With just a dozen games left to play in the regular season, the Toronto Blue Jays, who are up three games in the loss column on the New York Yankees, could effectively lock up the AL East title with a win on Tuesday night, and they'll be favored by a large margin to do just that.
PITCHING MATCHUP
Is Luis Severino really the man who can get the Yankees out of their pitching woes? It's tough for live bettors to really trust much of anything at this point which New York is doing with its starting pitching, knowing that the unit just hasn't left its bullpen in good spots all that often.
Severino has made eight starts since coming up to the bigs, and his 3.12 ERA suggests that he has some legit stuff. This is a tall task against the Toronto batting order though, and the only way he is going to get out of this one is by posting a ton of strikeouts.
However, live bettors should be forewarned in this one. Yes, the Jays struck out nine times the first time they saw Severino in his third big league start, but four weeks later, Toronto knocked the rookie around for six hits and six runs in just 2.1 innings.
Marco Estrada picked a great time to have his best start of the season in the last go around. He allowed just three hits in eight scoreless frames against the Braves, but he really needs to do better against these Yankees than he did a week and a half ago.
Estrada allowed four runs and six hits in five innings, but he got a no-decision in a 9-5 win.
Live bettors should be aware that the Jays have won four straight starts which Estrada has made, and he has done a fantastic job of keeping his club in games all season long.
ADVANCED STATS
Things just aren't going well for the Yankees batters right now. Over the course of the last two weeks, the argument could be made that Dustin Ackley has been the team's best hitter. Alex Rodriguez might have four homers in that run, but he also has struck out on 12.5 percent of his at bats. That's not out of the ordinary, though. Both Brian McCann and Brett Gardner have struck out a ton in this span as well, while Stephen Drew and Chase Headley have been striking out in crucial spots, too.
TALKING BULLPENS
The Blue Jays aren't known for their bullpen, but maybe they should be. In the last month, their bullpen WAR has been a stellar 4.4, the fourth best mark in baseball since the start of September.
Roberto Osuna has been bothered of late, allowing four runs in his last two outings, but take him out of the equation, and live bettors have nothing to worry about.
Liam Hendricks? One runs allowed this month in 7.2 innings. Mark Lowe? Go back to August 26 to find his last run conceded. Brett Cecil? Even better. No runs earned runs allowed since June 24 when he was taken out of the closer's role once and for all. Since then, he not only has a 0.00 ERA, but he also has a WHIP of 0.78 and a 36/4 K/BB ratio.
Needless to say, if this game gets down to just a few outs, Jay Gibbons has enough hot arms to turn to in order to put this game away, which has to keep live bettors thrilled.
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