New York Yankees vs. Oakland Athletics

Total: 8

New York -118

Game Play Predictions

New York Yankees

  • Since joining the Yankees, J.A. Happ has a 6.75 ERA on the road compared to a 3.45 mark at home.
  • Happ had notched seven straight starts of three earned runs or less before his last outing, in which he allowed five earned runs.
  • The Yankees have hit 158 home runs against right-handed pitching this year. That’s the most in baseball.
  • Giancarlo Stanton has four hits over his last 39 at-bats, which is a .103 AVG.
  • Over his last 10 games, Gleyber Torres has slashed .394/.500/.667 with three home runs and 10 runs batted in.
  • Miguel Andujar was announced the American League Rookie of the month for August for the second time this season on Tuesday.
  • Andrew McCutchen is hitting just .167 against right-handed pitching this year.
  • Aaron Hicks has hit 15 of his 24 home runs vs right-handed hurlers which has helped his .377 wOBA.

Oakland Athletics

  • Liam Hendriks last pitched on Saturday and lasted 1.2 innings and is starting on Tuesday.
  • Hendriks shouldn’t be in the game for longer than two innings and this will likely be a bigtime bullpen outing.
  • Oakland ranks fifth in the league in home runs against left-handed pitching with 54.
  • Matt Chapman has slashed .366/.422/.732 over his last 10 games while smashing four home runs.
  • Marcus Semien is 8-for-16 with two home runs with five runs batted in off of J.A. Happ during his career.
  • J.A. Happ has allowed 23 home runs this year, 22 against righties and Khris Davis, a righty, leads baseball with 40 homers.
  • Stephen Piscotty has an .818 OPS, .245 ISO and .346 wOBA since the All-Star break.
  • Ramon Laureano is batting .304 against right-handed pitching and has a .308 AVG over his last 10 games as well.

 

Which team records more plate appearances in the 1st Inning?

NYY 2.5 / OAK 2.5

The Yankees offense is more potent than the Athletics is, slightly, based on runs scored per game, so I’m going with New York.

Either team records an extra base hit in the 1st Inning

yes 4 / no 1.8

It’s very hard to predict both teams notching an extra-base hit in a single inning, so I’m going with the 1.8x multiplier and going to go with NO.

L. Hendriks (OAK) records a strikeout in the 1st Inning

yes 3.3 / no 2.2

Hendriks has had at least one strikeout in eight straight appearances and the Yankees are a strikeout prone offense. I’m going YES here.

(NYY) batter swings at either of the first 2 pitches

yes 2.3 / no 2.7

The Yankees have an aggressive offensive which makes me believe this WILL happen. I’m going YES here.