Colorado Rockies vs New York Yankees: Predictions, Odds and Roster Notes

Where: Yankee Stadium, New York City, New York

When: Friday, July 19th, 2019 at 7:05 PM EST

How (TV/Radio): Yankees TV/Radio: YES, WFAN 101.9FM. Rockies TV/Radio: Root Sports, KOA 850 AM.

Team Notes

Colorado Rockies

The Rockies have dropped below .500 and stand 16 games back of the Dodgers in the NL West.

Colorado has a 7.3% chance to make the playoffs and a 0.2% probability to take the World Series according to Baseball Reference.

The Rockies have 30-1 odds to win the National League and are 60-1 to win the World Series.

New York Yankees

The Yankees have rebounded from a short cold spell, winning three of their last five games.

New York’s season has given them a 98.6% shot to make the playoffs and 13.4% chance to win the World Series.

The Yankees are 17-10 to win the AL Pennant and 7-2 to win the 2019 World Series.

Pitcher Notes

Colorado Rockies: Kyle Freeland (2-6, 7.39 ERA)

Freeland made his first start in six weeks for the Rockies after being sent down to AAA.

• Freeland’s last start was at Coors and the lefty allowed five earned runs in four innings.
• The Rockies’ starter has a 5.04 ERA on the road this season with 32 strikeouts in 30.1 innings.
• Freeland has allowed 16 home runs in 63.1 innings this season.

New York Yankees: Masahiro Tanaka (6-5, 3.81 ERA)

Tanaka has been a roller coaster in his last four starts, posting two quality starts alongside two starts where he allowed ten runs in seven innings.

• In Tanaka’s last start, the righty struck out five in six innings in a 4-2 win over Toronto.
• Tanaka has given up six home runs in his last four starts.
• At home this season, Tanaka has posted a 2.86 ERA with 65 strikeouts in 69.1 innings.

Hitter Notes

Colorado Rockies

On the road, the Rockies are hitting a pathetic .221, while at home they hit .307. Colorado has scored 324 runs at home in 49 games, compared to the 195 they’ve scored in 46 games on the road.

• 1B Ian Desmond is 0 for 5 off Tanaka, with one walk and three strikeouts.
• C Chris Ianetta is 0 for 4 versus Tanaka with two walks and two strikeouts.
• 1B Daniel Murphy is 2 for 7 with a solo homers against the Yankees’ right-hander.

New York Yankees

In their nine July games, the Yankees went 6-5 with 48 runs scored, powered by 17 homers.

• No one in the Yankees lineup has ever faced Kyle Freeland.
• Against lefties this season, the Yankees are hitting .242 with 31 homers in 761 at-bats.
• At home, the Yankees are 34-16 with 83 homers in 50 games.

Roster Notes

Colorado Rockies

• SS Brendan Rodgers had season-ending labrum surgery and hopes to return in 2020.
• SP Tyler Anderson is on the 60-day IL due to a knee surgery.
• RP Seunghwan Oh is on the 10-day IL with a strained abdominal muscle.

New York Yankees

• OF Giancarlo Stanton hopes to return next month from his sprained knee.
• SP Luis Severino is building back his shoulder from the strained lat muscle injury earlier in the season.
• 1B Luke Voit has returned to the Yankees after tweaking his abdominal muscle.

Game Odds

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