1) New York Yankees (46-43)
I’m starting to think this is all just a simulation after the events that took place in the Astros/Yankees series this past weekend. Even at 46-43 this team has so many negatives and question marks heading into the second half of the season. It is hard to judge the morale of this clubhouse, but it seems as though all of the Yankees’ Twitter is calling for Boone’s head. I don’t blame them, it’s hard to watch a team invent new ways to lose…
Summary:
Dodgers enter this game having lost 3 in a row on the road in Miami. I’m not sure if it’s the upcoming All-Star break or just bad luck but the Dodgers had won 9 in a row before entering this series only to drop 3 in a row to the Marlins. I think that trend stops today. I will take a look at a few key factors in today’s early matchup that have me backing the Dodgers at a steep price. After all can they really get swept by a team who is currently in last in the NL…
Pitching:
As the blog title suggests one of the main factors that went into this pick is the pitching matchup. I trust Lynn. I don’t trust Pineda. As you can see from the image below Lynn comes in with about half the ERA (2.02) of Pineda (4.00) and that is just the beginning. Lynn also dominates Pineda in strikeout percentage, xFIP, and BABIP all of which are key factors the Line Prophet algorithm takes into account. In Lynn’s last start he went six innings and allowed just 1…
