The White Sox and Twins collide at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, for a regular-season affair that kicks off at 2:10 PM EDT, available on MLB.TV or Twins.TV if you actually want to watch two middle-of-the-pack clubs trade blame mid-inning. The White Sox sit at 70-63 on the road (29-36), while the Twins are 64-70 at home (35-31), a statistical pairing that suggests a contest where the loudest noise will be the collective sigh of fans who thought they had moved on from mid-August mediocrity.
With Erick Fedde (RHP, #47) facing Bailey Ober (RHP, #17), this matchup is essentially a contest between two ERA marks—4.16 for Chicago, 4.69 for Minnesota—that are closer to each other than they are to "excellent." Both teams are batting in the low .240s (.239 for the SoX, .245 for the Twins), implying a slugfest is about as likely as a unicorn wedding, especially with Chris Murphy and Kyle Teel sitting on the 15-Day and 10-Day IL lists respectively. Drop your picks or just enjoy the safe side of the river on StreakChat.