QUINIX Sport News: Athletics at White Sox Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, trends and stats for April 17

Its Thursday, April 17 and the Athletics (8-10) are in Chicago looking to finish off a three-game sweep of the White Sox (4-13).

JP Sears is slated to take the mound for Oakland against Davis Martin for Chicago.

The A’s won last night 3-1. Osvaldo Bido threw 5.2 innings and allowed just one run on five hits to earn his second win of the season.

Lets dive into today’s matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve 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 & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Athletics at White Sox

• Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
• Time: 2:10PM EST
• Site: Rate Field
• City: Chicago, IL
• Network/Streaming: NBCSCA, CHSN

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Odds for the Athletics at the White Sox

The latest odds as of Thursday:

• Moneyline: Athletics (-156), White Sox (+131)
• Spread:  Athletics -1.5
• Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Athletics at White Sox

• Pitching matchup for April 17, 2025: JP Sears vs. Davis Martin
  • Athletics: JP Sears (1-2, 4.24 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/11 vs. Mets – 4IP, 3ER, 6H, 1BB, 7Ks
  • White Sox: Davis Martin (1-1, 4.24 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/11 vs. Boston – 6IP, 1ER, 6H, 1BB, 6Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Athletics at White Sox

• The Athletics have won 3 of their last 5 games
• The Athletics have covered in 4 of their last 5 games showing a profit of 2.46 units
• The Under is 7-3 in the White Sox’s last 10 games
• The White Sox have lost three in a row and nine of their last eleven games
• The White Sox are 9-8 for the season on the Run Line

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Expert picks & predictions for today’s game between the Athletics and the White Sox

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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.

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.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Thursday’s game between the Athletics and the White Sox:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Oakland Athletics on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago White Sox at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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