Game Time: 7:05 pm ET, Friday, June 1st , 2022 

Venue: Yankee Stadium, New York, New York

Where to Watch:  FS1

DraftKings: Money-line: Angels +135, Yankees -135; O/U 8

BetMGM: Moneyline:    Angels +135, Yankees -154; O/U 8

Angels: 27-22, 2nd place AL Central.

Yankees: 33-15, 1st place AL East.

An MLB American League matchup between the best of the East and a solid team from the West.  The Yankees have looked amazing so far in the young season and have a full 5 game lead in the tough AL East.  Historically speaking they have met milestones… Like through the first 20 games, the first 30 games, the first 40 games where the only previous Yankee teams to have matching win percentages all won the World Series.  That is a good start.  The Angels have risen to 2nd place in the AL West division… which if you know Angel history?... You know it’s a pretty great start for them as well. The only team above the Angels in the West are the Astros, the hated, cheating Astros.  The question: what is the great betting opportunity?... Seems to have a simple answer.  It would obviously be The Yankees will win at home and the moneyline is not too steep… But with the Angels the real work isn’t done until you inspect the starting pitching match-up… and find out about the health of Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout.

The Los Angeles Angels have won just 3 of their last 10 games.  They are on a viciously bad 5-game losing streak.  They went 5 Over, 4 Under, and 1 Push during that stretch.  They were swept by the Toronto Blue Jays 0-4, Went 1-1 against the Texas Rangers, 2-1 against the Oakland Athletics (a team actively trying to lose), and 0-1 against the Texas Rangers.  The last ten games have been devastating for the Angels with losses coming in bunches.  The Angels have the best player in baseball in Shohei Ohtani.  The guy can pitch well, and is among the best hitters ever to step into the box… He is followed in the line-up by the previous best player in baseball Mike Trout.  These are the type of guys who will have melancholy Hall of Fame speeches… They won’t win enough, but the numbers will say they were at a time the best players in baseball.  The fault of all of this is a tragic team ownership group that is fine with just having a team in Orange County, California.  The BS about their being the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is so rotten… no one in Los Angeles is driving the hour away to go to Angels games.  Team management never makes the big push to win beyond giving a big $$ contract to a young great and then watching him flounder for a decade.

The New York Yankees have won 5 of their last 10 games.  Not a good week for these tough Yankees at all!  They went 4 Over and 6 Under.  The Yankees have a great mix of top ten batting and top five pitching.  Plus their own East division has regressed with the Red Sox and the Blue Jays not looking at all as strong as they did last season.  The season is young… we still have 70% of the games left to play… It all could change, but right now the Yankees are the best team in the American League on a bit of a stagnant patch.  Yankees star Aaron Judge has figured out whatever it was he needed to figure out last season.  Judge simply hits the ball.  From the DH spot Aaron leads the Yankees in Home runs, Batting average, and OPS.  This first p[lace team has been missing their other DH Giancarlo Stanton to the injury list, he will return in mid-June to bolster an already potent offensive attack.

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The Angels are 27-22 on the season.  21 Over, 22 Under, and 6 Push.  They are 12-9 in road games.

The Yankees are 33-15 on the season. 21 Over and 27 Under.  They are 17-7 in home games. 

The Angels are 4th in scoring with 4.80 runs per game, 8th in batting average with .250, and 6th in OBP with .322.

The Yankees are 8th in scoring with 4.58, 15th in batting average with .237, and 12th in OBP with .314.

The Angels pitchers are 10th in ERA with 3.68, 6th in WHIP with 1.15.  They have been below average in fielding… ranking 18th in errors with 27 on the season so far.

The Yankees pitchers are 3rd in ERA with 2.95, 1st in WHIP with 1.08.  They have been great in the field while ranking 4th in errors (not getting errors) with only 19 so far.

Our prediction for Wednesday, June 1st is…. Angels 6 - Yankees 3

It is finally time to take advantage of the close numbers but the better payout on the moneyline.  Both teams have had recent struggles with each not breaking .500 over the last 10 games.  The numbers are so close that the pitching matchup weighs heavily. The Angels have the advantage in the opener of this series.  Bet it for the extra payout on the moneyline.  

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Angels: C K. Suzuki (neck) Quest ** 3B A. Rendon (wrist) Out ** SS D. Fletcher (groin) Out

Yankees: DH Giancarlo Stanton (calf) Out,** 3B J Donaldson (shoulder) Out ** C B. Rortvedt (oblique) Out ** CF T. Locastro (back) Out 

Angels: LHP Reid Detmers, 2-2, 4.65 ERA, 27 strikeouts in 40 innings pitched.  WHIP 0.91.  The 22 year old was a first round pick in 2020 (10th overall) and debuted in August 2021.  He only has 61 innings pitched in his career… his WHIP is smoking, but his ERA needs work.  To say the Angels have high hopes for Reid Detmers is too blatantly understate the matter.  They want him to work.  He has the tools.  The Majors are a tough gig for a young cub.

Yankees: LHP Nestor Cortes, 4-1, 1.70 ERA, 61 strikeouts in 53 innings pitched, 0.85 WHIP.  Nestor is a 27 year old dynamo.  He is also painfully inexperienced (but not as much as Detmers) . It is a battle of greenhorns with fast pistols.  

Angels: RF Taylor Ward, DH Shohei Ohtani, CF Mike Trout, 1B Jared Walsh, 2B Luis Rengifo, LF Brandon Marsh, C Max Stassi, SS Andrew Velazquez, 3B Tyler Wade

Yankees: 3B DJ LeMahieu, DH Aaron Judge, 1B Anthony Rizzo, 2B Gleyber Torres, LF Miguel Andujar, CF Aaron Hicks, SS Isiah Kiner-Falefa, C Kyle Higashioka, RF Joey Gallo

Angels: Joe Maddon

Yankees: Aaron “No, I'm not related to Aaron Judge… That’s not how relations work” Boone

  Mostly cloudy. Low temp during the day of 69* will dip even further when the sun sets.  Humidity of 73% and a precipitation chance of 20%.  The wind will blow slightly at 9 mph.  But remember it is New York… you are not supposed to enjoy yourself… you are supposed to spend money.