Yankees Struggles: Concerns Rise with Rodon on Mound vs. Reds
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00:00The Yankees didn't lose yesterday 5-4 to the Reds in the opener.
00:07They were a $2 favorite.
00:09The Reds a big underdog in the Bronx and still a pretty big underdog today against Carlos
00:14Rodon and the Yankees who are just 4-11 since June 14th.
00:19The pinstripes have dropped 11 of their last 15.
00:23Are you starting to get concerned about the Yankees?
00:27Oh, I'm concerned about the Yankees a little bit and also concerned on the mound today
00:30with Carlos Rodon.
00:31If you just take a look at his last 30 days, 122 batters he's faced, that's a .259 iso
00:37and a .408 weighted on-base percentage.
00:39He got runs yesterday.
00:40It's identical.
00:41Yesterday, eight and a half total, got the nine runs.
00:43I think we might be into a similar thing.
00:45Now also, if you're looking at Rodon, I do expect the Reds to hit, but so many times
00:49the focus is always going to be on that Yankees lineup and who do you think that can do some
00:52damage.
00:53Temperature 75 degrees, wind blowing out the left.
00:56That should help, but also Andrew Abbott, he does have some pretty good stuff as a young
01:00left-handed pitcher, but if we're taking a look at those splits, home and away, he's
01:04not that good on the road, Ben.
01:06You take a look at this season, 51 and a third innings pitched on the road, a .348 ERA, which
01:11is very good, but how about that XFIP number at a five?
01:15You don't want to do that with that Yankees lineup.
01:17First three guys, Volpe, Soto, and Judge, absolutely hammering left-handed pitching
01:22with very good weighted on base percentages here.
01:24I don't know if I want to back Rodon at close to a two to one price.
01:27I don't think I want to take Andrew Abbott on the road, as I just told you.
01:30He struggles with that XFIP number.
01:31So again, leaning on and over in this game, this one much more than the past two that
01:35we talked about.
01:36I think both of these pitchers can be had tonight.
01:38We should get nine runs similar to what we saw last night in the Bronx.