Toronto Blue Jays vs New York Yankees Prediction, Pick and Preview, April 12(4/12): MLB

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The Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees will play the second game of the series on Tuesday night. The Blue Jays won the first game 3-0.

Toronto Blue Jays

The Blue Jays won the first game of the series 3-0 and continue to dominate the Yankees as they're 5-0 in the last 5 games playing in New York. The team is still showing great offense and are averaging .283 at bat scoring 5.75 runs per game and allowing 5.75 runs per game. Teoscar Hernandez leads with abatting average of .417. George Springer has 2 homeruns already and 4 RBI.

Alek Manoah had an outstanding performance recording the win with a 0.00 ERA allowing only one hit in 6 innings pitched. He also had 7 strike outs.

Probable Pitcher: 

Yusei Kikuchi (0-0, 0.0 ERA) will take the mound in the 2nd game of the series for the Blue Jays. Kikuchi had a record of 7-9 with an ERA of 4.41 and 163 strikeouts in 29 appearances in 2021. In his last 3 appearances agaisnt the Yankees he's allowed 10 runs in 14 innings.

New York Yankees

The Yanks batters went ice cold against Manoah and the Blue Jays Bullpen, they had only 4 hits in the game and no runs. The team is averaging 3.25 runs per game with a .235 at bat. Giancarlo Stanton leads with .294 avg and 2 home runs. Anthony Rizzo has 6 RBI and 2 home runs already.

Jameson Taillon wasn't bad allowing 2 runs 5 hits in 5 innings pitched and striking out 6 but the Yanks batter couldn't help him.

Probable Pitcher:

Nestor Cortes (0-0, 0-0 ERA) will be on the mound for the Yankees in the 2nd game of the series. Cortes enjoyed a breakout campaign for New York in 2021, posting a 2.90 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 103:25 K:BB across 93 innings. That performance was strong enough to earn him a starting role to kick off the coming campaign despite having struggled in his previous opportunities in the majors. He pitched only one game against the Blue Jays and allowed 2 runs in 6 innings striking ot 5, the Yankees lost that game but he recorded the no decision.

BETTING TRENDS

The total has gone OVER in 4 of Toronto's last 6 games.

Toronto are 5-0 SU in their last 5 games when playing on the road against NY Yankees.

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Yankees' last 5 games at home.

NY Yankees are 6-4 SU in their last 10 games at home.

Prediction

The Yankees continue to struggle against the Blue Jays but they'll face an easier pitcher on Tuesday. Kikuchi didn't do so well last season and it's hard to believe that the Yankees won't score again. Cortes has done a good job with the Yankees and playing at home should help him to go out with confidence. Take the Yankees to bounce back in the 2nd game of the series.

PICK: Yankees ML  (-120)

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