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3-unit Play Take #972 Tampa Bay Rays (-125) vs. New York Yankees (1:40pm ET) The Tampa Bay Rays host the New York Yankees today in an effort to avoid a three-game sweep. Somehow the Yankees have managed to stay atop the American League East division despite an onslaught of injuries on a weekly basis. They have had more players lost to injury than anyone else this season and it hasn't been close. Some of the guys they are relying on couldn't even make the rosters on bad teams, so I expect some regression from this team going forward. The Rays need this game badly and even moved up Alex Cobb in the rotation so that he could face the Yanks in this series. Cobb has been Tampa's best starting pitcher this season and is emerging as a star in this league. He comes in at 5-2 with a 2.73 ERA and 1.13 WHIP and boasts a strong 8.2 strikeout rate per nine innings. CC Sabathia goes for New York and he's clearly not the same pitcher as he has been in year's past. His velocity is down and so are his strikeouts. His ERA is the highest since 2005 for the 32-year old. Sabathia is still a good pitcher, but he has had trouble with good hitting teams and the Rays definitely fit that mold. I like Cobb and the Rays to get the win today.
3-unit Play Take #972 Tampa Bay Rays (-125) vs. New York Yankees (1:40pm ET) The Tampa Bay Rays host the New York Yankees today in an effort to avoid a three-game sweep. Somehow the Yankees have managed to stay atop the American League East division despite an onslaught of injuries on a weekly basis. They have had more players lost to injury than anyone else this season and it hasn't been close. Some of the guys they are relying on couldn't even make the rosters on bad teams, so I expect some regression from this team going forward. The Rays need this game badly and even moved up Alex Cobb in the rotation so that he could face the Yanks in this series. Cobb has been Tampa's best starting pitcher this season and is emerging as a star in this league. He comes in at 5-2 with a 2.73 ERA and 1.13 WHIP and boasts a strong 8.2 strikeout rate per nine innings. CC Sabathia goes for New York and he's clearly not the same pitcher as he has been in year's past. His velocity is down and so are his strikeouts. His ERA is the highest since 2005 for the 32-year old. Sabathia is still a good pitcher, but he has had trouble with good hitting teams and the Rays definitely fit that mold. I like Cobb and the Rays to get the win today.
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