In the season opener at Guaranteed Rate Field, the Detroit Tigers face the Chicago White Sox Thursday at 4:10 PM ET.
The Tigers are the road favorite (-182) versus the White Sox (+152). The Tigers will start Tarik Skubal versus the White Sox and Garrett Crochet.
Here’s what you need to prepare for Thursday’s Tigers vs. White Sox Game, including viewing options.
Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago White Sox odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Thursday at 3:16 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Tigers (-182, bet $182 to win $100)
- Underdog: White Sox (+152, bet $100 to win $152)
- Over/under: 7.5
Tigers vs. White Sox: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Game Time: 4:10 PM ET
- Stadium: Guaranteed Rate Field
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Tigers stats and trends
Tigers betting records
- The Tigers entered a game as favorites 41 times last season and won 26, or 63.4%, of those games.
- Last season Detroit won two of its three games when favored by at least -182 on the moneyline.
- The Tigers have a 64.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
- Games involving Detroit went over the total set by oddsmakers in 77 of 161 chances last season.
- The Tigers had an ATS record of 87-74-0 in 161 games with a spread last season.
Tarik Skubal (Tigers probable starter)
- Skubal will make his first start of the season for the Tigers.
- The 27-year-old southpaw last appeared Thursday, Sept. 28 against the Kansas City Royals, when he started and went four scoreless innings.
- In 15 games last season he finished with a 7-3 record and had a 2.80 ERA and a 0.896 WHIP.
Tigers batting stats
- The Tigers hit 165 homers last season, which ranked 24th in the big leagues.
- Its .382 slugging percentage ranked Detroit 28th in the majors last season.
- By batting just .236, the Tigers had the 27th-best average in MLB a year ago,
- At just 4.1 runs per game last season — 661 in total — Detroit ranked 28th in Major League Baseball.
- The Tigers had an OBP of just .305 last season, which ranked 26th in MLB.
- Detroit had the 22nd-ranked strikeout rate (9.1 per game) among MLB offenses.
White Sox stats and trends
White Sox betting records
- The White Sox were victorious in 37, or 32.5%, of the 114 contests they were chosen as underdogs in last season.
- Last year, Chicago won eight of 27 games when listed as at least +152 on the moneyline.
- The White Sox have an implied victory probability of 39.7% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- Chicago and its opponents hit the over in 71 of its 160 games with a total last season.
- The White Sox went 78-82-0 against the spread in their 160 games that had a posted line last season.
Garrett Crochet (White Sox probable starter)
- Crochet makes his first start of the season for the White Sox.
- In his last appearance on Sunday, Oct. 1, the 24-year-old lefty came out of the bullpen and went one scoreless inning against the San Diego Padres.
- In 13 games last season he compiled a 0-2 record and had a 3.55 ERA and a 1.974 WHIP.
White Sox batting stats
- The White Sox ranked 20th in baseball with 171 total home runs last season.
- Last season, Chicago slugged .384, the fifth-lowest average in MLB.
- The White Sox finished No. 25 in all of baseball last season with a .238 batting average.
- Last season Chicago had the No. 29 offense in MLB action, scoring four runs per game (641 total runs).
- A year ago, the White Sox ranked last in MLB with a .291 on-base percentage.
- The team struck out 8.8 times per game to rank 19th in the majors.
