MLB Preview New York Yankees (40-18) at New York Mets (27-32) Friday, June 8 first pitch at 7:10 PM
MLB Preview New York Yankees (40-18) at New York Mets (27-32) by entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc. Friday, June 8 first pitch at 7:10 PM EST Citi Field, New York City, New York.
The Subway series kicks off tonight and while tonight’s match up will be fun to preview, picking the winner might be a little more challenging. The Mets fall to 4th place in the NL East and their bats have gone quiet. They are on a 6-game losing streak and have scored a total of 7 runs in those 6-games. The 6-game losing streak looks even worse considering they have played the last 6 games in their home park. Their previous 8-game home stand seen them go 5-3. What will make this a tougher game to make a bet on is the Mets send out their Ace Jacob deGrom who has been nothing but spectacular this entire season. The Yankees enter this one with a 40-18 record and fighting for first place holding half game lead over the Boston Red Sox. Comparing the Yankees last 6 games to the Mets last 6 games we find offense is not a problem for the Bronx Bombers who have scored 31 runs compared to the 7 the Mets scored over the same number of games. The Yankees lead the league in scoring averaging 5.64 runs a game overall and 5.84 at home and 5.41 on the road. The Mets are 27th in scoring averaging 3.92 runs a game and their average runs at home is just 3.19. This game will be decided on the mound and the pitching duel between deGrom and Tanaka.
The Yankees kick off the annual subway series by sending Masahiro Tanaka to the mound who is 7-2 with an ERA of 4.79. Tanaka has benefited with run support but so have many of the Yankee pitchers. Tanaka has allowed 19 runs over his last 6 starts but the Yankees have won all of those starts. Tanaka has pitched 67.2 innings allowing 38 runs on 59 hits and has 65 strikeouts.
The home team Mets counter with Jacob deGrom who is 4-0 with an ERA of 1.49 overall. He has gone 72.1 innings giving up just 13 runs (12 earned) on 54 hits and has 98 strikeouts. Over his last 3 starts deGrom is 0-0 with an ERA of 0.86. At home this year deGrom is 2-0 with an ERA of 1.42.
Inside the numbers with entity wagering investment company mkinvestllc:
The Yankees are 7 – 1 in their last 8 inter-league games, 5 – 1 in their last 6 games, 23 – 6 the last 29 games when coming off a win, and long term they are 47 – 23 in their last 70 games when facing a right-handed starter. The Yankees are 6 – 0 in Tanaka’s last 6 road starts and 1 – 4 his last 5 starts when facing the NL East teams.
The Mets are 9 – 3 on one day’s rest, 3 – 13 in the last 16 games overall, 3 – 14 in their last 17 inter-league games. The Mets are 15 – 4 the last 19 times deGrom started game 1 of a series but are just 2 – 9 in deGrom’s last 11 home starts.
Head-to-Head
The Yankees are 4 – 0 in the last for meetings, 7 – 3 in the last 10 meetings. deGrom beat Tanaka 7 – 1 the last time they faced each other back in August 2016.
Opening Line: NY Yankees -1.14, NY Mets +1.04, the total has been set at 7
While this is not a game Mkinvestllc would be playing, there is an overwhelming number of stats that point to a Yankees victory, if you play stats only then you are playing the Yankees. However, the Mets send out deGrom and he has been nothing but great this season. If you’re looking at starting pitchers you might lean to the Mets. Again, all this makes this a fun preview to do but very difficult to bet.
Prediction: NYY 2, NYM 4