New York Yankees vs New York Mets Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 22 (8/22): MLB

New York Yankees vs New York Mets Prediction, Pick and Preview, August 22 (8/22): MLB

Credit: photo by Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports

 

Odds

Time 7:05 p.m. EST
Yankees money line +140
Yankees run line +1.5 (-125)
Mets money line -168
Mets run line -1.5 (+105)
Over / under 7

 

Key stats

  New York Yankees  New York Mets
Record 74-48 79-44
Home / road record 43-20 39-25
Last 10 record 3-7 6-4
Streak W1 W1
Over / under record 57-60-5 63-53-7
Runs / game 5.03 4.76
Runs allowed / game 3.53 3.73

 

Preview

The New York Mets and the New York Yankees will meet again to play a 2-game series at the Yankee Stadium. The Yankees lost their last series against the Blue Jays while the Mets beat 3 of 4 times the Phillies and are 2-0 vs Yankees this season.

 

New York Yankees

The Yankees get here with a 74-48 record and have lost 3 of their last 5 games. The team is averaging 5.03 runs per game. They're batting for .240 AVG, 613 runs scored in 983 hits and 197 home runs, ranking #2 in offense in the league, behind the Los Angeles Dodgers. Aaron Judge leads the team and is batting for .293 with 46 home runs and 102 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3.53 runs per game and rank #3 in the league. All-Star Nestor Cortes leads the pitching staff with a 2.68 ERA, 133 strikeouts and 9 wins recorded with the Yanks.

Probable Pitcher:  Domingo German (1-2, 4.45 ERA)

German will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Yankees. German did not factor into the decision Wednesday, allowing three runs on five hits and one walk over 4.2 innings against the Rays. He struck out six. He has a 1-1 record with an ERA of 4.43 and 25 strikeouts in 4 appearances versus the Mets in his career.

New York Mets

The Mets get here with a 79-44 record and have won 4 of their last 6 games. The team is averaging 4.76 runs per game. They're batting for .259 AVG, 590 runs scored in 1081 hits and 125 home runs, ranking #5 in offense in the league behind the Atlanta Braves. Jeff McNeil is batting for .321 AVG while Pete Alonso leads with 30 home runs and 102 RBI.

Defensively they are allowing 3.73 runs per game and rank #4 in the league. Chris Bassit leads the pitching staff with a 3.26 ERA, 138 strikeouts and 11 wins recorded with the NY Mets.

Probable Pitcher:   Max Scherzer (9-2, 2.15 ERA)

Scherzer will be on the mound in the 1st game of the series for the Mets. Scherzer earned the win Wednesday, allowing four runs on three hits and three walks over 6.1 innings in the Mets' 9-7 victory over the Braves. He struck out eight. He has a 4-4 record with an ERA of 3.48 and 74 strikeouts in 10 appearances versus the Yankees in his career.

BETTING TRENDS

NY Mets are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against NY Yankees.

NY Mets are 13-6 SU in their last 19 games on the road.

The total has gone OVER in 10 of NY Mets' last 12 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees.

NY Yankees are 2-7 SU in their last 9 games at home.

NY Yankees are 0-6 SU in their last 6 games against an opponent in the National League.

Prediction

The Yankees bounced back and avoided the sweep against the Blue Jays but they still have lost 14 of their last 18 games and will now face one of the hottest teams in the league. Domingo German will start for the Yanks who has done a great job this season but the Yankees have lost in 4 of his 6 starts including the lost vs Mets. The Mets played great offense in their last series vs Phillies and will send Max Scherzer who has been insane since his return but was pounded by the Braves in his last start. This same pitching matchup ended in a 3-2 win for the Mets at the Citi Field so I expect another close game and we get the Yankees at a good price on the run line.

PICK: Yankees +1.5 (-125) 

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