{"id":8623,"date":"2025-05-07T18:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/8623\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:50:11","slug":"white-sox-at-royals-prediction-odds-expert-picks-starting-pitchers-betting-trends-and-stats-for-may-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/8623\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox at Royals Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for May 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its Wednesday, May 7 and the White Sox (10-26) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals (21-16). Jonathan Cannon is slated to take the mound for Chicago against Michael Wacha for Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>The White Sox have lost the first two games and need a win tonight to avoid losing the series.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Royals walked it off in the last game with a single from Bobby Witt Jr. That makes it four straight wins for the Royals.<\/p>\n<p>Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks &amp; best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.<\/p>\n<p>Follow <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/fantasy\/football\/player-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Rotoworld Player News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Rotoworld Player News<\/a> for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long.<\/p>\n<p>Game details &amp; how to watch White Sox at Royals<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Network\/Streaming: FanDuel Sports Network Kansas City, CHSN<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/mlb\/schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB schedule page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">MLB schedule page<\/a>, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out.<\/p>\n<p>Odds for the White Sox at the Royals<\/p>\n<p>The latest odds as of Wednesday:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Moneyline: White Sox (+185), Royals (-224)<\/p>\n<p>Probable starting pitchers for White Sox at Royals<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pitching matchup for May 7, 2025: Jonathan Cannon vs. Michael Wacha<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">White Sox: Jonathan Cannon, (2-3, 4.26 ERA)<br \/>Last outing (Houston Astros, 5\/2) : 6.0 Innings Pitched, 2 Earned Runs Allowed, 9 Hits Allowed, 0 Walks, and 5 Strikeouts<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Royals: Michael Wacha, (1-4, 3.52 ERA)<br \/>Last outing (Baltimore Orioles, 5\/2): 6.1 Innings Pitched, 3 Earned Runs Allowed, 7 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 3 Strikeouts<\/p>\n<p>Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/fantasy\/baseball\/player-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB player news;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">MLB player news<\/a> for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type!<\/p>\n<p>Top betting trends &amp; insights to know ahead of White Sox at Royals<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Royals have a winning record (4-1) in their last 5 games<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Each of the White Sox&#8217;s last 6 road games with the Royals have stayed under the Total<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Royals have covered the Run Line in 5 straight home games against the White Sox<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/betting\/mlb\/tools\/top-trends\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB Top Trends tool;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">MLB Top Trends tool <\/a>on NBC Sports!<\/p>\n<p>Expert picks &amp; predictions for tonight\u2019s game between the White Sox and the RoyalsRotoworld Best Bet<\/p>\n<p>Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700.<\/p>\n<p>Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over\/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Wednesday&#8217;s game between the White Sox and the Royals:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Kansas City Royals on the Moneyline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago White Sox at +1.5.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Total: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Game Total of 8.0.<\/p>\n<p>Want even more <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/betting\/mlb\/tools\/game-predictions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:MLB best bets and predictions;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">MLB best bets and predictions<\/a> from our expert staff &amp; tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC<\/p>\n<p>Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jay Croucher (@croucherJD)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Its Wednesday, May 7 and the White Sox (10-26) are in Kansas City to take on the Royals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8624,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[47,5,1351,138,49,2561,54,5794,2123,55,5169,4,3625,2122,396,2562],"class_list":{"0":"post-8623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-white-sox","8":"tag-baltimore-orioles","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-bobby-witt-jr","11":"tag-chicago","12":"tag-chicago-white-sox","13":"tag-chicagowhitesox","14":"tag-houston-astros","15":"tag-jonathan-cannon","16":"tag-kansas-city","17":"tag-kansas-city-royals","18":"tag-michael-wacha","19":"tag-mlb","20":"tag-nbc-sports","21":"tag-the-royals","22":"tag-white-sox","23":"tag-whitesox"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114468056595139613","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}