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2022 MLB Handicapping
(0-1) Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees (1-0)
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2022
Time: 4:05 PM ET
Venue: Yankee Stadium
Projected Pitchers: Nick Pivetta vs. Luis Severino
MLB Moneyline Odds: Boston +145 / New York -170 (Bet Now!)
MLB RunLine Betting Odds: +1.5 -135 / -1.5 +115
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U 9.5
Nick Pivetta and Luis Severino take the Yankee Stadium bump on Saturday for the second of the three-game set between the Sox and Yanks. THe Yankees escaped with an 11th inning win with a little help from the new guy in town, Josh Donaldson. Donaldson came up to lead off the bottom of the frame after Boston had failed to score in the top of the 2nd extra frame.
It was the 32nd opening day meeting between Boston and New York as the Yankees improved to 19 – 12 – 1 in the long-standing rivalry that is Boston and New York. Donaldson’s walk-off single was the 12th of his career and it was the first since 1957 that the Yanks walked off the field on the final AB with a victory.
I have 3 full pages of notes and I boxscored the game because I watch every Yankee game all season long. We got our Over in game 1 but Boston blew the 5 – 4 10th inning lead when Gleyber Torres came off the bench to provide some late0inning magic.
Instead of doing the team vs team thing here, I am just going to discuss how Friday’s game went and we’ll get to a prediction in a second.
Let’s get back to Torres because he was told yesterday that DJ would be starting at second in the home-opener and he was obviously a bit let down by Boone’s decision. Gleyber needs a big season in pinstripes after what was ultimately a poor 2021 output while also struggling with shortstop. So, Boone was quoted in the pregame today saying that with the two platooning it will serve them well and they can protect each other… WTF? Yeah, I know, stupid comment because how are they protecting each other by having one sit and one watch?
Boone is brain dead. Anyway, Boston jumped on Gerrit Cole early coming up with 3 runs in the top of the first before the Yanks recorded an out. He threw 27 pitching in the opening frame and that led to him being taken out after only 4 IP. As is the case with Severino tonight in game 2 of the series, Cole was on a 70-75 pitch count but came out after only 68 tosses with 3K and 1 BB.
Anthony Rizzo blasted a ball in the right-field bleachers to make it 3 – 2in the first inning and Rizzo saved a pair of errors at first in the 3rd inning. Rizzo got plunked in the 5th but seemingly was okay as he stayed in the game after the incident.
Giancarlo Stanton blasted a ball out of the park to tie the game at 3 – 3 but he struck out in all 4 of his other ABs including one in a big spot that could have won the game in the bottom of the 9th. Gallo struck out 3 times and we also found out that Aaron Judge is not talking contract until the end of the season now.
As of opening day, Judge is now under a 1-year contract and he will potentially be a free agent come October if the Yanks don’t ink the big man to a big contract. Supposedly, we saw the Yanks GM Brian Cashman talking about offering the slugger $30-35M per year to sing long term. No deal was done so we might not hear much about that situation if Judge keeps telling everyone to shut up about asking him about it. That will be that lol
Xander Boegarts came up big going 3 for 5 in the opener but he came out of the game at SS after a strange reaction in the box during his AB in the 9th. He seemed to jump and react to a hammy pull so I would check the lineup to see if he is in there today if you are betting on Boston. Obviously, a lineup without Boegarts in it could change one’s feeling about Boston’s star slugger.
The Yanks used 8 pitchers to come up with the season-opening, series-starting win on Friday and they are heavily favored again to take game 2 this evening in the Boogie Down.
Alex Verdugo has a nice game with two web gems that saved the Sox from giving up big rallies. His big diving grab on top of the two timely hits came in handy despite the loss. Trevor Story made his first-ever start at 2B and he looked comfortable enough making a few decent plays in the field.
MLB Baseball Betting Trends:
- Red Sox are 7-17 in their last 24 games as an underdog.
- Red Sox are 6-15 in their last 21 games as a road underdog.
- Yankees are 40-19 in their last 59 during game 2 of a series.
- Over is 8-1 in Red Sox last 9 overall.
- Over is 6-2 in Red Sox’s last 7 games as an underdog.
- Over is 6-2 in Yankees’ last 7 games as a favorite.
Free Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees MLB Prediction:
I like this Over as long as Boegarts is in that Boston lineup. That twinge to the hammy may decide his fate as Cora will certainly not risk that and having it turn into something that keeps him out longer than a.
So, Over 9.5 it is because this will likely be another bullpen game with both starters going 4 innings.
4* Free MLB Betting Pick: The Over 9.5
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