55-31 Last 86 (63.9%)
32-14 Last 46 (69.5%)
Season: 152-141-3
ML: 84-76
RL: 24-14
Totals: 32-38-2
Props: 12-13-1
Sunday Bases
Yankees RL (-105): If it something is working then why bother changing it. Unless of course they're is some significant reasons why you should alter the course. In Saturday's contest between the Yankees and Jays, we did have some things occur that would require some attention. The beautiful part though is they are all working in the favor of the Yankees. The Jays already extremely depleted line up will now be missing 2 more offensive weapons. Colby Rasmus who right now is arguably their best player besides Enconarcion. The Jays will also be without Escobar who is dealing with a bad elbow. The Jays are now without Bastista, Lind, Lawrie, Arencibia, Rasmus and Escobar. They will literally be sending an entire AAA/AA line up to the field on Sunday. It doesn't help at all that there opponent is the New York Yankees. Beyond the injury woes that the Blue Jays are faced with and the batting line up they will have, they will also be faced with a huge disadvantage in terms of pitching. The Jays will be sending struggling Happ to the mound to try and pull off a miracle. On the year Happ is 7-10 with a 4.98 era, but he has been awful as of late. In his last 3 outings he is 0-3 with a 8.31 era with a WHIP of 1.85. He will have a daunting task facing the #3 ranked Yankees offensive against left handed pitching. If his WHIP is a problem in this game, the #1 ranked team for Home Runs could make him pay dearly. In going for the sweep, the Yankees will be countering with right hander Phil Hughes. On the year he is 11-9 with a 4.10 era, but he has pitched much better as of late. Hughes has allowed 4 runs or fewer in 8 out of his last 9 starts. He will have a very good chance of improving upon that facing this depleted Jays line up who are batting .198 in there last 5 games vs right handed pitching. The Yankees will also feature a big advantage in terms of bullpen production. The Jays bullpen has also been taxed so far this weekend and they could enter this game early if Happ struggles like I expect him too. The Yankees are playing with a ton of confidence following 2 big wins in Detroit, that have rolled right into the first 2 games in Toronto. They should have no problems rolling on Sunday for the sweep.
Giants ML (-145): Homer Play Alert!!! Proceed with caution, because as many of you know I am Giants fan. The best thing that could have happened on Friday's game vs. the Rockies, was Buster Posey sitting the game out. That means he will definitely be in the line up for Sundays game. The Giants offense is completely MIA when Posey is not in the line up. Buster has been the hottest player in all of baseball since the all star game with jaw dropping numbers. In 25 games since the break, Posey is batting .441 (41-93) with 8 home runs, 30 RBI's and 7 doubles. The G-Men's offense truly revolves around him. On the mound in this game it will be Barry Zito vs Alex White. I have honestly struggled to figure out Barry Zito. I have backed him and faded him and the results have been mixed bags. Just last week I faded him in St. Louis, and what does Zito do? He had a solid outing going 6 2/3 allowing 2 runs, on 8 hits, while not surrendering any walks. Both runs came on solo shots to Allen Craig. That is a pretty good outing on the road vs a team that crushes lefties. Zito will have a very good chance of an encore outing against a less potent Rockies team. In his career Zito has pitched very well against the Rockies with a 6-2 record and a 2.39 era. The Rockies will be countering with right hander Alex White. On the year White has struggled with a 2-6 record and a 5.75 era. The interesting stat on him is that he has done worst this year on the road then he has at home, you would think he would have rougher numbers pitching at home in Coors field. But for whatever reason that's not the case. White is 1-3 on the road with a 7.00 era (compared to a 1-3 mark and a 4.76 era at home). White will be making his 3rd career start against the Giants, with his first 2 being not very good. He is 0-2 with an 8.38 era vs the Giants and didn't make it past the 5th in either game. Speaking of not making it past the 5th, the Rockies starting pitching is on a well known 75 pitch limit per game. It doesn't matter the situation, for whatever reason the Rockies starting pitchers are all to be yanked after hitting there 75 pitch limit. This is will be a HUGE advantage for the Giants, who used extreme patience in Saturday's game, forcing Pomeranz to have an early departure. The Rockies already very taxed bullpen will have extended play in this contest, which of course is the massive advantage the Giants will have. I might be going to the game on Sunday, so I gotta back my boys in what should be a nice victory. I was very tempted to roll with the RL, but I simply don't trust Zito enough, so I had to go a little chalky and roll with the ML.