Yankees are facing a surprisingly decent and I believe under-rated righty starter in Shane BAZ, who - like RODON - pitches better at home than on the road. He's AT HOME tonight. Even better is he is coming off a "bad"/embarrassing outing (road), and likely to rebound at home. Over the last 7 HOME starts he has not pitched a "bad" outing and held opponents to the following impressively low earned runs: 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 BAZ will be facing an offense, missing a key batter, and averaging just 2.91 rpg over the recent 4 complete series! An offense which fares well vs LEFTIES, but near the bottom of the league when facing RIGHTIES! (past 4 series) BAZ is a righty. Conversely, lefty RODON - in his first game back from a long stint on the IL - will be facing an ORIOLE offense (see post #8463 above) scoring above league average overall but even BETTER vs LEFTIES... where they are hitting a decent .753 OPS vs righties (rank: 11th) but rank 2nd vs lefties with a terrific .878 OPS Yankees are currently hitting .656 OPS vs righties like Shane Baz. Only slight edge I see for NYY is in the pens. T
wo notes: "One swing of the bat" can flip a script in a heartbeat. No guarantees.
and it's uncanny,
but nearly every @#$%&! time I do a writeup like this, the pick LOSES.
So that's the story line for good ole Fubah tonight......Will my 2+hrs of research/capping, composition and typing a completely LOGICAL, detailed analysis pan out into a deserved winner on Orioles? ....or.... will my infamous "curse of the detailed writeup" rear up and hand me another loser for daring to try and inform the forum? ![]()
.....We shall see....
