Month: July 2020

The Cleveland Indians will be at home tonight for their season opener against the Kansas City Royals. KC would like to forget the 2019 season after winning just 59 games and are expected to send the veteran southpaw Danny Duffy to the rubber. Duffy is coming off an injury-plagued year where he was 7-6, with a 4.34 ERA, and a 1.31 WHIP. Cleveland is expected to give the nod to Shane Bieber. Bieber was lights out last year, with a 15-8 record, a 3.28 ERA, a 1.05 WHIP, and he is a perfect 3-0 in his career against the Royals. Kansas City is a dismal 3-13 in Duffy’s last 16 starts against Cleveland and they are just 9-27 in their last 36 trips to Progressive Field. The Indians get it done.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CLEVELAND INDIANS

The New York Yankees will open the 2020 campaign tonight against the World Champion Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. New York’s heavy hitters, Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez, are all healthy and expected in the lineup tonight. Gerrit Cole will be making his Yankee debut and that doesn’t bode well for the Nats. In 2019, Cole was 20-5 with an ERA of 2.50, a WHIP of just 0.895, and the last time he faced the Nationals in Game 5 of the Fall Classic, he pitched a gem in a 7-1 Astros win. Washington will counter with Max Scherzer and as usual, in 2019 he was on his mark, posting a 11-7 record with a 2.92 ERA, and a 1.03 WHIP but he is a mediocre 4-3 lifetime against the Bombers, with a 4.04 ERA. Washington is not the same team as last year, with All-Star Anthony Rendon jumping ship to Anaheim and Ryan Zimmerman electing to sit out the season. The edge goes to New York.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES