Red Sox at Yankees
O/U 7.5 · RL Yankees -1.5 · Yankee Stadium
The pick & result
- Published pick
- Yankees ML -148
- Published odds
- -148
- Result
- Won
- Final score
- 0-1
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The read
Friday night in the Bronx, the division rivals open a four-game set with little separating the clubs overall. The difference tonight is on the mound.
Cam Schlittler brings a 2.16 ERA and 0.96 WHIP over 158 innings, including a 1.47 ERA across his last three starts. He has also recorded a 0.96 ERA in three starts against Boston this season. Patrick Sandoval owns a 4.54 ERA and 1.76 WHIP over 39.2 innings, with a 5.59 ERA on the road.
The handedness matchup also leans toward New York. The Yankees carry a .726 OPS against left-handed pitching, while Boston has a .715 OPS against right-handers. Sandoval has allowed a 1.126 OPS to left-handed hitters in 44 at-bats, and the confirmed Yankees lineup contains five left-handed bats.
I’m staying with the moneyline because there are legitimate reasons to avoid demanding a multi-run victory. Schlittler’s home ERA is 3.71, Boston’s current bullpen owns a 2.77 ERA, and these teams have nearly identical season run differentials. The starter advantage is strong enough to back New York to win, but the full game does not call for laying 1.5 runs.
The research
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STARTER FORM
Patrick Sandoval: 6.32 ERA over his last 3 starts
6.32Patrick Sandoval's problem is contact, not walks — twenty-two hits in barely fifteen and two-thirds innings across his last three starts. Whoever's hitting against him tonight doesn't need to grind pitch counts, the ball's just been finding grass.
PLATOON EDGE
Paul Goldschmidt (bats R) gets a LHP from the 1st spot
.993Leading off against a lefty is Goldschmidt's best-case look, and the top spot guarantees him multiple cracks at Sandoval. I'm on him for hits tonight.
HEAT CHECK
Mickey Gasper: 1.742 OPS in Last 15 Days
1.742Mickey Gasper's 1.742 OPS is the thinnest sample in this group, so I'm calling it a hot two weeks, not a new level. He wasn't overmatched before this either, and 1.5 total bases only needs one extra-base knock from a bat seeing it well right now against the Yankees.
FIRST INNING
NYY have gone quiet in the 1st: runs in 1 of their last 10
1/10New York's cold spell runs into two starters who've both handled the first inning well, so a clean top of the first is the more likely script. The soft spot is a home run ball from one of them — otherwise expect the scoring to wait for the middle innings.
RUNNING GAME
New York Yankees like to run — Adley Rutschman (35% caught) is the wrong catcher to test
35% CSThat catcher's arm is legit, so New York running anyway is about forcing the issue, not exploiting a hole. Some of those runners get erased before they ever see scoring position, which means the bats need to do more of the work tonight.
BALLPARK
At Yankee Stadium, Cam Schlittler pitches to a 3.71 ERA
3.71Cam Schlittler's home number is really his road excellence coming back to earth at Yankee Stadium, that short porch in right doesn't forgive mistakes. He's a solidly good starter in his own building tonight against Boston, not the shutdown arm he's been away from it.
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Props on this game
2- GARY'S PICKPATRICK SANDOVALPITCHER HITS ALLOWED OVER 4.5
Sandoval has allowed at least five hits in all eight starts this season, and his 1.76 WHIP supports that pattern. Opponents are batting .385 against his four-seamer and .440 against his sinker, while left-handed hitters have produced a 1.126 OPS against him. That is a particularly poor fit against a Yankees lineup featuring five left-handed bats plus Paul Goldschmidt, who owns a .993 OPS against lefties. The rested Boston bullpen could produce an early hook, but Sandoval has repeatedly reached five hits allowed before that becomes an issue.
- GARY'S PICKADLEY RUTSCHMANH+R+RBI UNDER 1.5
Rutschman has exceeded this line in only four of his last 15 games and enters batting 1-for-14 over the last seven days. The matchup does not offer an obvious rebound spot. Cam Schlittler has held opponents below a .205 average from both sides of the plate, owns a 0.96 ERA in three starts against Boston this season and has surrendered more than 4.5 hits in only two of his last eight starts. This under also survives a harmless single, walk or isolated run, so I am willing to accept the heavier price.
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