Yankees at White Sox
O/U 7.5 · RL White Sox -1.5
The pick & result
- Published pick
- White Sox ML -110
- Published odds
- -110
- Result
- Won
- Final score
- 1-2
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The read
**Gary's Take**
Last game of the series on the South Side, and the building's still buzzing from last night's marathon win. The White Sox keep finding ways to survive, and the Yankees get one last shot at them before heading across town. But this finale sets up as the toughest game of the whole series for New York to win.
Sean Burke is the best pitcher on the field today, and it's not close. He's been going deep into games and barely giving up anything, and he's been especially tough on lefty hitters all year — which is a problem for a Yankee lineup loaded with left-handed bats and missing all three of the big sluggers who make that offense scary. New York has barely been scoring for two weeks, their leadoff man is ice cold, and the bottom of the order has gone silent. Meanwhile, the Yankees are starting Ryan Weathers, a lefty who leans on a fastball that gets hit hard — and Chicago stacked its lineup with righty hitters who crush exactly that kind of pitching, including a couple of guys who feast on lefties and one who's been on an absolute home run tear this past week.
To be fair, it's a day game after a late night, which will tire out some Chicago bats, and both bullpens are gassed — Chicago's top reliever may not even be available. But that math hurts New York more. Weathers hasn't been pitching deep into games lately, so the Yankees will need a lot of innings from a bullpen that just got emptied out last night, while Burke's ability to go deep lets Chicago skip its most tired arms entirely. A team that's been great at home, with the clearly better starter, against a worn-down and slumping lineup, shouldn't be priced like a coin flip. I'll take the White Sox at the standard price.
The full analysis
Getaway day on the South Side, and there's still a buzz in the building from last night — twelve innings, a botched pickoff throw, and another walk-off for a White Sox club that keeps refusing to go quietly. The Yankees get one more crack at Chicago before heading crosstown to Wrigley, but the finale sets up as the hardest game of this series for New York to take.
Sean Burke is the best pitcher in this ballgame and right now it isn't particularly close. He's gone at least six innings in each of his last three starts with three earned runs total across them, he's held left-handed hitters to a .218 average all season, and the Yankees are running out a lineup with six left-handed bats and none of the three names — Judge, Stanton, Bellinger — that make this offense frightening. New York has scraped together about three and a half runs a game for two weeks, Trent Grisham is 1 for his last 20 at the top of the order, and the bottom third has gone quiet. On the other side, Ryan Weathers is a fastball-leaning lefty whose heaters get hit hard, and Will Venable answered by stacking right-handed bats that feast on exactly that look — Vargas and Grichuk both punish lefties, and Murakami has been scalding the baseball for a week with three homers in his last seven games.
The honest wrinkles: it's a day game after a night marathon, which dings a few Chicago bats, and both bullpens are running on fumes — Jordan Hicks has worked back-to-back days and may not be an option at all. But the arithmetic cuts harder against New York. Weathers hasn't finished six innings in any of his last three starts, so the Yankees will need three or four frames from a pen that just burned five arms covering twelve innings, while Burke's length lets Venable skip right past the tired half of his relief corps. A 33-21 home team with the clearly better starter, facing a depleted and cold lineup, shouldn't be priced as a pure coin flip. I'll take the White Sox at -110.
The research
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STARTER FORM
Sean Burke: 1.37 ERA over his last 3 starts
1.37Sean Burke's last three starts have been excellent — 1.37 ERA, a 0.61 WHIP, 24 strikeouts — well ahead of the 3.19 season mark most lines are still built around.
PLATOON EDGE
Randal Grichuk (bats R) gets a LHP from the 4th spot
.867Randal Grichuk mashes left-handed pitching — .867 OPS in 99 at-bats there against .632 versus righties — and he's in the cleanup spot tonight against left-hander Ryan Weathers.
Colson Montgomery (bats L) draws Ryan Weathers (LHP), batting 5th
.894Colson Montgomery has handled lefties well this year — .894 OPS in 118 at-bats there against .695 versus right-handers — and he bats fifth tonight against left-hander Ryan Weathers.
HEAT CHECK
Chase Meidroth: .936 OPS in Last 15 Days
.936Chase Meidroth's swinging a hot bat — .936 OPS over his last 15 days against a .742 season line, with 9 homers on the year already. His total bases number tonight is 1.5.
