Astros Favored Over White Sox in AL Wild Card

The Astros enter as favorites despite their 81-81 record and negative run differential (-32) during the regular season. Houston won five of seven regular-season matchups against Chicago, including three of the last four. sweetbonan.org

The White Sox, who had 100+ losses in each of the last three seasons before this year, are seeking their first playoff series win since 2005. Series odds favor Houston with Astros win 2-0 at +235 and Astros win 2-1 at +240.