These two teams were two of the first to be eliminated from the post-season and are wallowing down at the bottom of the standings, doing what they can to make it to the end and set themselves up for next season. Who would have thought we would find such value in a couple of dumpster fire seasons.
In their last three head-to-head they have totals of 10, 13 and 13. Tuesday’s probable starters, Singer for the Royals and Cease for the White Sox started that middle 13 total. In Cease’s last two starts he has totals of 13 and 15. Cease had an ERA of 8.07 in August and is at 6.05 in September. Singer has an ERA of 6.43 for his last 5 starts.
The available bullpens both have ERAs north of 5.50.
The Royals have averaged 5.0 runs against/ 9 innings and the White Sox have averaged 4.5 runs against/9 innings over their last 7 seven games.