Month: August 2017

Two southpaws will oppose each other today when the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox open a 4-game set in the Bronx. Joe Girardi will send CC Sabathia to the hill. The veteran has been steady over his last 3 outings, going 1-1, with a 3.94 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. The Bombers are 4-0 in CC’s last 4 starts against the Red Sox and 11-2 in his last 13 starts against the American League East. John Farrell will send Eduardo Rodríguez to the mound. Rodríguez is 0-1 in his last 3 outings, with a 6.11 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and Boston is 0-4 in his last 4 road starts and 0-4 in his last 4 starts against the American League East. I like the Yankees in this situation.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES

The St. Louis Cardinals and Milwaukee Brewers will play an early one today at Miller Park. The Brewers will send Chase Anderson to the hill. He is 7-3, with a 2.87 ERA, and a 1.13 WHIP. The Cardinals will counter with Carlos Martínez, who is 10-9, with a 3.48 ERA, and a 1.19 WHIP. Milwaukee is 4-1 in their last 5 home games and 4-1 in their last 5 games against the National League Central. Head to head, the Brewers are 5-2 in their last 7 meetings with the Cardinals. I like the home dog in this one.
TODAY’S PICK: MILWAUKEE BREWERS

The Boston Red Sox got back in the win column yesterday and will try for two in a row when they send their ace Chris Sale to the hill to face the struggling Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Sale, who leads the league with 253 strikeouts, is 14-6 with an ERA of 2.88. Boston is 15-6 in Sale’s last 21 starts and 4-1 in his last 5 road outings. Toronto called up Brett Anderson from AAA Buffalo where he was 3-3, with an ERA of 3.65. The Red Sox are 5-0 in their last 5 trips north of the border and the Jays are 2-8 in their last 10 overall. Sale has faced Toronto twice this year, shutting them down in both games, with a 7-1 victory in July and a 4-1 victory in April.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX

The Detroit Tigers will limp into Coors Field tonight to open a 3-game set against the Colorado Rockies. Detroit is having a year they would rather forget and will send Jordan Zimmermann to the hill to face Colorado’s Antonio Senzatela. Zimmermann has been dealing wiffle balls, with a record of 0-2 in his last 3 starts, an ERA of 13.83, a WHIP of 2.27, and that is not good. Senzatela is 0-1 in his last 3 outings, with an ERA of 5.14, a 1.86 WHIP, and the Rockies are 6-1 in his last 7 home starts. The Tigers are 2-9 in their last 11 trips to Coors Field and 1-9 in their last 10 road games.
TONIGHT’S PICK: COLORADO ROCKIES

The Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Angels will play an early one today at Angels Stadium and I like the Astros in this one. Charlie Morton gets the nod for Houston. Morton is 10-6, with a 3.81 ERA, a 1.23 WHIP, and the Astros are 9-4 in their last 13 trips to Anaheim. Mike Scioscia will call on Ricky Nolasco to throw strikes and he is 6-12, with a 5.05 ERA, a WHIP of 1.45, and the Angels are 3-7 in his last 10 home starts.
TODAY’S PICK: HOUSTON ASTROS

The New York Yankees have lost 2 in a row but should get back on track today when they send Sonny Gray to the hill to face Yovani Gallardo and the Seattle Mariners in a matinee in the Bronx. Gray has faced the Mariners 10 times in his career, boasting a record of 4-2, with an ERA of 2.86. Despite going 1-3 since becoming a Yankee, Gray has pitched well, with an ERA of 3.13. Gallardo is 0-2 in his last 3 starts, with an ERA of 8.59, a 1.77 WHIP, and in 7 career starts against New York, he has an ERA of 6.32, and Seattle is 0-4 in his last 4 starts against the American League East. The Mariners are 2-5 in their last 7 meetings with the Bombers and could be without Robby Canó, who is suffering from a hamstring issue.
TODAY’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES

The Boston Red Sox Rick Porcello got off to a slow start but is back to his 2016 form and will take the hill tonight at Fenway when the Red Sox host the Baltimore Orioles. Porcello is 3-0 in his last 3 outings, with a 2.84 ERA and a WHIP of 1.16. The Red Sox are 10-2 in their last 12 home games, 4-0 in Porcello’s last 4 starts, and they are 4-1 in their last 5 games against the American League East. Buck Showalter will call on Jeremy Hellickson to tap the rubber. Hellickson has been struggling. The ex-Philly is 0-2 in his last 3 starts, with a 9.19 ERA, a 1.40 WHIP, and when not in the comforts of Camden Yards, the Orioles are a dismal 15-32 in their last 47 games.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BOSTON RED SOX