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Playoffs: 7-4-2 (+1.47 units)

 

Today's MLB Betting Picks - Yankees @ Guardians

O/U: 6.5 | Moneyline: CLE +146
NYY: Gerrit Cole | CLE: Cal Quantrill

We were able to go 1-0-1 again yesterday, hitting the Yankees F5 money line while taking another push on the Astros F5 money line, a game that took 18 innings for a run to be scored. We took the Yankees' F5 money line two days in a row now, so what would a third day hurt?

The Yankees will be sending Gerrit Cole (13-8, 3.50 ERA) to the mound tonight. Cole certainly did his job on Tuesday night, tossing 6.1 innings while allowing just four hits and one run while striking out eight. He projects to a 2.84 xFIP and 26.22% hard contact rate tonight, with a 33.93% strikeout rate. The Guardians have a projected .444 wOBA + ISO against his pitch types as a lineup.

Conversely, the Guardians will be sending their Game 1 starter, Cal Quantrill (15-5, 3.38 ERA), to the mound. Quantrill pitched fine on Tuesday, tossing five innings while allowing five innings and three earned runs, but it wasn't good enough to keep up with Cole. He projects to a 4.46 xFIP and 29.7% hard contact rate against the Yankees tonight, who project to a .486 wOBA + ISO against his pitch types. Quantrill is a better pitcher at home, which gives some cause for concern, but I'm not too worried about it.

FanDuel Sportsbook has this line a bit more juiced than in days past, as the Yankees F5 money line sits at -172. However, my model gives the Yankees the advantage in every major category except for their walk rate (6.85% to Cleveland's 7.67%). With their backs against the wall and their ace on the mound, I expect New York to get it going early and often as they did on Tuesday when they got the F5 win with these same pitchers on the mound.

Pick: Yankees F5 Money Line (-172) FanDuel Sportsbook, 1 unit

 

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