MLB Betting News and Notes Monday, August 14th, 2017

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National League

Giants @ Marlins
Blach is 2-0, 2.40 in his last two starts; under is 5-2 in his last seven. Giants are 3-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-8

Conley is 0-2, 7.84 in his last two starts (over 8-3). Miami is 2-3 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 4-4-3

Giants are 6-4 in last ten games; under is 6-0 in their last six games. SF is 8-11 in road series openers. Miami won its last five home games; under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games. Marlins are 9-10 in home series openers.

Reds @ Cubs
Wojciechowski is 2-0, 3.37 in his last two starts; over is 3-1 in his last four. Reds are 0-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-4

Quintana is 0-2, 6.35 in his last three starts (under 3-2). Cubs split his two home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-3-1

Reds lost three of last four road games; their last eight games went over total. Cincy is 8-13 in road series openers. Cubs are 4-7 in last 11 games; over is 4-2 in their last six home games. Chicago is 7-12 in home series openers.

Braves @ Rockies
Teheran is 0-4, 7.33 in his last five starts (under 3-1-1). Atlanta is 7-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-9-4

Bettis is making his first ’17 start (testicular cancer); he is 23-19, 5.01 in 60 career starts. He is 0-3, 4.24 in five AAA rehab starts this summer.

Braves lost five of last six games; over is 14-2-1 in their last 17 road games. Atlanta is 11-5 in last 16 road series openers. Colorado lost five of last six games; under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 games. Rockies are 14-4 in home series openers.

Phillies @ Padres
Eickhoff is 2-0, 3.80 in his last four starts; over is 6-4 in his last ten. Phillies are 1-9 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 9-10-1

Wood is 1-1, 6.75 in three starts for San Diego (over 2-1). Home side won all three of those games; Padres’ first 5-inning record with him: 1-2

Phillies lost three of last four games; under is 6-2 in their last eight road games. Philly is 8-12 in road series openers. San Diego lost six of last eight games; five of their last six games went over. Padres are 12-7 in home series openers.

American League

Indians @ Red Sox
Bauer is 3-0, 2.00 in his last four starts, last three of which stayed under. Cleveland is 4-5 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 11-8-3

Fister is 2-0, 3.21 in his last two starts (under 4-2). Boston is 2-2 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-4

Cleveland won its last three games; under is 9-1 in their last ten games. Indians are 8-11 in road series openers. Red Sox won 10 of their last 11 games; under is 6-2 in their last eight. Boston is 13-6 in home series openers.

Rays @ Blue Jays
Odorizzi is 2-2, 5.92 in his last five starts; over is 9-1 in his last ten. Tampa Bay is 3-4 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 8-7-4

Tepesch allowed five runs in 4.1 IP (81 PT) in his first Toronto start— their first 5-inning record with him: 0-1

Rays lost seven of last nine games (shut out 5 times); under is 10-1 in their last 11 games. Rays are 12-7 in road series openers. Toronto won five of last seven home games; under is 5-1 in their last six games. Blue Jays are 7-12 in home series openers.

Tigers @ Rangers
Fulmer was 0-3, 8.10 in his last three starts before going on DL (over 3-1 in last four). Detroit is 4-6 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 10-9-2

Perez is 1-4, 7.20 in his last five starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Texas is 5-8 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-12-3

Detroit lost seven of last nine games; over is 4-0-1 in their last five. Tigers are 9-10 in road series openers. Rangers won three of last four games; under is 5-3-1 in their last nine home games. Texas is 10-9 in home series openers.

Royals @ A’s
Junis is 2-2, 4.68 in his last five starts (over 5-1-1). Royals are 2-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 3-4

Cotton is 0-2, 8.69 in his last four starts; under is 5-3-1 in his home starts. A’s are 3-6 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 6-10-1

Royals lost seven of last ten games but won last two; six of their last nine games went over. KC is 8-11 in road series openers. Oakland lost 10 of last 15 home games (under 10-4-1). A’s are 8-12 in home series openers.

