New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays Prediction: Will Gerrit Cole Bounce Back Tonight?
New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays Prediction: Will Gerrit Cole Bounce Back Tonight?
The New York Yankees blanked the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, winning 4-0 to tie the Blue Jays in the AL East standings at 3-2.
After the Blue Jays won on Monday, the Yankees tied the series up on Tuesday. Tonight will not be the rubber match, however, as the Yankees and Blue Jays will play the fourth game on Thursday.
With two aces slated to start tonight for the Blue Jays and Yankees, which team has the best chance at winning? Here are our picks, predictions, and odds for the third game of the series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees.
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Yankees vs. Blue Jays Start Time, Where to Watch, and Odds
- Date: April 13, 2022
- Game Time: 7:05 pm ET
- Where to Watch: MLBN
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Yankees vs. Blue Jays Injury Report
Blue Jays
Questionable: OF Dexter Fowler (Knee)
Out: C Danny Jansen (Oblique)
Yankees
None of Importance
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Yankees vs. Blue Jays Line Movement
Yankees vs. Blue Jays Prediction
The Blue Jays and Yankees will send out their ace pitchers who both struggled in their first outings. Gerrit Cole of the Yankees went just four innings against the Red Sox while allowing four hits, three runs, one walk, and one home run. Cole struck out just three batters and threw only 68 pitches. In that game, Cole struggled early but kept the Yankees in the game where the Yankees eventually won the game in extra innings.
Cole has an xFIP of 3.12 last season with 34.6% strikeouts and 5.8% walks. He was the pre-season favorite to win the AL Cy Young award. However, Cole struggled a bit against lefties when it came to power, giving up a .168 ISO to lefties. The good news for Cole is that the Blue Jays are mostly a right-handed heavy lineup, which should help Cole get back on track.
Still, the Blue Jays' projected lineup hit a .190 ISO and .335 wOBA against righties last season while only striking out 19.5% of the time. However, the Blue Jays have a .331 average as a unit against Cole with 127 at-bats. Cavan Biggio leads the charge with two home runs against Cole but he might not even play in this game.
On the other hand, Jose Berrios will take the mound for the Blue Jays after one of the worst starts of his career. Berrios allowed four runs on three hits in .1 inning of work against the Rangers. However, just like the Yankees with Cole, the Blue Jays fought all the way back and defeated the Rangers, 10-8 in that game.
Still, Berrios looked horrible, with no strikeouts and two walks as well. But, the Yankees have really struggled against Berrios as a unit with just a .163 average in 89 at-bats. Last season, Berrios had a 3.77 xFIP with a 26.4% strikeout rate and 5.9% walk rate. He was an ace pitcher analytically and will likely get back to that against the Yankees tonight.
Both pitchers struggle against lefties but both lineups will be mostly dominated by right-handed hitters. Therefore, I'll take the Under 4.5 in the first five innings in this one.
New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays Pick
- Under 4.5 First Five (-125) (Bet $125 to Win $100)
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Jason grew up an avid sports fan. His passion for sports writing grew in high school and he developed a blog that was strictly for New York Sports. From his work, you will quickly realize that he loves looking at games from an analytical and numbers perspective and hopes to provide you with that same perspective in his articles.