The White Sox continued their sell off by shipping out starting 3B Burger, to add to their trading away of their top two starters, their closer and their 3rd best reliever. Probable starter Cease is respectable as the next man up but not enough to tip the scales in the White Sox favor. His numbers are similar to probable starter Dunning for the Rangers so Cease should keep them even for awhile. His available bullpen throwers for Wednesday are a step down those from on tap for the Rangers, so things could begin to fall apart after Cease and Dunning have done their customary 5 innings.

Where the game will really go south for the White Sox is at the plate. Over the last 15 days they have continued to plummet at bat as their team avg. is 26th in the majors and their OPS is dead last. The Rangers are in 18th and 11th respectively over the same time frame but throughout the season they have feasted on RHPs with the best avg. and the 3rd best OPS in the majors. These are teams headed in different directions which will make this a solid call for the Rangers to win.