New York Yankees vs Toronto Blue Jays Matchup Preview - September 28th, 2022

Gleyber Torres and the Yankees go head-to-head against George Springer and the Blue Jays today. Over the last 7 days, Gleyber Torres has provided the bulk of the offense for Yankees. He's batted .417 with 5 runs, 12 RBIs, 3 home runs, and 1 stolen bases. Meanwhile, it's been George Springer who has been hot for the Blue Jays. Over the last week, he's batting .286 with 6 runs, 5 RBIs, and 3 home runs.

New York Yankees Insights

• Gerrit Cole has been given more leash than the average pitcher this year, throwing 11.8 more adjusted pitches-per-game than average.

• Harrison Bader's average exit velocity has dropped off this year; his 86.2-mph figure last season has decreased to 83.5-mph.

• The 19.2% Barrel% of the New York Yankees ranks them as the #2 squad in the league since the start of last season by this metric.

Toronto Blue Jays Insights

• Mitch White has a reverse platoon split and will be disadvantaged facing 6 same-handed batters in this matchup.

• Raimel Tapia is an extreme groundball hitter and matches up with the strong infield defense of New York (#2-best of all teams on the slate).

• Bo Bichette has a 97th percentile opposite-field rate on his flyballs (40.3%) and will be challenged by the league's 8th-deepest RF fences today.

Betting Trends

• The New York Yankees have hit the 1st Five Innings (F5) Team Total Over in 5 of their last 8 games (+1.90 Units / 21% ROI)

• Josh Donaldson has hit the Total Bases Under in 15 of his last 20 away games (+10.10 Units / 38% ROI)