New York Yankees at Los Angeles Dodgers 8/24/19 MLB FREE Pick
The Yankees and the Dodgers face off again on at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. What is really interesting and has a lot of people, myself included think this could be a potential preview of the World Series. Now, what I really think about the Yankees vs Dodgers game here is a flashback to the older rivalry that was present with the Yankees and the Dodgers before the Dodgers moved out of Brooklyn and that always makes for a great game when the two teams win.
New York Yankees Preview
The Yankees are coming in with a power heavy offense, that they improved at the trade deadline. The Yankees have managed to collect a total of 1205 hits with an average of .272 on the year. When it comes to scoring the Yankees have managed to get 756 runs with 232 homers on the year. Gleyber Torres is the power hitter for the Yankees with 31 homers. DJ LeMahieu is the hitter who has been able to hit at a clip of .331 with 86 runners brought home.
Pitching for the Yankees is not horrible with a team ERA of 4.53 this year with the opponent hitting at a clip of .253 this year. The Yankees have struck out 1175 batters and have walked 398 batters. CC Sabathia is the pitcher the Yankees are planning on putting on the mound in this game. He has posted a 5-7 record and a 5.01 ERA this year. Sabathia has managed to get 93.1 innings recorded with 98 hits given up, 25 homers allowed and 33 walks. Sabathia has ended up striking out 87 batters.
Los Angeles Dodgers Preview
The Dodgers offense has been a decent powerhouse, but still, have some issues on the year. When it comes to hitting the Dodgers have recorded a total of 1139 hits at a clip of .260 this year. The Dodgers have scored a total of 714 runs with a total of 225 homers. Cody Bellinger is the player the Dodgers have come to rely on this year with 42 homers, a .316 average, but also has brought home 100 runners.
The pitching has been the special part of the Dodgers with a team ERA of3.32 this year and have allowed the opponents to hit at a clip of .225 this year. For the Dodgers, they have walked only 299 batters while striking out 1182 batters on the season. Tony Gonsolin is the pitcher the Dodgers are planning on putting on the mound to start this game. Gonsolin has ended up with a 1-1 record and a 3.00 ERA. He has thrown only 18 innings on the year with 15 strikeouts, but has only walked 1 batters while giving up 16 hits and a homer.
Yankees vs Dodgers Line: Los Angeles Dodgers -152 O/U 9.5
My FREE MLB Pick: New York Yankees +130
If the Dodgers were putting another pitcher outside of Gosolin on the mound I would think harder about the Dodgers. The downside is Gonsolin is the pitcher the Dodgers are putting on the mound and honestly I do not see him doing as good as what he could against a lesser lineup. Look for the Yankees to come into this game and actually control the game from the pitching of Sabathia, but even to the way the offense shows up and actually hits against the Dodgers pitchers. I look for the New York Yankees to take this one as the underdog. Final Score, New York Yankees win 6-4.
