New York Yankees at Colorado Rockies 7/15/23 - MLB Betting Picks and Odds
New York Yankees vs. Colorado Rockies
MLB: 8:10 PM EST
Jul. 15, 2023
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : NYY -140 ; O/U 11.5
The New York Yankees continue a road trip Saturday night out west in Denver, Co for game two of three against the Colorado Rockies. New York is seven games above .500 on the year after losing four of the last five following a three run loss to Chicago to wrap the first half of the season. Clarke Schmidt will make his 19th start of the season Saturday two games below .500 with a 4.40 ERA. Schmidt has struggled this year giving up 49 hits on 96 runs across 88 innings of work. On the road Schmidt has been even worse carrying a 5.18 ERA after giving up nineteen runs on 39 hits.
Offensively New York has been above average this season with a .231 overall batting average to go along with 690 hits and four hundred runs scored in 91 games played. Anthony Rizzo leads New York to season with a .257 batting average to go along with a team leading .348 on base percentage. Gleyber Torres leads New York with 84 hits and has scored a team leading 50 runs. Aaron Judge is still the power in the New York lineup leading the team with 19 home runs and forty RBI 's but has played just 49 games this year.
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The Colorado Rockies limp into the second half of the season 23 games below .500 losing four of the last five including two in a row after he lost two San Francisco before the break. Connor Seabold (1-6 6.65 ERA) will be on the mound Saturday for Colorado. Seabold has given up 55 runs on 84 hits including sixteen long balls in just 70.1 innings of work.
The Colorado offense has been lackluster this season despite a .255 overall batting average the Rockies have scored just 393 total runs in 91 games. Ryan McMahon leads the Colorado offense this season with fourteen home runs and 45 RBI 's. All Star game MVP Elias Diaz leads the Rockies with a .277 batting average this season.
Recent Betting Trends:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of NY Yankees' last 7 games.
NY Yankees are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Colorado's last 5 games.
Colorado are 1-6 SU in their last 7 games.
NY Yankees are 3-7 SU in their last 10 games on the road.
Free Betting Pick: NYY -140
Both teams have been up and down thus far this season, but New York is the better team in this matchup. Look for New York to use their strengths to overwhelm a bad Colorado team resulting in the win. The Yankees will do enough Saturday to pull off the win against one of the worst teams in the National League to improve their overall record. Take New York Saturday to win game two in Colorado. Final Score Prediction, New York Yankees win 8-4.