LA will counter with Patrick Sandoval, who s off to a strong start to 2023 after a solid 2022 campaign. Sandoval has a tidy 1.23 ERA and 1.16 WHIP through three starts, winning his lone decision.
The lefty has a decent track record against the Yankees, holding the New York bats to just seven hits over 28 plate appearances.
As we ll discuss, the Yankees are off to a surprisingly slow start, and we re dealt a major blow on the injury front earlier this week.
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That would be the loss of Giancarlo Stanton, who s expected to miss six weeks with a strained hamstring. Stanton currently leads the team in RBI, and his loss will be big for the underachieving Yankees.
Aaron Boone on Giancarlo Stanton s IL status:
We re hoping we get him back in six weeks.
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Despite boasting a ridiculously talented lineup, New York ranks below average in runs per game. They re batting just .236 for the season, a bottom-eight mark, while their slugging and OPS are also below the MLB average.
Aaron Judge is off to a fine start with 6 home runs through 17 games, but it s well below the pace he set last year en route to winning MVP honors. New York enters play having scored three or fewer runs in three straight games, and in five of six overall.
LA meanwhile, also ranks below league average in most key offensive categories. Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani have combined for just seven home runs, with Ohtani being robbed of another on Wednesday by Judge.
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The Angels top-two sluggers are a combined 1-for-10 lifetime versus Cortes Jr, with zero extra-base hits.
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With New York s offense struggling, and Cortes Jr. in fine form, the under in Thursday s contest is appealing. When you think Yankees baseball you naturally want to associate it with high scoring affairs, but that hasn t been the case in 2023.
New York is 12-6 to the under this season. That s tied for the highest percentage of under results along with Miami. Both games in this series have fallen below the total so far, and five straight Yankees contests have failed to exceed seven runs.
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