Free MLB Pick: Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins: September 1st 2009

Chicago White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins
Free MLB Pick: Minnesota Twins +135 (September 1st 2009)
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These two teams are headed in different directions and I’ll back the one on the upswing at a great price tonight. The White Sox will be without one of their top sluggers as Jim Thome has been traded to the Dodgers. That’s not good news for a team that has scored 3 or fewer runs in 6 of its last games. The White Sox have dropped 9 of their last 11 and are just 1-7 on their current road trip. Plus, this team has never enjoyed the Metrodome. The White Sox are 1-6 at the Dome this season and just 2-15 in their last 17. Danks has been a bright spot for the Sox, but they are just 1-4 in his last 5 starts vs. the American League Central and have lost both of his starts at the Metrodome this season. He doesn’t figure to get much run support here. I know Minnesota sends an inexperienced starter to the hill, but I like his chances against the struggling Sox, especially since they aren’t familiar with him.