Pair of Reliables Will Keep Yanks-White Sox Showdown on ESPN „Under“
The Yanks host the White Sox on Monday night on ESPN. Don’t like laying heavy chalk? No problem. Chicago’s starting pitcher is every bit as reliable as New York’s.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees
MLB Pick: Under
Chicago’s Carlos Rodon (5-3, 2.71 ERA) is the top reason why you shouldn’t invest heavy chalk in the Yankees. He’s conceded more than two runs one time in his last eight starts. In the meanwhile, he’s thrived against playoff contenders like Houston, against which he allowed two runs in six innings, and Cleveland, which he shut out over eight innings.
The southpaw Rodon relies on his fastball the most in all scenarios except with two strikes. He throws this pitch with 47 percent frequency. It possesses decent velocity and decent movement. What makes it so effective is that he consistently places it in locations where it’s harder for the opposing batter to make good contact. For example, right-handed batters typically love to a see a pitch move towards them and love to use quick hands to burn a left-handed pitcher who tries to beat them on an inside pitch. But against right-handed batters, Rodon throws with only combined eight percent frequency in the six inside spots of the strike zone. Instead, he throws with combined 33 percent frequency in the furthest six spots. Hitters only have good batting averages against Rodon’s fastball in the inside locations of the zone. But because Rodon rarely makes location errors with this pitch, opponents bat .194 overall against his fastball.
Rodon’s second-favorite pitch is the slider. He features it with two strikes.and when he gets into trouble. It’s a big reason why opponents are hitting .136 against him with runners in scoring position. It has negligible vertical movement so that it doesn’t hang in the zone, which would allow a batter to track it more easily. He also locates it well, placing it with 55 percent frequency in the lowest row of the zone. Opponents bat .068 against his slider.
His fastball and slider have high ball rates. But he doesn’t need to throw a lot of strikes or even avoid walking too many batters to succeed. He only needs to keep his stuff away from the middle of the plate. Otherwise, he induces enough chases and soft contact to keep his team in games. Yankee hitters Giancarlo Stanton, Ronald Torreyes, and Aaron Hicks are combined 0-for-8 against him.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ht" dir="ltr">Carlos Rodon, Nasty 87mph Slider. <a href="https://t.co/wDELVaRIC3">pic.twitter.com/wDELVaRIC3</a></p>— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=" ">June 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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New York’s Masahiro Tanaka (9-4, 3.90 ERA) has allowed more than two runs once in his last seven starts.
Tanaka thankfully doesn’t rely on his fastball as much as he used to because this pitch has typically given him trouble. Instead, he relies on a slider-splitter combo. Both pitches make up 64 percent of his arsenal. Like Rodon’s, Tanaka’s slider lacks vertical movement. Opponents kill it when he mistakenly leaves it in the middle region of the zone. But he places it with 50 percent frequency in the four lowest-right spots in the zone. Despite his goal of precision, he’s able to throw a higher rate of strikes with it. Opponents bat .160 against it. Tanaka’s splitter is elusive with its negative horizontal movement. He keeps it with astounding 67 percent frequency in the lowest row of the zone. His combo of strong location and movement make the splitter his favorite whiff pitch, which is why he emphasizes it with two strikes.
The Chi Sox will try to hit Tanaka without slugger Jose Abreu, who’s joined Welington Castillo and Leury Garcia on the DL. Garcia, Castillo, and Abreu were three of Chicago’s four BA leaders. The White Sox „under“ is 6-3 against playoff contenders in the second half.
The Yanks host the White Sox on Monday night on ESPN. Don’t like laying heavy chalk? No problem. Chicago’s starting pitcher is every bit as reliable as New York’s.
Chicago White Sox at New York Yankees
MLB Pick: Under
Chicago’s Carlos Rodon (5-3, 2.71 ERA) is the top reason why you shouldn’t invest heavy chalk in the Yankees. He’s conceded more than two runs one time in his last eight starts. In the meanwhile, he’s thrived against playoff contenders like Houston, against which he allowed two runs in six innings, and Cleveland, which he shut out over eight innings.
The southpaw Rodon relies on his fastball the most in all scenarios except with two strikes. He throws this pitch with 47 percent frequency. It possesses decent velocity and decent movement. What makes it so effective is that he consistently places it in locations where it’s harder for the opposing batter to make good contact. For example, right-handed batters typically love to a see a pitch move towards them and love to use quick hands to burn a left-handed pitcher who tries to beat them on an inside pitch. But against right-handed batters, Rodon throws with only combined eight percent frequency in the six inside spots of the strike zone. Instead, he throws with combined 33 percent frequency in the furthest six spots. Hitters only have good batting averages against Rodon’s fastball in the inside locations of the zone. But because Rodon rarely makes location errors with this pitch, opponents bat .194 overall against his fastball.
Rodon’s second-favorite pitch is the slider. He features it with two strikes.and when he gets into trouble. It’s a big reason why opponents are hitting .136 against him with runners in scoring position. It has negligible vertical movement so that it doesn’t hang in the zone, which would allow a batter to track it more easily. He also locates it well, placing it with 55 percent frequency in the lowest row of the zone. Opponents bat .068 against his slider.
His fastball and slider have high ball rates. But he doesn’t need to throw a lot of strikes or even avoid walking too many batters to succeed. He only needs to keep his stuff away from the middle of the plate. Otherwise, he induces enough chases and soft contact to keep his team in games. Yankee hitters Giancarlo Stanton, Ronald Torreyes, and Aaron Hicks are combined 0-for-8 against him.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="ht" dir="ltr">Carlos Rodon, Nasty 87mph Slider. <a href="https://t.co/wDELVaRIC3">pic.twitter.com/wDELVaRIC3</a></p>— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href=" ">June 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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New York’s Masahiro Tanaka (9-4, 3.90 ERA) has allowed more than two runs once in his last seven starts.
Tanaka thankfully doesn’t rely on his fastball as much as he used to because this pitch has typically given him trouble. Instead, he relies on a slider-splitter combo. Both pitches make up 64 percent of his arsenal. Like Rodon’s, Tanaka’s slider lacks vertical movement. Opponents kill it when he mistakenly leaves it in the middle region of the zone. But he places it with 50 percent frequency in the four lowest-right spots in the zone. Despite his goal of precision, he’s able to throw a higher rate of strikes with it. Opponents bat .160 against it. Tanaka’s splitter is elusive with its negative horizontal movement. He keeps it with astounding 67 percent frequency in the lowest row of the zone. His combo of strong location and movement make the splitter his favorite whiff pitch, which is why he emphasizes it with two strikes.
The Chi Sox will try to hit Tanaka without slugger Jose Abreu, who’s joined Welington Castillo and Leury Garcia on the DL. Garcia, Castillo, and Abreu were three of Chicago’s four BA leaders. The White Sox „under“ is 6-3 against playoff contenders in the second half.
