The New York Yankees and the Miami Marlins meet Friday in MLB action from Marlins Park. The Yankees are fresh off a set versus the White Sox, losing two of three games. As for Miami, they just finished up against the Reds and won two of their three games. Check back all season long for free MLB picks at Sports Chat Place. 

New York Yankees 

The Yankees looked pretty rough against the White Sox this week, outside of a solid 7-1 win in the Tuesday game. New York otherwise lost 5-1 Monday and 9-2 in the finale. On Wednesday in the loss, New York’s Giancarlo Stanton was the only player with RBI (two) on a homer, and six different players drew a walk but only Aaron Judge managed to score. 

It’s looking like the Yankees will recall Randy Vasquez from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for the starter job Friday. In three starts this year Vasquez has a 1.17 ERA. He’s got a shot at staying in the Big Leagues for a while if all goes well here. 

New York Yankees Team Facts

• The underdogs have won four of the Yankees’ last five games.
• The Yankees have failed to cover the run line in each of their last 10 Friday night games.
• The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last four night games at LoanDepot Park.

New York Yankees Player Prop Facts

• Giancarlo Stanton has hit a home run in four of his last five appearances with the Yankees as road underdogs against NL East opponents.
• Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one RBI in seven of his last eight appearances with the Yankees as underdogs against NL East opponents.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa has scored at least one run in each of the Yankees’ last seven games as underdogs against NL opponents.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one hit in each of the Yankees’ last 11 games against NL opponents.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one total base in each of the Yankees’ last 11 games against NL opponents.

Miami Marlins 

Over on the Marlins’ side, they lost to the Reds 5-2 in their opener this week but bounced back for wins 3-2 and 5-4 in the other two games. Miami’s Josh Bell hit two homers and notched four RBI in the finale victory. Bryan De La Cruz posted a solo homer, and Luis Arraez had a run with one hit. 

Jesus Luzardo will take the mound for the Marlins on Friday. Across his 23 starts this year Luzardo is 8-6 with a 3.52 ERA and 155 Ks in 130.1 innings. Luzardo is 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA in his last seven starts, giving up 13 earned in 39.2 innings total. 

Miami Marlins Team Facts

• The Marlins have lost four of their last five games as home favorites against AL East opponents.
• The Marlins have failed to cover the run line in each of their last seven night games following a win.
• The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Marlins’ last five games as favorites against AL East opponents.
• The Marlins have trailed after 5 innings in each of their last eight games.
• The Marlins have trailed after 7 innings in each of their last four night games against American League opponents that held a winning record.

Miami Marlins Player Prop Facts

• Jesus Luzardo has recorded seven or more strikeouts in seven of his last eight home appearances.
• Jesus Luzardo ranks T9th in the league for total Strikeouts (155) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Miami Marlins ranks T2nd in the league for strikeouts this season (1100).
• The Miami Marlins ranks 3rd in the league for batting average this season (.262).
• The New York Yankees ranks 30th in the league for doubles this season (151).
• The New York Yankees ranks 1st in the league for hits allowed this season (889).

ANDREW’S FREE PICK 

I’m probably going to try the Marlins. Also probably not touching this one, though; Luzardo hasn’t been great lately but I don’t necessarily trust the Yankees offense these days. In any case, Luzardo has struggled over his last two starts with eight earned in 10.0 combined innings on 13 hits and five walks. New York has scored three runs or fewer in four of their last six games however, so it shouldn’t take much to keep the Yankees hitters at bay if Luzardo is on. After that it’ll be up to the bullpen, which gave up just one earned in 4.0 innings in the Wednesday win over the Reds.