The Yankees continue their series with the White Sox Wednesday, with AL Cy Young betting favorite Cam Schlittler set to take the mound for the Bombers. Davis Martin gets the start for the White Sox.
The Yankees are modest road favorites at -148 on the moneyline at FanDuel with the Over/Under at 8 total runs.
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The Yankees didn’t need any more bad news, but when it rains, it pours, and the Pinstripes are overrun like the New York City Subway in a thunderstorm.
The news that Cody Bellinger would miss at least four weeks with a hamstring injury was the latest blow to a lineup that was already lacking significant firepower since Aaron Judge went down with an injury in June.
But Schlittler continues to be the silver lining in the Yankees’ dark clouds this season.
Schlittler is coming off his best performance of the season against the Phillies. He struck out 12 batters, his second-highest total this season, and allowed just three hits over 7⅓ shutout innings.
His emergence as one of the best pitchers in the American League has been crucial for a Yankees team that has become overly reliant on its pitching in recent weeks.
There may be some nights when the lineup can string together runs like it did in the opening game of this series, but it seems unlikely that will be consistent every night.
Even when Schlittler has a subpar start, he still manages to rack up the strikeouts. He has the fourth-highest K% (30.5), ranks 18th in Whiff%, and is adept at getting batters to swing and miss in or out of the zone.
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This should be a good matchup for Schlittler to exploit: the White Sox rank seventh in K% this season.
Schlittler’s strikeout prop has slowly crept up to 7.5 recently, but that’s a number he’s gone over nine times this season, including five times in his last 10 games.
I’m willing to ride the hot hand and bet him to keep fooling players at the plate.
The Pick: Cam Schlittler Over 7.5 Strikeouts (+110, FanDuel)
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