Yankees vs. Blue Jays: Rodon Faces Scherzer in Toronto

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00:00Tonight, the Blue Jays take on the New York Yankees.

00:03Carlos Rodon has been great this year for the Pinstripes.

00:06New York, a road favorite tonight against their divisional foes in the Jays.

00:10That price right now, the Yanks, minus $144 on the FanDuel Sportsbook.

00:15Total on the rise ever so slightly to eight and a half up in the six.

00:20Yanks, Jays, today starting in Toronto.

00:23What do you like?

00:24One of my prop bets yesterday on pro baseball today was the team total over four and a half

00:28for the Toronto Blue Jays.

00:29They played at five runs.

00:30I've been really happy with the Blue Jays' offense.

00:32They are going up against a decent pitcher today in Carlos Rodon.

00:34His last 30 days, a 98 XF minus a 3.72 ERA and a 3.99 XF number, which is very good.

00:41It's going to be able to compete against that tough lineup.

00:43The question is, what are we getting out of Max Scherzer tonight?

00:45Only 32 total batters faced on the season this year.

00:48Hasn't done all that well with the power numbers from right-handers.

00:51But again, he hasn't faced all that many at this point.

00:54He's faced way more lefties.

00:55But if you are looking at a pitcher that's not of the pedigree that we're used to seeing

00:58in Max Scherzer, which I don't anticipate he's going more than five innings, if he even

01:02does pitch well tonight.

01:03The weighted on base percentages for that Yankees lineup over the past 30 days, very good on

01:07Grisham, very good on Judge, Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm, Anthony Volpe, and DJ LeMahieu.

01:11I just think the better pitcher on the mound today is actually Rodon.

01:14And that means the better lineup tonight for me to trust would be the New York Yankees.

01:18The Yankees should be able to win this game, but they aren't.

01:20It's not free.

01:21It's not plus 100.

01:22It's minus 156, as you see on that graphic right now.

01:25But I'm still not trusting Max Scherzer just yet.

01:27But also yesterday, as you brought up, finally, the Yankees bringing the bats in the game

01:31where they don't get smoked and still goes over the total.

01:33Maybe the good vibes continue because, as we know, it's great hitting ballpark up there

01:37in Toronto.

01:3773-degree temperatures.

01:39There is some rain in the forecast that's always interesting to me.

01:41If that roof can stay open, let some of that heat and humidity in, as opposed to it

01:45being closed, could make the difference tonight in that total.

01:47But to me, I'm trusting the Yankees more than Scherzer on the mound here for the Toronto

01:51Blue Jays.