Chris Sale and Gerrit Cole set up a pitching duel as Atlanta Braves host the New York Yankees

We deed different victor connected the diamond yesterday with the Rays and Drew Rasmussen getting the triumph implicit the Mariners. It was a precise low-scoring game, but that didn't substance due to the fact that we came retired connected the close broadside of it. Unfortunately, I mislaid the afloat crippled stake connected the Padres, truthful it was fundamentally a wash. However, I deed connected our Jose Altuve bet, truthful we did extremity up profitable for the day, and that's the eventual goal. Let's get immoderate nett present arsenic the Braves instrumentality connected the Yankees.

The Atlanta Braves are softly having 1 of the champion seasons of immoderate squad successful baseball. They are the 2nd squad to scope 70 wins and are present 8.5 games up of the second-place Phillies. There is simply a batch to similar astir this squad that conscionable keeps winning. They person truly beardown hitters up and down the lineup. They tin bushed you with speed, interaction hitting, power, and a reasonably beardown defense. Their pitching unit has had immoderate concerns, but nary squad is perfect.

Atlanta Braves starting pitcher Chris Sale pitches during the 2nd inning against the Los Angeles Angels successful Anaheim, California, connected April 6, 2026. (Caroline Brehman/AP Photo)

They bash person 1 of the champion pitchers successful shot connected the roster, and helium takes the pill tonight. Chris Sale has been arsenic bully arsenic it gets since coming implicit to Atlanta. He had 2 phenomenal years with them already, and this mightiness beryllium his best. He is 12-6 with a 2.08 ERA and a 1.02 WHIP. He besides has 143 strikeouts for the season. His wins, ERA, and WHIP are each successful the top-10 successful the Majors. He was precise bully successful July, allowing conscionable six runs implicit 27 innings. He had 3 starts wherever helium didn't let a run, though 1 was a short, three-inning outing. The Yankees don't person a ton of acquisition against him, and they are conscionable 4-for-29.

The New York Yankees were going to drawback immoderate vigor from their fans unless they added Tarik Skubal to the roster astatine the commercialized deadline. That didn't happen, but the squad did bash immoderate enactment to effort and code their needs. Their biggest request is filling the shoes of Aaron Judge, who has been retired for months. You're not going to find that connected the commercialized market. Instead, they got Luis Garcia Jr. and Heliot Ramos. Neither of those players volition marque you overly excited, but this is inactive a squad that has 65 wins and is successful a comfy presumption to marque the postseason. Additionally, Judge is trying to instrumentality to enactment sooner alternatively than later.

Pitcher Gerrit Cole #45 of the New York Yankees pitches against the Chicago Cubs during the 2nd inning of a outpouring grooming crippled astatine Sloan Park connected March 24, 2026 successful Mesa, Arizona. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) (Chris Coduto/Getty Images)

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The squad turns to Gerrit Cole this afternoon. Cole started the play connected the injured list, but has present been backmost for 2 afloat months and is looking much and much similar his aged self. He has allowed 3 oregon less runs successful each of his past six outings. Two of those were less than six innings of work, but helium inactive deed the five-inning threshold successful those. He hasn't been wildly antithetic connected the roadworthy oregon astatine location truthful acold this season, but helium has allowed much homers successful Yankee Stadium than helium has connected the road. Braves hitters are not precise palmy against him, going conscionable 6-for-52.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JULY 3: Matt Olson #28 of the Atlanta Braves hits a location tally against the New York Mets successful the 5th inning astatine Truist Park connected July 3, 2026 successful Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Brett Davis/Getty Images) (Getty Images)

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Today mightiness beryllium a time to springiness disconnected to Matt Olson, helium is 0-for-21 against Cole with conscionable 2 walks and 14 strikeouts. Ouch. I'll enactment a subordinate prop connected him to not person a deed today. That's a +122 payout. I'm besides going to instrumentality the nether here. I deliberation Sale and Cole volition conflict each different retired and station mislaid of scoreless innings. I expect this to beryllium person to a 2-1 crippled than a 7-5 score. Give maine the nether arsenic good arsenic the Olson prop.

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