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2022 MLB Handicapping
(79-53) New York Yankees vs. Tampa Bay Rays (73-57)
Date: Sunday, September 4
Time: 1:40 PM ET
Venue: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, FL.
Projected Pitchers: Montas (NYY)
MLB Moneyline Odds: Yankees TBD Rays TBD
MLB run line Betting Odds: Yankees TBD, Rays TBD
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U: TBD
New York Yankees
Things got even tighter in the American League East with Tampa Bay’s victory in the first game of this weekend’s series, 9–0.
The Rays got to within five with the victory and have a chance to cut it to four on Saturday evening. Corey Kluber takes on a rookie, Clarke Schmidt in that one.
The Rays haven’t announced their starter for the finale but for New York it will be Frankie Montas.
The Yankees gave up four young players to get Montas at the Trade Deadline but so far he has not been sharp.
He’s nearly gone six innings in three consecutive starts — missing an out in one of the starts — but but he’s given up a dozen earned runs in those three.
Before that he was even worse, allowing eight earned runs in eight innings.
The most positive recent trend for Montas is 12 strikeouts to just one walk over his last two starts.
Perhaps nerves are part of it. Montas has been erratic, hitting a batter in four out of his five starts as a Yankee.
He hit just one in 19 starts with Oakland this season before the deal.
Tampa Bay Rays
Things could have hardly gone better for the Rays in Friday’s opener.
Jeffrey Springs (7–4) got the win with 5.2 innings of shutout baseball. He gave up four hits and three walks but struck out seven and pitched out of a couple mini jams.
Four relievers had a stress-free outing to finish it up, while Marwin González got the final out for the Yankees.
It was just 1–0 until the seventh when Christian Bethancourt homered off of Yankee starter Domingo Germán to make it 3–0.
Tampa then piled on against relievers Greg Weissert and Anthony Banda.
David Peralta drove in the first run with a clutch two-out single. Manny Margot went 3-for-5 with two RBIs in the win.
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With McLanahan out, Tampa Bay has had to tinker with the rotation.
Shawn Armstrong started the game McLanahan got hurt just prior to. He went the first three innings and six relievers followed.
Often times, Tampa Bay is at its best when it’s mixing and matching in the bullpen.
But I like Montas to throw a little better in this spot. His nerves should be settling down here, unless his Yankee career ends up being one big disaster.
This one should stay under eight.
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