Steve Merril
(923) New York Yankees at (924) Oakland Athletics
-New York starter Gerrit Cole projects for 2.0 earned runs with a 3.14 ERA and 1.00 WHIP
-righty projects to have an 11.7 strikeout rate over 9 innings pitched, and 5.5 strikeout/walk ratio
-Athletics offense has scored 3 runs or less in 6 of their last 11 games; will struggle to score
-Oakland starter J.T. Ginn projects for 2.8 earned runs with a 4.86 ERA and 1.46 WHIP
-righty projects to have a 6.3 strikeout rate over 9 innings pitched, and a 2.0 strikeout/walk ratio
-Yankees offense comes in off back-to-back bad games; big step-down in pitching class here
4% Play YANKEES (-1.5 runline) (Cole/Ginn).
Line Parameter: 4% play (-1.5 -160 or less). 3% play (-1.5 -161 or more).