Orioles @ Mariners
Gausman is 3-1, 1.64 in his last five starts, last four of which stayed under. Orioles are 4-8 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 12-13

Gallardo is 1-0, 4.20 in his last three starts; over is 6-2 in his last eight. Seattle is 3-5 in his home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 7-8-3

Baltimore won 10 of last 16 games; under is 9-4 in their last 13. Orioles are 7-12 in road series openers. Mariners lost their last four games; over is 5-3 in their last eight. Seattle is 1-6 in last seven home series openers.

Interleague

Mets @ Bronx
Montero is 0-4, 6.61 in his last six starts (under 5-1). Mets are 2-1 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 1-7-1

Cessa is 0-3, 7.27 in four starts this year (under 4-0). Bronx lost his only home start — their first 5-inning record with him: 1-3

Mets won three of last four games; under is 6-3-1 in their last 10 games. Mets 10-8 in road series openers. Bronx lost three of last four games; under is 12-4 in their last 16 games. Bronx is 12-6 in home series openers.

Astros @ Diamondbacks
McHugh is 0-1, 5.73 in his last four starts (under 3-1). Houston is 1-2 in his road starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 2-2

Greinke is 4-1, 3.14 in his last seven starts; under is 5-2-2 in his last nine. Arizona is 9-0 in his last nine home starts— their first 5-inning record with him: 14-4-4

Astros lost seven of last eight road games; over is 16-6 in their last 22 road games. Houston is 14-5 in road series openers. Arizona lost four of last five games; over is 5-2-2 in their last nine home games. Diamondbacks are 13-6 in home series openers.

Record with this pitcher starting

National League
SF-Mia: Blach 9-10; Conley 5-6
Cin-Cubs: Wojciechowski 3-3; Quintana 2-3 (10-8 )
Atl-Colo: Teheran 10-13; Bettis 0-0
Phil-SD: Eickhoff 6-14; Wood 1-2 (x-x)

American League
Clev-Bos: Bauer 11-11; Fister 3-3
TB-Tor: Odorizzi 7-12; Tepesch 0-1 (0-1)
Det-Tex: Fulmer 11-10; Perez 8-14
KC-A’s: Junis 5-2; Cotton 6-11
Balt-Sea: Gausman 12-13; Gallardo 7-11

Interleague
NY-NY Montero 3-6; Cessa 0-4
Hst-Az: McHugh 1-3; Greinke 16-7

Pitchers allowing a run in first inning

National League
SF-Mia: Blach 6-19; Conley 4-4-3
Cin-Cubs: Wojciechowski 2-6; Quintana 6-23
Atl-Colo: Teheran 8-23; Bettis 0-0
Phil-SD: Eickhoff 6-20; Wood 1-3

American League
Clev-Bos: Bauer 4-22; Fister 2-6
TB-Tor: Odorizzi 5-19; Tepesch 0-2
Det-Tex: Fulmer 7-21; Perez 9-22
KC-A’s: Junis 2-7; Cotton 7-17
Balt-Sea: Gausman 6-25; Gallardo 9-18

Interleague
NY-NY Montero 3-9; Cessa 2-4
Hst-Az: McHugh 0-4; Greinke 3-23

Interleague play

NL @ AL– 64-49 AL, favorites -$73
AL @ NL– 61-56 NL, favorites -$537
Total: 119-107 AL, favorites -$610

Totals in interleague games
NL @ AL: Over 57-55-3
AL @ NL: Over 63-48-7
Total: Over 120-103-10

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Monday's Diamond Notes
By Joe Williams
VegasInsider.com

Hottest team: Indians (3-0 past three games, 15-7 past 22 overall)

The Indians hit the road for Fenway Park to battle the Red Sox. It's a make-up game for a rainout back on Aug. 2. That's when the Red Sox kicked off a streak of 11 victories over 12 games, ncluding a pair of wins against the Indians. Cleveland got well in St. Petersburg, sweeping the Rays under the dome to open a 4 1/2-game lead over the Twins, and a five-game lead on the Royals. The Tribe look to Trevor Bauer to keep up his recent good work. He is 3-0 with just six runs allowed and 28 strikeouts across 27 innings over his past four outings. He'll be opposed by Doug Fister, who shut down the Indians on July 31, allowing just two runs and five hits across 7 2/3 innings. He is 6-4 with a 3.07 ERA across 17 career outings against Cleveland.

