets advised taking Jack Leiter under 5.5 strikeouts in Saturday’s start on the South Side. Leiter is averaging only 3.9 Ks across his last ten outings and an even lower 3.4 over the last five, hardly the profile of a six-strikeout arm. The one previous time he faced Chicago he produced just four punch-outs. Meanwhile the White Sox sit 14th in strikeout rate at 7.9 per game, showing far more plate discipline than their reputation suggests. With Texas riding a five-game losing streak, JD expects Bruce Bochy to have a quick hook if Leiter struggles, further capping the inning count. He thinks bettors are simply seeing “White Sox” and assuming free strikeouts, but the data shows otherwise, making the under at 5.5 a clear value play.

Kenny G recommended betting Under 8.5 runs when Jack Leiter squares off with Jonathan Cannon. Texas has been unwatchable at the plate—losers of five straight while putting up 1, 0, 3, 2 and 3 runs—and now sits 27th in scoring and 28th in OBP. Leiter owns a 4.25 ERA but just held Houston to three earned over seven; he gets a gift draw versus a Chicago lineup tied for 28th in runs and dead last in batting average (.219). Cannon’s 3.76 ERA keeps improving; he has allowed three or fewer earned in four straight starts, including six scoreless versus Cincinnati. Kenny is not enamored with either bullpen (Texas 3.90 ERA; Chicago worse), yet he trusts them against the league’s two coldest offenses. Betting splits support the play—Rangers are 14-9-1 to the under on the road and Chicago’s park is playing neutral with a 12-10-2 under record. Kenny even mentioned NRFI but made Under 8.5 his preferred wager, forecasting another 4-2 or 3-3 game that never threatens nine runs.

Smith pushed even harder on the South Side, playing Chicago first-five money line and full-game money line at +155. Cannon has allowed just two total earned runs across his three home starts and carries a 28% strike-out rate when pitching in Chicago. While Leiter did stabilize after surrendering 10 earned his first two May outings, Smith noted his swinging-strike rate is still below league average and he walks nearly 12% of hitters. Given that neither lineup can be trusted, Smith prefers shortening the game to fade the Rangers’ inconsistent bullpen (4.51 ERA last 14 days) and will sprinkle the full game as well, pairing both wagers with the Under 8.0.

Reichel is not laying –185 with a Texas club that is 8-16 on the road and ranks 27th in runs per game this month. Instead he took White Sox +1.5 at –115, projecting a 3-2 type grinder. Chris Cannon sports a 1.17 ERA at Guaranteed Rate Field and has given up fewer than four earned in five straight starts. Jack Leiter flirted with a no-hitter against Houston but the Rangers have dropped four of his five outings and he owns a 5.87 xERA. Both offenses sit bottom-four in scoring and hard-hit rate, so Reichel expects every run to matter and views the extra hook as valuable insurance.

Daniel Vreeland recommended an NRFI at -135 for Rangers vs White Sox. He pointed to Jonathan Cannon's 3.76 ERA and recent jump in strikeouts (9 Ks over 11 innings in his last two starts) as a reason Texas, the league’s 27th-ranked offense at just 3.31 runs per game, is unlikely to score early. On the flip side, Jack Leiter has quietly settled in with a 2.77 ERA across his last 13 innings and faces a White Sox lineup even worse than Texas, averaging only 3.29 runs. With two improving young arms and two bottom-three lineups, Vreeland believes the first frame stays scoreless.

Marcus labeled Jack Leiter ($7,400) a volatile but enticing GPP play. The rookie has logged his two longest outings of the year in back-to-back starts and now draws a White Sox lineup that ranks near the bottom of every offensive metric. While Leiter’s strikeout stuff has been inconsistent, the matchup gives him a clear path to a ceiling game at suppressed ownership.

Scott Reichel played the Under 8.5 in Texas–Chicago, pointing to two scuffling offenses and a pair of starters set up to succeed. Tyler Mahle (5-1, 1.47 ERA) has allowed two earned runs or fewer in six straight outings, while White Sox right-hander Jake Burke has walked five hitters in consecutive starts yet faces a Rangers lineup that ranks 28th in walk rate and swings at the fourth-highest percentage of pitches out of the zone. Texas has scored three or fewer in eight of its last ten and owns a .621 OPS on the road. Reichel added that Chicago’s offense is equally anemic, slashing .211/.279/.343 in May. Because the Rangers run so rarely—third-fewest stolen bases—and Burke’s biggest weakness is holding runners, Reichel expects fewer free 90s than usual. He projected a 4-1 final and would bet the Under down to 8.

Scott Reichel flagged Wyatt Langford’s stolen-base prop as a plus-money dart against Chicago lefty Jake Burke, who has allowed 10 steals over his last two outings and struggles mightily with pickoff timing. The rookie outfielder leads Texas with a 29-ft./sec sprint speed and already owns seven swipes in 21 starts despite the club’s overall lack of aggression. Burke’s 1.46 seconds to the plate is fifth-slowest among qualified starters, and White Sox backup catcher Korey Lee has thrown out just 18% of would-be base stealers. Reichel expects Texas to manufacture runs via speed given its recent .290 OBP, projecting multiple steal attempts for Langford and betting his ‘Over 0.5 stolen bases’ up to +220.

Jay Yang said he is betting the under 8.0 runs in the Texas Rangers vs Chicago White Sox game as long as the listed starters—Tyler Mahle for Texas and Sean Burke for Chicago—remain in place. Yang emphasized the pronounced edge generated by Mahle, calling him a legitimate Cy Young contender and comparing his 2025 surge to Tariq Skubal’s 2024 breakout. Yang’s projection model gives a "strong probability" that Mahle continues his dominant run, which, when paired with Burke’s strike-throwing profile, points to a low-scoring script. He has the game power-rated at 6.9 total runs, creating more than a full run of value on the posted 8.0. Yang cautioned that the edge disappears if either club changes its starting pitcher.

Donnie Rightside likes the game total UNDER 7 in the Bronx getaway day. Weather is brutal: low-50s temps, steady rain and double-digit winds blowing in from right. That should neutralize the normally hot Yankee bats that have torched right-handed pitching lately. On the mound, Nathan Eovaldi is in peak form with a 0.59 ERA, 2.54 xFIP, .037 ISO allowed and .190 wOBA over his last 30⅔ innings (114 batters). Texas traditionally struggles against southpaws and now faces Carlos Rodon, another lefty after Ryan Yarbrough kept them in check Wednesday. Rightside believes the conditions plus elite recent pitching make runs hard to come by.