Yankees vs. Rangers Preview: Carlos Rodon vs. Andrew Heaney

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00:03Carlos Rodon gets the start tonight against Andrew Heaney.

00:06The Pinstripes, a road favorite in Texas once more.

00:10Total of nine.

00:11What's the play?

00:12Yeah, I think you're going to look at the Yankees tonight as the right side.

00:15You take a look also at the pitching prospects here of Carlos Rodon.

00:17Not a great pitcher this year, but his last 60 days, 4.10, should be able to keep you

00:21in the game and a manageable XFIP number of 3.72.

00:24He is tonight, at least analytically, the better pitcher over Andrew Heaney.

00:28If you're looking from an RBI perspective, Heaney's a left-handed pitcher, has struggled

00:31at times with right-handed batters.

00:33You look right to that leadoff guy tonight in Gleyber Torres and maybe Aaron Judge.

00:37He still has sizzling numbers against left-handed pitching.

00:40His last 42 at-bats, a 5.83 iso, and a weighted-on-base percentage of 6.16.

00:45If we're looking at that Texas lineup, the one thing that we do know, they don't hit

00:48left-handed pitching all that well, but they will have a ton of right-handed batters in

00:52that lineup.

00:53That's the way to attack Carlos Rodon, a left-handed pitcher.

00:55His last 29 at-bats and, quite frankly, his 115 left-handed batters he's faced on the

00:59season.

01:00He's been dominant, but a little bit leaky against right-handed batters.

01:03Still going to go with the Yankees.

01:04We're not saying they need this game more than the Texas range.

01:07It's not really the right way to approach it with roughly a month left to go in the

01:10season, but I think Rodon will be able to step up to the plate and the Yankees superstars

01:14will be able to carry the tide.

01:15I think the Yanks handled their business tonight.