Rays vs. White Sox Dunkel MLB Picks, Predictions and Prop Bets - Aug. 2
02 August 2026

The Tampa Bay Rays and Chicago White Sox play a rubber match on Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET, with the series deadlocked at 1-1. Griffin Jax (6-8, 3.74 ERA) will start for the Rays, who are 65-45 this season and first in the AL East. Anthony Kay (7-5, 4.34 ERA) is starting for the White Sox, who are 58-52 and first in the AL Central.
Bookmakers have made the Rays a decent moneyline favorite (-150) at home over the White Sox (+125). The game's total is set at 7.5.
Rays vs. White Sox Odds, Game Time
- Game day: Sunday, August 2, 2026
- Game time: 1:40 p.m. ET
- Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
- Stadium: Tropicana Field
- Favorite: Rays (-150)
- Underdog: White Sox (+125)
- Over/under: 7.5
How to Watch Rays vs. White Sox
- TV Channel: RAYS and CHSN
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
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Rays vs. White Sox: Betting the Moneyline
- The Rays have won 65.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (46-24).
- Chicago has come away with 41 wins in the 84 contests it has been listed as the underdogs in this season.
- Tampa Bay has entered 16 games this season favored by -150 or more and is 9-7 in those contests.
- This season, the White Sox have been victorious 13 times in 30 chances when named as an underdog of at least +125 or worse on the moneyline.
- The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 60% in this matchup.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the White Sox have a 44.4% chance of pulling out a win.
Rays vs. White Sox: Betting the Spread & Total
- The Rays have had an over/under set by oddsmakers 110 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 47 of those games (47-57-6).
- So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 62 of its 110 games with a total.
- The Rays have put together a 61-49-0 record ATS this season (covering 55.5% of the time).
- The White Sox are 66-44-0 against the spread in their 110 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.
