Matt Rivers of OffshoreInsiders.com has a Friday winner on the White Sox.
Call me old school but the White Sox here at home against the Marlins are being disrespected to the umpteenth degree today at this price. Yes Mark Buehrle at times has been terrible and yes Ozzie Guillen's club overall has been well underachieving of late but the Marlins cannot travel to the North Side and basically be a favorite like this, no how no way.
Don't get me wrong, Ricky Nolasco can be very tough and at times is close to unhittable. But the righty also at times is extremely mediocre and now going to an unfamiliar ballpark and not being able to hit is quite a change for anybody.
Hanley Ramirez is a stud and the Marlins certainly have some players with Uggla and Cantu but this is a still an ultra-weird spot for the fish at US Cellular.
Paul Konerko has been on-fire all season long and it's not like these Sox don't have an upside. Ramirez, Pierzynski, Quentin, Teahen and others are talented guys and overall well undervalued guys. They may be undervalued because they have stunk but they also are undervalued and therefore a quality play in this spot.
Ozzie's boys have not lived up to much of anything in any phase of the gam yet but at home in Interleague action the comfort level is well on our side and at this price I will gladly back Buehrle and the "Good Guys" at a price that even if right is wrong.
The pick: Chicago White Sox