COOLING OFF
Trent Grisham: .330 OPS in L15 — draws RHP Sean Burke
.330Trent Grisham's cold at the plate — .330 OPS over his last 15 days against a .698 season mark. He does get a right-hander tonight in Sean Burke, which has been his better side this year at .702.
Ben Rice: .684 OPS in L15 — draws RHP Sean Burke
.684Ben Rice has cooled off — .684 OPS over his last 15 days against a .935 season mark. He gets a right-hander tonight in Sean Burke, exactly the side he's crushed all year at 1.003.
BULLPEN
New York Yankees pen: 14 relief IP over their last 3 games
14 IPYankees pen has thrown 14 innings the last three games, but it's spread across six arms rather than piled onto one or two — nobody's actually worked both of the last two days. Doval and Cruz carry the highest pitch counts of the group, so those are the arms I'd watch if this stays tight late. White Sox pen has taken the same beating this week, so neither side is walking in with a fresh, high-leverage arm behind the starter.
Chicago White Sox pen: 15.3 relief IP over their last 3 games
15.3 IPWhite Sox pen has logged over 15 innings across three games, and Jordan Hicks worked both of the last two days — he's probably not the first man up if this one's close late. Richards, Murphy and Hudson have also gone twice already, with Richards carrying the heaviest pitch count in the group at 43. Schweitzer and Taylor are the fresher legs down there tonight.
REPLACEMENT
Randal Grichuk (.867 vs LHP) replaces Austin Hays at LF tonight
.784Austin Hays is still out tonight — 13 days now with that calf — so Randal Grichuk gets the start in left. He's in the cleanup spot against lefty Ryan Weathers, and his .867 OPS against left-handers sits well above his .784 season line.
SITUATIONAL
CHW's bullpen has covered 15.3 innings over the last 3 games
15.3That is 15.3 relief innings in 3 games, led by Trevor Richards (3) and Tyler Schweitzer (3). NYY's pen has thrown 14 over the same span.
STREAK
NYY games have gone UNDER 5 straight
U5Five straight unders in Yankees games — averaging 7.2 combined runs against lines that have been sitting around 10.7. Tonight's total is 7.5.
CHW games have gone OVER 4 straight
O4The over has cashed 4 in a row in CHW games: 11.3 combined runs per game vs lines averaging 7.4. Tonight's number sits at 7.5.
TEAM RECORD
White Sox 6-2 in Sean Burke's last 8 starts
6-2Sean Burke's turns have been good to Chicago — 6-2 in his last eight starts — and he's back on the mound tonight.
REGRESSION
Chase Meidroth: .275 AVG vs .233 xBA
.233Chase Meidroth's .275 average is running well ahead of his .233 expected average across 436 plate appearances, and the wOBA tells the same story — .329 actual against a .290 expected mark.
CLOSER WATCH
David Bednar
22 SVDavid Bednar owns the ninth for the Yankees — 22 saves this season (next closest: Ryan Yarbrough with 2).
CUT LIST
Jasson Dominguez
0.663 OPSDominguez is at .663 OPS, .233 average, batting 3rd tonight. Still a below-market line from a premium spot, but it's the better of the two bats here — a real edge over the .634 OPS name, and tonight's 3-hole says the lineup card trusts him more. Thin case, but a case. HOLD for now. The OPS edge and the lineup slot buy one more look before he's cut.
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Props on this game
2- GARY'S PICKSEAN BURKEK'S OVER 7.5
Burke's struck out at least eight hitters in four of his last six starts, riding a knuckle curve that misses bats about a third of the time it's thrown. He's also going deep enough into games — five-plus innings every start lately — that the strikeout total isn't getting capped by an early hook. Eight feels like the honest number for what he's shown all year, and I'm getting a plus number to bet on him reaching it.
- GARY'S PICKBRADEN MONTGOMERYHITS OVER 0.5
Montgomery's got a hit in eleven of his last fifteen, and because he's a switch-hitter, Weathers throwing left-handed doesn't take away his best side of the plate the way it does for a couple of his teammates tonight. He's squaring the ball up consistently these last two weeks. Weathers leans on two different fastballs almost half the time and neither one misses bats — that's a matchup built for a contact hitter, and that's what Montgomery's been.
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