Coldest team: Rockies (1-5 past six games, 7-10 past 17 overall)

The Rockies have been three games under .500 over their past 17 outings, and that simply won't do when trying to keep the red-hot Dodgers within shouting distance. L.A. has opened up an 18-game lead in the National League West Division, all but sealing things up in mid-August. The Rockies didn't care for their trip to sea level, suffering a three-game sweep at the hands of the Marlins in South Florida. They'll turn to Chad Bettis to get back on track, and they will be facing an equally icy Braves team. Atlanta has won just once over the past six games, and once in their past eight road games. Colorado is still 20-8 over their past 28 at home, and an impressive 10-1 in Bettis' past 11 against the NL East and 13-1 over his past 14 at home against a team with a losing record.

Hottest pitcher: Zack Greinke, Diamondbacks (13-5, 3.14 ERA)

Greinke gets a crack at the Astros in Monday's interleague series opener, and he looks to add to his already impressive numbers at home. The All-Star is 10-1 with a 2.52 ERA with 103 strikeouts over 85 2/3 innings across 13 home outings and the opposition is hitting just .190 against him at Chase Field as opposed to a .264 average against him on the road in 10 outings. He gets the Astros perhaps at their lowest point of the season, having won just once over the past six outings. The Diamondbacks haven't been that hot themselves, going 1-4 over the past five outings. However, they're 13-4 over Greinke's past 17 outings, and 6-1 in his past seven interleague showings.

Coldest pitcher: Jose Quintana, Cubs (6-10, 4.42 ERA)

The Cubs traded for the southpaw Quintana in early July, and early returns were good. He won his first two starts on the north side. However, he is 0-2 over his past three outings, posting a 5.82 ERA. That's not exactly what the Cubs were banking on when they added him for the stretch run. If Q has anything going for him, it is a matchup against youngster Asher Wojciechowski, as well as facing a Reds team which has been lost against the Cubs. Cincinnati has won just 14 of the past 51 meetings against the defending champs, including a dismal 7-20 showing over their past 27 trips to Wrigley Field.

Biggest UNDER run: Rockies (5-1 past six overall)

When thinking about the 'under' Colorado is usually the furthest team from casual bettors' minds. But the under has cashed in five of Colorado's past six outings, and the under is 5-2 in their past seven against National League East foes. In addition, the under has hit in six straight for Bettis against a team with a losing overall mark. The under is also 4-1 in their past five tries against a right-handed starter while going 19-7-2 over the past 28 following a loss.The under has also hit in four straight at home for Bettis, and seven of his past eight starts overall.

Biggest OVER run: Royals (7-1-1 past eight overall)

The 'over' hit again for Kansas City on Sunday, and the total is now a very impressive 7-1-1 over the past nine outings. That includes a 6-1-1 mark over the past eight outings against a right-handed starting pitcher, and 3-1-1 in their past five road contests. For Jake Junis, the over is 3-0-1 in his past four road assignments while going 5-1-1 over the past seven outings overall. The over has been a frequent occurence when these teams hook up on the diamond, too, hitting in five of the past seven meetings in the series. On a side note, Kansas City has won just once over the past nine against the A's.

Matchup to watch: Padres vs. Phillies

The Padres have had a losing record for a majority of the season but that hasn't diminished their fighting spirit. They played the Dodgers very tough over the weekend and they aren't laying down for anyone. San Diego has won just once over the past five overall, but they're 5-2 over their past seven at home and an impressive 7-2 over their past nine at Petco Park against teams with a road winning percentage under .400. They're picking off the weaker teams and building a little confidence heading into 2018. The Phillies have won just 20 of their past 70 road outings, and they're 6-14 over Jerad Eickhoff's past 20 starts. However, Philadelphia had had the number of San Diego lately, going 25-8 over the past 33 trips to Petco Park while posting a 40-16 mark over the past 56 overall.

Betcha didn’t know: The Tigers and Rangers were expected to contend for a playoff spot, but instead they're a dismal 15 games under .500 combined, simply playing out the string. All-Star Michael Fulmer returns from the 10-day disabled list after a two-week recovery from ulnar neuritis, and if he is to be successful he'll need to avoid veteran Mike Napoli. He has partied to the tune of a .500 average (4-for-8 ) with two home runs against Fulmer in their brief encounters. On the flip side, southpaw Martin Perez has posted a dismal 0-2 record and 7.27 ERA over three starts and a relief appearance against Detroit.

