Yankees Seek to End Recent Struggles Tuesday vs. Rays

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00:00And the Yankees find their footing once again down in Florida in the drop against the Rays minus

00:10130 the price for the Yanks as a slight road favorite although the line is now working minus

00:15122 against the pinstripes today in the opener against the Rays eight is the over under will

00:23the Yankees DRS ahead of the all-star break with just six games left until we get to the break

00:29start playing better baseball they better start playing better baseball because this isn't like

00:34hey let's not let our lead dwindle here ben it's not let us get behind five games before we get to

00:39the break when just a few short weeks ago we were in full control of this division but if we are

00:44taking a look at the pitching matchup over the last 60 days ben how about this 103 and 103

00:49x fit minus numbers for each pitcher here carlos rodon and ryan pepio on the mound today if we are

00:55taking a look at some of those numbers which are troubling for rodon the one thing that we do like

00:59here is this game is not being played in the bronx for rodon where it might be 90 degrees with the

01:04wind blowing out you're playing at the trop which is one of the better pitchers ballparks

01:07in major league baseball having said that look at this last 30 days 122 batters he's faced a 279

01:13iso and a 426 weighted on base percentage combined and also both lefties and righties

01:19pounding him as a pitcher which is tough because you take a look at the lineup it's not very good

01:24for tampa bay but they've done well against left-handed pitching with a couple guys here ben

01:28yandi diaz randy rosarania isaac parades and jose siri crushing left-handed pitching over the past

01:34month flip it over to the new york yankees of course we have the steady players you take a

01:38look at ryan pepio over the last 30 days 51 batters he's faced as a right-handed pitcher

01:43against lefties a 279 iso and a 429 weighted on base percentage so then you would look at ben

01:49rice at the top of that lineup juan soto alex verdugo austin wells are some of those guys that

01:54you want to put in the mix here for rbi opportunities and certainly you're not going

01:57to leave out aaron judge who no matter lefty or righty pitchers he's been crushing them but that

02:01offense for me really has to turn up it's not a great place for them to turn up this is a true

02:06coin flip and the yankees really need a victory maybe if you're looking at saying okay both of

02:11these pitchers even though it's a pitching environment here can be hit here the x-fit

02:15minus numbers slightly over above average two of these lineups making some sense here maybe an

02:20over make sense but i can't just say the yankees need it they have to win here they haven't shown

02:25me much here ben over the past week week and a half