Rays vs. Yankees Prediction
Will the Rays spoil the Yankees’ 2017 home opener with an upset win today at 1:05PM ET?
According to oddsmakers from online sports book BetDSI, the Yankees are -141 money line favorites to beat the Rays, who have odds of +127 to pull off the upset today in the Bronx. With Alex Cobb set to face Michael Pineda in the pitching matchup, the over/under for today’s game currently sits at 8 runs.
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Cobb allowed just one run on four hits and walked one while striking out four in 5 2/3 innings during Wednesday’s 4-1 win over the Yankees. He was pulled after throwing 90 pitches, just missing a quality start as a result. The 29-year-old is off to a solid start after struggling toward the end of last season in his return from Tommy John surgery.
Pineda allowed four runs on eight hits while striking out six in just 3 2/3 innings of work during Wednesday’s 4-1 loss to the Rays. He threw 71 pitches over those 3 2/3 frames. Pineda racks up a lot of strikeouts but he can’t avoid the big inning, which is something that has plagued him nearly his entire career.
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OUR PICK: The Rays have won four of their last five games and are 4-1 in their last five games against American League East rivals. They’re also 4-1 in Cobb’s last five starts when he opens a new series and are 7-3 in his last 10 road starts when he has faced a team with a losing record. On the other side, the Yankees are just 1-4 in Pineda’s last five starts and they’re 1-6 in his last seven outings when he faces a team with a winning record.
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