Originally Posted by
NJN86
Took the U8 here... Not so sure I like Yankees active batters stats here against Holland enough to take Yanks +135 though:
Derek Holland vs Active Yankees (since 2010)
BA: .214 OBP: .283 SLG: .350 OTS: .099
But Kuroda has even better numbers against the Rangers active batters too:
BA: .177 OBP: .226 SLG: .354 OTS: .080
Despite the apparent pitching advantage, Yankees offense overall is just anemic. Holland gives up a decent % of fly balls in a home run hitters park, but the yanks are slugging just .336 in July and .369 this season, so I doubt they'll be able take advantage of that fact.
My only concern for the under is that the Rangers hit well off of righties: BA: .262, OBP: .319, SLG: .429, OTS: .137, but Kuroda hasn't given up more than 2 ERs in any of his last 7 starts and he has had some success against these hitters before (small sample size though), so I think he should be able to keep the Rangers under control.