Biggest public favorite: Cubs (-200) vs. Reds

Biggest public underdog: Royals (+115) at Athletics

Biggest line move: Giants (+150 to +130) at Marlins

MLB Picks of the Day
By Zabo Jones
Bangthebook.com

MLB Favorite of the day: Oakland Athletics -109

The A’s and the Royals are going to be playing in Oakland with Jharel Cotton and Jakob Junis starting. The Royals are still very close to getting into the playoffs despite some recent struggles, and are only 0.5 games back of the Twins right now. The A’s are working to rebuild, and traded Sonny Gray to obtain some future value, but the A’s still have more talent than I think most people realize.

Jakob Junis is going to be making his eighth career start this season. So far in his very short career, he has been about a replacement level player, but has helped with pitching depth regardless. He has an ERA of 4.70, and an xFIP of 5.35, and really lacks a clear skill where he separates himself from the average pitcher. His fastball velocity averages 91, he lacks great control, and his breaking pitches aren’t especially great. Ultimately, Junis has a chance to have a career if he can remain durable, but I don’t think Junis is ever going to be a very dangerous pitcher.

Jharel Cotton was the primary piece the A’s acquired when they traded Rich Hill and Josh Reddick to the Dodgers last season. While Cotton probably has displayed more potential than Junis has, he hasn’t been any better in his play this season. Cotton has an ERA of 5.72, and an xFIP of 5.37. Where Cotton has displayed the most potential is with his changeup, which is already a very effective pitch. Many people think it has a chance to be one of the best pitches in baseball, but Cotton has simply not developed to that point yet. Ultimately, I like the A’s to win this game at home, against an inexperienced pitcher.

MLB Underdog of the day: Detroit Tigers -102

The Tigers and the Rangers are going to be playing in Texas with Michael Fulmer and Martin Perez starting. The Tigers and Rangers both started to trade off players for prospects, and there is probably even more opportunity to make moves in the offseason. The Tigers will likely look into trading away Verlander, and the Rangers make look into trading guys like Hamels, and several others.

Martin Perez is going to be starting for the Rangers, and he has been a pretty strange pitcher this season. Perez has put together a couple of really good starts that have seemed to raise his value in the market quite a bit, but his numbers remain pretty bad. He has an ERA of 5.18, and an xFIP of 4.72. Perez has the pretty bad combination of walking batters at an average rate, and not being able to strike batters out. The Tigers offense has some problems, but in general, they have been able to make quality contact all season. As long as they don’t get struck out a large amount, they have a strong opportunity to win.

Michael Fulmer is probably one of the only untouchable players on the Tigers roster, as he is under team control until 2023. Fulmer was the 2016 rookie of the year, and has continued on this season as an above average pitcher. Fulmer has an ERA of 3.59, and an xFIP of 4.11, and has done a great job of avoiding walks all season long. While his ERA is quite a bit better than his xFIP, it makes some sense for Fulmer, who has great batted ball stats, and does a great job preventing good contact. Fulmer is going to continue being a great pitcher for the foreseeable future. Fulmer is better than Perez by quite a bit, so I would feel pretty comfortable taking the Tigers in this game.

MLB Over/Under of the day: Cleveland Indians/Boston Red Sox Under 10

The Red Sox and the Indians are going to be playing at Fenway Park with Doug Fister and Trevor Bauer starting. Both the Red Sox and the Indians are pretty heavy favorites to win their divisions at this point in the season, although both are still in danger of being caught. The Red Sox could still get caught by the Yankees, while the Indians could still get caught by either the Twins or Royals.

Trevor Bauer remains a very unpopular player in the MLB as far as I can tell. He has a pretty strange Twitter account, where he likes to argue with fans in the offseason, and he cut his hand on a drone before the World Series. On top of that, he has struggled a bit throughout the season, but his stats have still been pretty good beneath the surface. Bauer has an ERA of 4.79, and an xFIP of 3.61, which has him worth 2.3 fangraphs WAR, which is well above average at this point in the season. The primary problem that Bauer has faced is his very high BABIP, which is at .343. Granted, Bauer has a pretty bad batted ball profile that would be likely to correspond to a higher than average BABIP. But .343 isn’t really sensible for any major league pitcher, so it seems pretty likely to me that he has faced some bad luck throughout the season. Ultimately, I like the under in this game largely because of Bauer. I don’t have much faith in Fister, but a total of 10 is pretty high regardless of who is pitching, and Bauer is a really good pitcher.

