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Toronto Faces Yankees for AL East Lead: Thursday's Game Analysis
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Toronto is now tied atop the American League East alongside the pinstripes.
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Today, New York looking to avoid the sweep.
00:07
They turn to Clark Schmidt, minus 124, a favored money line price in favor of New York
00:13
to avoid the four-game sweep.
00:15
Total eight and a half.
00:16
Is that what is going to occur in Toronto?
00:19
Will the Yankees at least pick up one win in this four-game set?
00:23
They should.
00:23
By the way, it does feel like a coin flip, and you see the price point there where the
00:27
Yankees are the favorite, maybe rightfully so.
00:28
Look at Clark Schmidt here over the past 45 days, a 98 XFIP minus, which is okay.
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How about a 220 ERA, which you really like that, a higher XFIP number of 4.04.
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But how about Chris Bassett?
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He's got a 100 XFIP minus, which is rate average.
00:41
Okay, 98 on one side, 100 on the other, bringing all the ballpark factors in that we like to
00:46
see.
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But how about Chris Bassett's ERA over the past 45 days, Ben?
00:50
5.65, XFIP number 4.08.
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So sometimes getting maybe a little bit unlucky at this point here, and Bassett going up against
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the team, Ben Rice should be able to hit, Aaron Judge should be able to hit, you take
01:00
a look at Jazz Chisholm as well.
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But when I line up Chris Bassett, he's okay.
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So a slight nod to the Yankees, but Clark Schmidt on the mound, look at his last 122 batters
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that he faced.
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115 ISO, 217, went on base percentage against.
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I really like that.
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But I also told you during this show, boy, those Toronto backs, man, they are really alive
01:19
at this point right now.
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And sometimes we talked about the Marlins, which I was wrong on.
01:23
Hey, ride it out.
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They lost 2-1 there trying to win another game in that long win streak.
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Toronto's hot.
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They're at home.
01:29
They just have the Yankees number.
01:31
Maybe you lean on that direction.
01:32
Slightly better pitching for me on the Yankees side, but how do you just put down a Toronto
01:36
team that came all the way back, stormed the fort, and it's like, hey, or excuse me, had
01:40
that big lead, but still was able to hold on by a blown save there, a blown hold, I should
01:44
say, by Devin Williams.
01:46
Maybe just go with the Toronto Blue Jays.
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It's a tough handicap, which is why you see that split right down the middle in the odds price.
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