Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees Prediction, 6/28/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Oakland Athletics vs New York Yankees

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

The Oakland Athletics (25-49) are en route to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday where they will play the New York Yankees (53-20). The men taking the mound will be Frankie Montas and JP Sears.

Oakland has a slugging rate of .329 and have been called out on strikes 620 times, while drawing a walk on 187 occasions. They have 216 RBI's and 509 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is sitting at .211. The Athletics have hit 119 doubles as a team and have knocked 51 baseballs out of the park. They have accounted for 235 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .273. As a team, the Oakland Athletics are putting up 3.2 runs per game, which has them at 29th in MLB.

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Athletics pitchers have given up 80 home runs in addition to 342 runs (22nd in the league). They have walked 250 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.31 as a team for the season. They have earned a K/BB ratio of 2.23 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.36. The Athletics hold a team earned run average of 4.41 so far this season (24th in MLB), and they have rung up 558 batters.

The Athletics relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 57.1% and has stepped onto the mound in 75 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 146 runners on the year with 28.1% of those runners crossed the plate. Athletics relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 95 times in addition to having 79 appearances in high leverage situations. The Athletics have dispatched 258 relief pitchers to the hill for the year. The relief pitchers have recorded 45 holds this year (11th in the league). They have compiled 16 saves this year and have blown 12 of 28 save opportunities.

The Athletics have converted 69.0% of balls in play into outs out of their 5,844 innings on the field, which has them ranked 19th in pro baseball. The Oakland Athletics are sitting with 1,948 putouts at this point in the season, in addition to 683 assists and 48 errors. Their fielding percentage is at .982 which has them ranked 24th in the majors, and they have turned 64 double plays.

Montas has pitched in 537 frames and has tallied 561 punch outs during his career. Montas (34-30 career mark) is the owner of a FIP of 3.68 while he has gone up against 2,271 batters in the major leagues. His ERA is 3.75 (224 ER's allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.268. He has given up 507 base knocks (8.5 hits per 9 innings) with 175 walks.

The Yankees hold a slugging percentage of .434 and they average 5.03 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have 97 doubles, while taking a walk 279 times as well as putting up 367 runs. New York has knocked in 121 long balls this year and 347 runs batted in. They have been rung up on 605 occasions (18th in baseball) and are sitting with 580 hits. The New York Yankees have tallied a team on-base percentage of .323 and a team batting average of .240 on the campaign.

The New York pitching staff have conceded 223 runs this season and come in with a team ERA of 2.94 (215 earned runs yielded). They have given up 66 dingers and they concede 3.05 runs per 9 innings (1st in the league). The Yankees hold a team WHIP of 1.073 and have a FIP of 3.38 as a unit on the year. Their K/BB ratio comes in at 3.56 (669 strikeouts vs 188 walks). They rank 3rd in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 518.

New York relievers hold an inherited score percentage of 30.4% out of their 102 inherited base runners. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 90 times in high leverage situations in addition to 75 occasions with runners on. With 84 save situations, the Yankees have recorded 46 holds in addition to 10 blown saves. They are ranked 7th in the league with a save rate of 71.4%, and they have sent 223 relief pitchers to the hill so far this season. New York has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 35 save opportunities and they have tallied 25 saves.

The New York Yankees have turned 45 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .990 (3rd in pro baseball). The Yankees have 672 assists, 28 errors and have accumulated 1,975 putouts for the year. In their 5,925 innings on the diamond, the Yankees are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 72.6% (1st in professional baseball).

During his career, Sears has surrendered 5 base hits while totaling 7 strikeouts in 7 innings pitched. Sears (2-0 record in his career) has earned a 0.00 earned run average and has given up 6.4 hits per 9 innings. He has surrendered a total of 0 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.143 and having a FIP of 2.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.33 and he has gone up against 30 batters so far in his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Oakland

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