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Double-Play Picks

Atlanta Braves at Colorado Rockies (-135, 12)

The Braves travel to Denver to take on the Rockies for the first game of their four-game series at Coors Field.

Tonight's game features the return to the Rockies' starting rotation of Chad Bettis. It will be a very emotional night for the Rockies, the fans, the Bettis family, and the veteran right-handed pitcher himself as he returns to the majors after enduring surgery and chemotherapy to treat testicular cancer.

If you think we're going to fade a guy making a triumphant return from cancer treatment...think again.

Bettis had a great 2016 season and was supposed to be the ace/anchor/veteran of Colorado's very young starting rotation this year, before it was derailed with his diagnosis on November (and subsequent setback in March). Well, the young Rockies pitching staff took care of business without him and now he's back to give the team the boost they need to get into the postseason.

We certainly don't expect Bettis to go eight innings and throw 120 pitches to earn the win tonight, but just having him out there on the field will be a big boost for the team.

The Rockies have won 13 of Bettis' last 14 starts at home against teams with losing records, and the Braves certainly fall into that category. The Braves come in at 52-63 and losers of 10 of their last 12 road games. Their offense ranks near the bottom in the National League in most offensive categories and should be a good first opponent for a veteran starter making his season debut.

Julio Teheran gets the start for Atlanta and he seems worn out. Over his last three starts he is 0-2 with an ERA of 9.82, a WHIP of 1.57, and an opponents on base percentage of .368 in 14.2 innings of work.

The Braves have lost 10 of their last 11 games played at Coors Field and tonight should be no different on a very emotional night for the Rockies.

Pick: Rockies -135

Houston Astros at Arizona Diamondbacks (-145, 9)

The Astros and Diamondbacks will collide Monday night in the opening game of their four-game home-and-home interleague series. The first two contest will take place at Chase Field in Phoenix before shifting to Houston for a pair of games Wednesday and Thursday.

The Astros come into this contest as the top road team in Major League Baseball (39-20), however they have lost seven of their last eight road contests. The fact that they still lead the majors in that category says a lot about how big of a lead they had on the pack.

The D-Backs are the second best home team in baseball at 38-22 (a long way back of the Dodgers at 49-14) and will send their ace to the hill tonight.

Zack Greinke has been great all season with a team win/loss of 16-7, an ERA of 3.14, and a WHIP of 1.03 but his numbers at Chase Field have been even better with a team win/loss of 11-2, an ERA of 2.52, and a WHIP of .088.

Tonight will be the fifth start of 2017 for Astros' right-hander Collin McHugh, who missed most of the season with an impingement in his pitching elbow, and his return hasn't gone well thus far. The Astros have lost his last three starts and his last outing was his worst with seven earned runs allowed in 5.1 innings of work against the Chicago White Sox.

Zack Greinke loves pitching at home and the Astros' recent road struggles should continue for at least one more day.

Pick: Diamondbacks -145

Yesterday's Picks: 2-0
Season To Date: 112-104-13

Streaking and Slumping Starting Pitchers

Streaking: Trevor Bauer, Cleveland Indians (10-8, 4.79 ERA, $-446)

Despite what has been a largely forgettable season for Indians' starting pitcher Trevor Bauer, his last three trips to the hill have been tremendous.

Over his last three outings he owns a 2-2 record, a 1.23 ERA, a 1.09 WHIP, an opponent's on base percentage of only .276, and only three walks allowed in 22 innings of work.

Bauer and the Indians are a Pick 'Em tonight in Boston against Doug Fister and the Red Sox.

Slumping: Rafael Montero, New York Mets (1-8, 5.92 ERA, $-407)

Rafael Montero has been shuttled in and out of the Mets' starting rotation all season long so, understandably, it must be difficult to establish a rhythm. Well, seven of his last eight appearances have been starts so he should be starting to show his true colors as a starter. Those colors aren't exactly what the Mets were hoping for.

