Yankees favored over Mets in rivalry week matchup as Carlos Rodon returns to the mound

It is rivalry week successful baseball, and I can't accidental I afloat recognize what that looks similar for immoderate of these teams. The Toronto Blue Jays, for example, are playing the Detroit Tigers. Is that conscionable due to the fact that they are successful adjacent proximity? Or, is it due to the fact that Canada is excessively bully to person a existent rival, truthful they conscionable assigned them the Tigers?

Who knows. Either way, we person an all-New York matchup, and I deliberation we get a bully terms connected 1 of the teams today.

Carlos Rodón of the New York Yankees reacts pursuing the sixth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays astatine George M. Steinbrenner Field successful Tampa, Fla., connected Aug. 19, 2025. (Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

The New York Yankees are among the champion teams successful shot astatine the moment, and determination aren't galore reasons to judge that volition alteration implicit the people of the year. For the season, they are sporting a 28-17 record, but they bash person immoderate roadworthy woes arsenic they are conscionable 14-11 distant from home.

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If the Yankees support up this pace, however, they are projecting to beryllium a 100-win club. While that guarantees nothing, it should enactment them arsenic a apt big for the bulk of the postseason.

I'm definite determination volition beryllium slumps and issues on the way, but truthful acold it has been creaseless sailing, and they look to get stronger with guys similar today's starter coming backmost to the club. Carlos Rodon volition instrumentality the elevation contiguous and look to amended connected his shaky archetypal outing. Against the Brewers successful his past start, helium went 4.1 innings, allowed 2 hits, 3 earned runs and 5 walks.

The walks are the biggest interest to me, but possibly helium was conscionable getting his mechanics down. Mets hitters haven't been precise palmy against Rodon, hitting conscionable .215 implicit 65 at-bats.

New York Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodon pitches during the archetypal inning against the Cleveland Guardians successful crippled 1 of the ALCS astatine Yankee Stadium successful the 2024 MLB playoffs. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)

Stop maine if you've heard this before, but this was expected to beryllium a large twelvemonth for the New York Mets. As an nonsubjective observer, I volition astatine slightest springiness them recognition for trying. There are a batch of large league clubs that don't enactment immoderate effort.

The occupation is that their throwing wealth astatine players doesn't look to construe the mode it does for, say, the Dodgers. The squad is 18-26 for the season, with precisely fractional of their wins and losses coming astatine home. Their hitting is rough, with conscionable a .225 batting average, and they are successful the bottommost 4th of the league successful runs scored.

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Their pitching has been reliable, but they did conscionable get an wounded to 1 of their starters. What's crazy, to me, is extracurricular of Freddy Peralta, the Mets' pitching doesn't person names you'd truly recognize. However, they are turning successful bully outings. The hitting conscionable doesn't get it done.

Saturday volition beryllium a bullpen crippled for the nine with Huascar Brazoban taking the mound to unfastened it. The Mets bash person 1 of the amended bullpens successful the league, but I'm not rushing to the model to backmost them.

Juan Soto of the New York Mets reacts aft hitting an RBI azygous during the 5th inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates connected Opening Day astatine Citi Field successful New York City connected March 26, 2026. (Ishika Samant/Getty Images)

Saturday has the accidental to beryllium an disfigured 1 for the Mets. Bullpen games tin beryllium good, and they've go progressively fashionable implicit the years. I deliberation this crippled apt goes nether the 8.5 runs posted due to the fact that the Mets tin somewhat play the matchups. I besides deliberation Rodon is talented, and the Yankees besides person a bully bullpen.

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I don't consciousness overwhelmingly assured successful some plays, truthful I'm taking a portion and splitting it connected the Yankees winning the game. And, the different fractional of a portion volition beryllium connected the under. The Yankees are a amended nine with much accordant hitting, and I deliberation the pitching should person the borderline overall.

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