Chicago White Sox at Minnesota Twins outlook, odds, player prop for 4/10: Dylan Cease eager to face Twins

Yardbarker player prop: Dylan Cease over 7.5 Ks

If you're looking for an afternoon play, we've got you covered there. Dylan Cease and the White Sox head to Minnesota today to take on the Twins, an above-average strikeout team. This plays well into Cease's hand, as one of the best strikeout pitchers in the MLB. Cease has gotten his year started with 18 Ks, going over 7.5 in both starts. He finished with eight last time he came to town, and two of the past three RHP have gone over their K prop against the Twins. — Griffin Carroll, Yardbarker

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Monday, 2:10 p.m. ET
Chicago White Sox: -1 (+125) runline, -106 moneyline, over 7.5 (-104)
@ Minnesota Twins: +1 (-152) runline, -102 moneyline, under 7.5 (-110)

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Eventual American League batting champ Luis Arraez lined a 1-1 pitch to right center with two outs in the ninth to spoil Cease's no-hit bid. Cease had to settle for a one-hitter, striking out seven and walking two in a 13-0 victory.

"It would have meant a lot," Cease admitted afterward. "It's obviously an incredibly difficult feat to achieve. It definitely would have meant a lot."

Cease also one-hit the Twins over seven innings in his previous start, allowing just a fifth-inning single to Alex Kirilloff in an eventual 11-0 win.

Right-hander Kenta Maeda (0-1, 1.80) will make his second start after missing the entire 2022 season following Tommy John surgery. Maeda allowed one run on three hits over five innings at Miami on Tuesday, but still picked up a loss as reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara tossed a three-hit shutout.

Minnesota is coming off a 5-1 loss on Sunday, when Astros rookie right-hander Hunter Brown -- rated Houston's top prospect by MLB.com -- held the Twins to only two hits and an unearned run over seven innings.

Despite the loss, manager Rocco Baldelli was happy with what he saw from the Twins in taking two out of three from the Astros. Houston went 6-0 against Minnesota in 2022, outscoring them 36-11 in the process.

"I strongly like what I saw this series from our team," Baldelli said. "I consider that a good series win for us. ... I think overall our guys did a nice job in the series. Competed very well against a good pitching staff and good lineup. If you go out there and play like that against teams like that, those are very positive signs.

Chicago enters Monday having lost two out of three games at Pittsburgh, including a 1-0 setback on Sunday. The contest featured a sixth-inning, benches-clearing incident after Pirates star Oneil Cruz slid late into the right knee of catcher Seby Zavala while trying to score from third on a Ke'Bryan Hayes grounder. Cruz fractured his left ankle on the play.

Zavala appeared to yell at Cruz after the play, prompting Carlos Santana to have heated words with the catcher. Both teams then emptied onto the field for some pushing and shoving as Cruz laid in pain on the ground. No players were ejected.

"It was kind of a baseball play," Zavala said. "I wasn't too happy with how late the slide was (and) I was talking to Santana about it. He didn't like what I said and he said something I didn't like and that's what happened. I think in a couple days everybody will forget about it."