The Mets have lost five of those seven starts and over his last three his ERA is 8.78 with a WHIP of 2.02 and a massive opponents on base percentage of .426.

Montero and the Mets are +160 this evening in The Bronx against Luis Cessa and the Yankees.

Monday's Top Trends

* Under is 33-13-5 in Trevor Bauer's last 51 road starts. Indians/Red Sox Total: 10.
* Over is 8-0 in the Cincinnati Red's last eight overall. Reds/Cubs Total: 9.
* The Colorado Rockies are 10-1 in their last 11 meetings with the Braves at Coors Field. -135 today.
* Under is 14-3 in Kevin Gausman's last 17 starts vs. American League West. Orioles/Mariners Total: 9.

Weather To Keep An Eye On

There is a chance of thunderstorms developing late this evening on the North Side of Chicago where the Cubs will be hosting the Reds at Wrigley Field. The rain is currently in the forecast to begin between 9pm and 10pm local time so they'll have to get this game in quickly. It might be a good night for pitchers with a wide, generous strike zone. The total is currently set at 9.

There will be a 10-12 mile per hour wind blowing out to right-center field tonight in Denver for the game between the Braves and Rockies. The total is currently set at 11.5.

There will also be a 15-17 mile per hour wind blowing out to center field at Oakland Coliseum where the A's will host the Kansas City Royals with a current total of 9.5.

Mets, Yanks meet at Yankee Stadium
By: StatFox.com

The Yankees will be trying to turn things around in the first game of this Subway Series against the Mets on Monday.

The Mets have had an awful season and are now in a situation where they aren’t playing for a spot in the postseason late in the year. That is quite the change after this team found itself in the World Series in 2015. A lot of that team is still together right now, and that was supposed to be just the beginning of their open championship window. Well things haven’t worked out for the Mets, and they now find themselves hoping to play the role of spoiler in this series. If they can’t make the playoffs then they will do everything in their power to help make sure the Yankees don’t. A win in this series would certainly harm the Bronx Bombers’ chances, as they are falling far too behind in the AL East race and are also giving up their lead in the wild card race. Expect the Yanks to play with a sense of urgency in this series. The starters in the opening game of this set are going to be RHP Rafael Montero (1-8, 6.06 ERA, 68 K) for the Mets and RHP Luis Cessa (0-3, 4.83 ERA, 25 K) for the Yankees. Both guys were not supposed to be counted upon in the rotation too much this season, so it wouldn’t be surprising if this is a high-scoring affair. One trend that stands out when looking at this game is the fact that the Yankees are 13-2 against the money line after six straight games versus division rivals this season. That could have them a bit more confident coming into this one.

The Mets are going to be doing everything they can to take this series against the Yankees, but they’ll need Montero to pitch a solid game in this one. The righty has been really lousy lately, as he has been pulled before the sixth inning in each of his past three starts. Montero allowed four or more earned runs in each of those games, and he has also allowed seven homers over his past four starts. That is not a good sign heading into this series, as the Yankees can obviously hit for power. Montero must keep the ball down here. As for the offense, the Mets will be counting on OF Yoenis Cespedes (.275 BA, 14 HR, 36 RBI) here. It’s been a miserable season for Cespedes, as he has had trouble hitting and has also had trouble staying healthy. He is, however, in the lineup now. And as long as that is the case, the Mets will be counting on him to produce. He has homered in two straight games, so perhaps he is starting to get it going now. It’s a little too late, but the Mets would still like to finish off the year strong.

The Yankees are desperate for a victory on Monday, and they’re sending Luis Cessa to the hill for this one. Cessa was very good in his last outing, as he pitched 3.1 innings of shutout ball against the Rays. He has, however, only pitched five full innings in one game this season. If he can’t get to that point in this one then the team will be in a bit of trouble. The Yankees have been burned by their bullpen lately, and they need to make sure they get more innings out of their starters. On offense, it’s going to be hard for the Yankees to start winning again if OF Aaron Judge (.289 BA, 35 HR, 78 RBI) doesn’t turn things around. Judge now finds himself hitting less than .290, which is insane considering how hot he was to start the year. It seemed very likely that he’d finish the year above .320, but he now is in danger of not even hitting .280. The Yankees need him to find a way to get it going here.