The New York Yankees are 3-1 on their current road trip through Baltimore and Detroit and a season-high 20 games over .500 as their high-octane offense heads to Toronto to play the Blue Jays in a two-game series.
The Yankees, which have won five of their last six games, are leading the majors in home runs, slugging and runs per game, while their bullpen has been consistent all season long and owns some of the best numbers in the game.
New York relievers own a 3.28 ERA, which ranks third best in the American League, and a .211 batting average against, which leads the A.L. Their 12.1 strikeouts per nine innings pitched are more than 1.5 Ks better than the rest of the league.
In the series opener, C.C Sabathia will square off against the Jays’ Marco Estrada (2-6, 5.68 ERA).
In two starts this season against Toronto Sabathia owns a 0.96 ERA in 9.1 innings, while losing in only one of his last five trips to the mound. On the other hand, Estrada has lost four straight decisions and is 0-5 over his past seven outings.
Sonny Gray will close out the short series on Wednesday against right-handed pitcher Sam Gaviglio (2-1, 2.51 ERA). In his last outing against Toronto on April 1 Gray mowed down eight Blue Jays batters and allowed just one earned run.
The Yankees look to take two from the struggling Jays, which have won just five of their last 20 games.
After this short trip to Toronto, the Bronx Bombers return to New York to take on the New York Mets at Citi Field.
The moneyline on the Yankees is -110, while the return on the Blue Jays is +140; with the runline at 1.5 runs (+110 for the Yankees and -130 for the Jays).
The Yankees are 5-1 against the spread in their last six games and 12-4 against the spread in their last 16 games on the road.
