White Sox start 3-game series at home against the Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays (4-2) vs. Chicago White Sox (1-5)

Chicago; Friday, 2:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Blue Jays: Dylan Cease (0-0, 1.69 ERA, 0.94 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); White Sox: Grant Taylor (0-0, 4.50 ERA, 2.50 WHIP, four strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue Jays -215, White Sox +176; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago White Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays to open a three-game series.

Chicago went 60-102 overall and 33-48 at home a season ago. The White Sox pitching staff averaged 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings while giving up 4.6 runs per game in the 2025 season.

Toronto went 94-68 overall and 40-41 on the road last season. The Blue Jays averaged 9.0 hits per game in the 2025 season with 3.1 extra base hits per game.

INJURIES: White Sox: Everson Pereira: day-to-day (ankle), Kyle Teel: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Drew Thorpe: 15-Day IL (elbow), Brooks Baldwin: 10-Day IL (elbow), Mike Vasil: 15-Day IL (elbow), Prelander Berroa: 15-Day IL (elbow), Ky Bush: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Blue Jays: Cody Ponce: 15-Day IL (knee), Anthony Santander: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Shane Bieber: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jose Berrios: 15-Day IL (elbow), Yimi Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Trey Yesavage: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Bowden Francis: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.