Coach Fletcher’s Thursday Free Pick
Thursday, July 30
5:05 pm New York Yankees at Texas Rangers
The Pick NYY/Texas Rangers over 9 Pinnacle
We have seen some hefty scoring in this series and in general by the Yankees in recent days. In a 4 game win streak against Baltimore and Texas the Yanks scored 43 runs. Even if you toss out the 21 run games against Texas, the Bronx Bombers scored 21 runs in the 7 games. In last night’s game, the Yankees were held to just 2 runs. I expect more tonight.
The Pitchers
Pineda, NYY Gallardo, Rangers
- Pineda – 3.97 era ; Gallardo – 3.19 era
- Right about now you are saying to yourself, over 9? What’s he thinking? You may be right, but let’s dig a little further.
- Pineda – 4.91 era last 3 starts ; Gallardo – 7.24 last 3 starts
- Pineda – 4.36 era last 7 ; Gallardo – 3.26 last 7
Pineda has lost his last 2 starts and evidently has lost his slider too. His inability to throw a sharp breaking slider has led to teams simply teeing off on his fastball. In his last 11 2/3 innings, Pineda has given up 9 runs and 14 hits. He’s 0-2 after the All-Star break with an era of 6.94 era. 6 Rangers have hit .333 or better lifetime against Pineda in limited at bats. Pineda is 0-3 with a 5.04 era vs the Rangerss.
Gallardo has given up 10 runs on 18 hits in his last 8 innings. This has been a completed turn-round from what had been a solid season of pitching. He is 0-3 in July with ` 4.97 era. He’s 0-1 after the All-Star break with an era of 11.25. 4 NYY are hitting .304 or better vs Gallardo. Gallardo is 1-1 with a 4.63 era vs the Yankees.
Bullpens: NYY – 3.07 era on the road ; Rangers – 4.76 era at home The Texas pen is a mess.
The Offense
NYY Rangers
- NYY – 4.8 runs per game on road ; Rangers – 4.3 runs per game home
- NYY – Give up 4.3 runs per game on road ; Rangers - Give up 4.8 runs per game at home
- NYY – scored 44 runs last 5 games ; Rangers - scored 26 runs last 5 games
- NYY - gave up 19 runs last 5 games ; Rangers – gave up 48 runs last 4 games
- NYY – average 4.3 runs per game road ; Rangers – average 4.3 runs per game home
- NYY – average 4.7 runs per game vs RHP ; Rangers – average 4.5 runs per game vs RHP
- NYY – average 8.0 runs per game last 7 ; Rangers – average 6.3 runs per game last 7
- NYY – average 4.9 runs per game on grass ; Rangers – average 4.5 runs per game on grass
- NYY – average 5.0 at night ; Rangers – average 4.3 at night
- 3 of 7 games this season have gone over
- 1 of 3 games at Texas this season have gone over
Odds and Ends
- NYY – 2nd in MLB runs per game 4.92 ; Rangers – 8th in MLB runs per game 4.35
- NYY – 2nd in MLB HR per game 1.34 ; Rangers – 10th in MLB HR per game 1.04
- NYY – 3rd in MLB total bases per game ; Rangers – 12th in MLB total bases per game
- NYY – 7th in MLB batting avg ; Rangers – 21st in MLB batting average
- NYY – 3rd in MLB slugging % ; 8th in MLB slugging %
- NYY – 5th in MLB on base % ; Rangers – 16th in MLB on base %
- NYY – 4th in MLB on base + slugging ; Rangers – 12th in MLB on base + slugging
- NYY – 49-46 to the over ; Rangers – 45-49 to the under
- NYY – 25-27 to the under on the road ; Rangers – 21-19 to the under at home
Coach’s Conclusion:
I think the recent hitting will be enough to push this game over. The Yankees are on a tear and unless both Pineda and Gallardo have good starts, this game should go over.
The Pick NYY/Rangers OVER 9 Pinnacle
- 10-4 last 14 picks
- 63% in MLB
updated: July 29 at 8:35 PM PT
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