PREVIEW Starts 9:40 PM ET · T-Mobile Park
May 18, 2026 · AL West

Chicago White Sox at Seattle Mariners

May 18, 20269:40 PM ETT-Mobile Park
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
17-21
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HOME
Seattle Mariners
19-20

Lineups

Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.

Manager comparison

Both managers grade D- / B- entering this matchup.

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
D- Lineup 3.2 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 1.1 R
HOME · SEA
Dan Wilson
B- Lineup 1.3 R Bunts 0.2 R IBBs 0.8 R

Bullpen availability

AWAY · CWS
  • Available 7
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 0
  • Inactive 1
HOME · SEA
  • Available 6
  • Limited 0
  • Rest required 1
  • Inactive 1

Recent form

AWAY · CWS
6-4 L3 +9 run diff
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HOME · SEA
5-5 W2 +2 run diff
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Season series: 0-1 with CWS listed first across 1 prior meeting.

Tactical preview

Will Venable (D-) faces Dan Wilson (B-). Lineup decisions are the largest single category of cost in the RunsLeft model.

AWAY · CWS
D-
Lineup cost 3.2 R · Bunt cost 2.2 R · IBB cost 1.1 R
HOME · SEA
B-
Lineup cost 1.3 R · Bunt cost 0.2 R · IBB cost 0.8 R

Lineups not yet announced. They typically post ~90 minutes before first pitch.

Bullpen availability for both teams is in the section above. Full tactical analysis (manager cost, player execution, counterfactual outcome) will appear here after the game ends.

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.