MLB Daily Picks – FREE pick for July 22nd is Detroit

MLB Daily Picks FREE pick of the day is Detroit:

Fixture: Detroit @ Chicago White Sox
Time/Date: 8:10 PM ET, July 22, 2013
Pick: Detroit
Odds: -125 (1.80 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle

This will be the first game of 4 game series played in Chicago. White Sox are leading the season series 2-1.

Detroit is leading American League Central with 53-44 record and they are 24-25 on the road. Chicago White Sox are last in the same division with 39-56 record. They are 21-22 at home.

Detroit is one of the best offensive teams in MLB, they are in top 2 in most of offensive categories.They have most hits in MLB with 962 (White Sox are only 21st with 812), and they have the best team batting average with .280 (White Sox are 19th with .250). They are second with 486 runs scored, second with 494 RBI's, second in on-base-percentage with .435 and second in OPS with .781.

Detroit's third baseman Miguel Cabrera leads MLB in batting average with .359 He is batting .453 with 7 home runs and 15 RBI's in his last 16 games against Chicago White Sox.

Max Scherzer will be Detroit's starter tonight. He is 13-1, 3.19 ERA after 19 starts in 2013. He recorded his only loss in the last start before the All Star break where he was a starter for American League team. Detroit's offense has provided Scherzer with a MLB best 7.29 run-support average, and his 152 strikeouts also rank among the most in MLB. He is especially good pitching on the road where his ERA of 2.20 is 2 runs better compared with his home games ERA of 4.40. Scherzer is 5-4, 2.51 ERA in 13 career starts against the White Sox. Detroit is 4-0 in Scherzer's last 4 road starts, 10-1 in Scherzer's last 11 road starts vs. a team with a losing record, 6-1 in Scherzer's last 7 starts as a road favorite of -110 to -150 and 8-2 in Scherzer's last 10 starts as a favorite of -110 to -150.

Chicago White Sox haven't provided much offense for their tonight's starter Chris Sale, 2.70 run-support average ranks last in MLB. He has received fewer than 3 runs of support in 10 of 17 starts. Sale is 6-8, 2.85 ERA in 17 starts this season. He recorded a win in his last start 11 days ago in Detroit, but he was 0-6, 3.10 ERA in previous 7 starts. Before that win Sale was 0-3, 6.00 ERA in previous 3 starts against Detroit. Chicago White Sox are 1-4 in Sales last 5 starts vs. a team with a winning record.

Chicago White Sox right fielder Alex Rios went 6-for-12 with a homer, double, stolen base and 8 RBI's in the three-game series against Atlanta last weekend, but he is just 3 for 24 against Scherzer. Scherzer is also dominant against Chicago's shortstop Alexei Ramirez who is just 3 for 30 against him.

Detroit is 35-17 in the last 52 meetings against the White Sox and I expect them to win tonight.