Its Tuesday, July 8 and the surging Blue Jays (53-38) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (30-61) in Game 2 of their three-game series.

Chris Bassitt is slated to take the mound for Toronto against Aaron Civale for Chicago.

The Jays took the opener, 8-4, breaking the game open with a five-run sixth inning. Jose Berrios battled long enough to earn his fifth win of the season and Joey Loperfido cracked his first home run of the season to pace the offense.

Lets dive into tonight’s matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Blue Jays at White Sox

• Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2025
• Time: 7:40PM EST
• Site: Rate Field
• City: Chicago, IL
• Network/Streaming: Sportsnet, CHSN

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Odds for the Blue Jays at the White Sox

The latest odds as of Tuesday:

• Moneyline: Blue Jays (-177), White Sox (+147)
• Spread: Blue Jays -1.5
• Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Blue Jays at White Sox

• Pitching matchup for July 8, 2025: Chris Bassitt vs. Aaron Civale
  • Blue Jays: Chris Bassitt (8-4, 4.32 ERA)
    Last outing: 7/3 vs. Yankees – 5.2IP, 3ER, 8H, 3BB, 9Ks
  • White Sox: Aaron Civale (1-5, 4.91 ERA)
    Last outing: 7/3 at Dodgers – 5IP, 2ER, 5H, 2BB, 4Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Blue Jays at White Sox

• The Blue Jays are on an 8-game win streak at the White Sox
• The Under is 29-24-2 in the White Sox’s matchups against American League teams this season
• The Blue Jays have covered in 4 of their last 5 on the road, profiting 1.61 units
• Bo Bichette is riding a modest 4-game hitting streak (5-18)
• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is 5-24 (.208) this month
• After going 12-22 over the 1st 5 games of the month, George Springer is hitless in his last 2 games (0-9)

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Expert picks & predictions for tonight’s game between the Blue Jays and the White Sox

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Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Tuesday’s game between the Blue Jays and the White Sox:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the Toronto Blue Jays on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Chicago White Sox at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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