New York Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 13-15 Toronto Blue Jays are hosting the 17-10 New York Yankees tonight in MLB action on the turf of Rogers Center May 6, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:07PM EST.
Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Bluejays -106/Yankees -104
O/U Total: 8.5
Pitching Matchup
C.C. Sabathia (L) W/L 0-4 WHIP 1.39 ERA 5.40
Buehrle (L) W/L 3-2 WHIP 1.93 ERA 6.75
New York defeated Toronto 6-3 on Tuesday and is now 11-4 on the road in 2015. The Yankees are 4-1 on their current road trip and 7-2 in their last eight outings. The Blue Jays are 1-1 on their current homestand and 4-6 in their last 10 games.
Toronto has a 3-2 lead over NY this season but the Yankees have a 5-4 edge in the last nine encounters.
Sabathia received a no decision in his last start ending a 4-game losing streak. He allowed 2 runs over 6 innings for his 2nd Q start of the year. Buehrle is coming off his worst outing of the campaign (8 ERs in 4.1 innings). It was his 2nd-straight poor outing after 3 Q starts to begin the season.
Several Yankee hitters have had success vs. Buehrle in their careers. SS Stephen Drew (.421), C Brian McCann (.407) and OF Brett Gardner (.375) lead the way while OF Carlos Beltran has hit 4 HRs off of the left-hander.
IF Danny Valencia is the only Jays hitter with any continued success vs. Sabathia (.280) and he isn’t even a regular. 1B Edwin Encarnacion has the only stolen base against the wily left-hander. Three players who may want to skip this game are C Russell Martin and OFs Jose Bautista and Michael Saunders. The trio is a collective 5-53 (.094) vs. Sabathia.
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New York at Toronto Betting Trends
The Yankees are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games.
New York are 7-1 straight up in their last 8 games on the road.
The game total has gone under in 4 of the Yankees last 6 road games.
Toronto is 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games at home.
The game total has gone under the posted run line in 4 of Toronto’s last 6 games at home against N.Y.
Injury Report
NEW YORK YANKEES
Chris Capuano P 15-Day Disabled List
Ivan Nova P 60-Day Disabled List
Jose Pirela 2B 7-Day Disabled List
Brendan Ryan SS 15-Day Disabled List
Masahiro Tanaka P 15-Day Disabled List
TORONTO BLUE JAYS
Maicer Izturis 2B 60-Day Disabled List
Dioner Navarro C 15-Day Disabled List
Jose Reyes SS 15-Day Disabled List
Marcus Stroman P 60-Day Disabled List
Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
New York: 52%
Toronto: 48%
Free MLB Pick
Yankee starter CC Sabithia has pitched well in two9 of his last three so maybe there’s still hope for him He’s pitched OK against the Jays with the Jays’ lineup hitting .242 AVG .319 SLG and .599 OPS. Toronto starter Mark Buehrle has been brutal in his last two allowing a combined 13 runs on 24 hits in 10 innings. The Yankees have had great success against him in the past and the current lineup is hitting .286 with a team .778 OPS.
Take the OVER 8.5