Larry Hartstein
SAN FRANCISCO @ N.Y. METS | 08/26 | 7:10 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO -115
ANALYSIS: The Mets are 6-17 in August and I'll back the MLB-best Giants to keep New York in free-fall. The Mets have a .694 OPS versus southpaws, which ranks fifth-worst in MLB. Look for Alex Wood (10-4, 4.11 ERA) to produce another strong start as the Giants take their fifth straight.
SAN FRANCISCO @ N.Y. METS | 08/26 | 7:10 PM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO -115
ANALYSIS: The Mets are 6-17 in August and I'll back the MLB-best Giants to keep New York in free-fall. The Mets have a .694 OPS versus southpaws, which ranks fifth-worst in MLB. Look for Alex Wood (10-4, 4.11 ERA) to produce another strong start as the Giants take their fifth straight.
Matt Snyder
L.A. DODGERS @ SAN DIEGO | 08/26 | 9:10 PM EDT
L.A. DODGERS -130
ANALYSIS: The Dodgers and Padres are coming off a 16-inning marathon, so there will be lots of pressure on the starting pitchers to get deep into the game. The Padres send Yu Darvish to the hill fresh off a stint on the injured list. Before that, he had a 7.13 ERA in his last seven outings, averaging around five innings per start. The Dodgers send Max Scherzer, who has a 2.11 ERA in four games since coming over in a trade. He's only lasted seven innings once in those four starts, but he's much more reliable in general to get deep into a game. Plus, the Dodgers are better and have a deeper bullpen at this point.
N.Y. YANKEES @ OAKLAND | 08/26 | 9:40 PM EDT
N.Y. YANKEES -111
ANALYSIS: The Yankees are riding high with an 11-game winning streak. They had to fly across the country, but had Wednesday off, so they're fresh. Starter Jameson Taillon is on a run in which the Yankees have won eight of his last nine starts. He has a 2.01 ERA in that stretch and six of those nine starts have come on the road. The A's are reeling, having lost eight of their last 10 and they only have a +2 run differential at home all season. Starter James Kaprielian has been good, but the A's have had issues late in the game and the Yankees' offense is averaging 5.5 runs per game during this winning streak.
L.A. DODGERS @ SAN DIEGO | 08/26 | 9:10 PM EDT
L.A. DODGERS -130
ANALYSIS: The Dodgers and Padres are coming off a 16-inning marathon, so there will be lots of pressure on the starting pitchers to get deep into the game. The Padres send Yu Darvish to the hill fresh off a stint on the injured list. Before that, he had a 7.13 ERA in his last seven outings, averaging around five innings per start. The Dodgers send Max Scherzer, who has a 2.11 ERA in four games since coming over in a trade. He's only lasted seven innings once in those four starts, but he's much more reliable in general to get deep into a game. Plus, the Dodgers are better and have a deeper bullpen at this point.
N.Y. YANKEES @ OAKLAND | 08/26 | 9:40 PM EDT
N.Y. YANKEES -111
ANALYSIS: The Yankees are riding high with an 11-game winning streak. They had to fly across the country, but had Wednesday off, so they're fresh. Starter Jameson Taillon is on a run in which the Yankees have won eight of his last nine starts. He has a 2.01 ERA in that stretch and six of those nine starts have come on the road. The A's are reeling, having lost eight of their last 10 and they only have a +2 run differential at home all season. Starter James Kaprielian has been good, but the A's have had issues late in the game and the Yankees' offense is averaging 5.5 runs per game during this winning streak.
Micah Roberts
N.Y. YANKEES @ OAKLAND | 08/26 | 9:40 PM EDT
N.Y. YANKEES -111
ANALYSIS: This is not what the A’s wanted to see as September approaches. Their ace Chris Bassitt is out injured, they’ve lost four games in a row, fallen 1.5 games out of the final wild-card spot and the Yankees come to town riding an 11-game win streak with a pitching staff that is inducing hitting slumps for every team it faces. The Yanks also have won seven straight behind tonight's pitcher, Jameson Taillon.
N.Y. YANKEES @ OAKLAND | 08/26 | 9:40 PM EDT
N.Y. YANKEES -111
ANALYSIS: This is not what the A’s wanted to see as September approaches. Their ace Chris Bassitt is out injured, they’ve lost four games in a row, fallen 1.5 games out of the final wild-card spot and the Yankees come to town riding an 11-game win streak with a pitching staff that is inducing hitting slumps for every team it faces. The Yanks also have won seven straight behind tonight's pitcher, Jameson Taillon.
Bob Balfe
7:10 PM EST
Rotation #957
Giants -120 over Mets
Wood/Carrasco
The Giants won last night after playing as bad you could play. The Mets almost tripled the Giants hits and we gifted runs on errors and lost with the bases loaded last night. This is a team that needs a dozen hits just to put up 4 runs. The Giants are rolling right now. This is a team that wins when they should lose and should take advantage of Carlos Carrasco who just has not pitched that much this season. Take the Giants.
7:10 PM EST
Rotation #957
Giants -120 over Mets
Wood/Carrasco
The Giants won last night after playing as bad you could play. The Mets almost tripled the Giants hits and we gifted runs on errors and lost with the bases loaded last night. This is a team that needs a dozen hits just to put up 4 runs. The Giants are rolling right now. This is a team that wins when they should lose and should take advantage of Carlos Carrasco who just has not pitched that much this season. Take the Giants.
