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00:00The only game in afternoon hours up in the Bronx, Yankee Stadium. It's the fourth and final game of this first weekend set, following the MLB All-Star break between divisional foes. The Yankees hosting the Tampa Bay Rays. The Yanks and Garrett Cole, great on Friday night, victorious 6-1 in the opener. The Rays have won the last two, including yesterday, holding on for a 6-4 win. The Yankees favored a minus-164 prize.
00:30To split this four-game set, total at 8.5. Are we going to see Donnie Rightside, not only here on the early line, but ahead of this Yankees game on YES Network later today? Donnie, if so, what's the play?
00:43Yeah, filming early this morning, man, before the sun came up, getting ready, because why? A Monday early start up in the Bronx. That's exactly what we need to get our juices flowing for New Week, New Money.
00:53If we take a look at the pitching matchups today, Ben, I got 24 pitchers on the card today, with a minimum of 20 innings pitched over the past 60 days. Number 14 and number 15 on this card out of 24, that's Carlos Rodon and Zach Littell.
01:06You take a look at that Yankees lineup to start against right-handed pitching over the past month. First four guys have been really, really good. That's Rice, Soto, Judge, and Wells. The rest of that lineup, outside of Trent Grisham, a lot to be desired.
01:17But if we're taking a look at some of the non-analytical numbers for Zach Littell over the past 30 days, they've been bad. Power numbers against, through 86 batters, a 162, right around the average number, but the weighted-on-base percentage is inflated up to a 342.
01:30The one thing you do like, he's a decent strikeout guy, doesn't walk too many guys. He's going to need that today. 86 degrees in the Bronx, 11-mile-an-hour wind blowing out to left field today.
01:39Flip it over to the other side and take a look at Carlos Rodon. Nothing has really gone right for him, Ben, since just about coming to the New York Yankees. You look at his last 30 days, 86 batters that he's faced, a 280 iso and a weighted-on-base percentage, a 411, not necessarily great.
01:53Their XFIP-minus numbers are manageable, though. That's the 100 mark. Anything below that is good. Anything above that, sort of a little bit of a concern.
02:01If we look at both of these guys today, it's a 102 and a 105, so not that bad, but you have hitting conditions in the Bronx. Afternoon game today, you're probably looking at more of an over than a side itself.
02:11I do think it's a toss-up. I don't think the Yankees should be that heavily favored today. I think both teams should put up some runs to get that over, and we'll see how it works out.