Mets Look to Win the Season Series

The New York Yankees host the New York Mets as the regular season subway series comes to an end on August 23rd at 7:05 pm. This will be the fourth time these two teams play against each other in the regular season. The Mets have won the first two games and now playing away from home and will try to leave as winners of the season series. The Yankees will look to prevent this from happening as this rivalry is iconic. The odds for this game are currently pending according to Caesars Casino & Sportsbook. New users will receive a Risk-Free Bet of up to $1500 on their first wager.

The New York Mets will have pitcher Taijuan Walker take the mound for them in this game. On the season, Walker is 10-3 with an ERA of 3.36 and a WHIP of 1.20. In his last start against the Yankees, he pitched for 6 innings. He was able to strike out 3 batters but gave up 7 hits and 3 runs. Fortunately, Walker got the win for his performance as the Mets won 6-3. The Mets will need all their players to play their best if they want to win this game and win the series as the Yankees will be locked in and feeding off their home crowd. Expect Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso to be heavily relied upon in this match and if they are able to find success, so will the Mets.

The New York Yankees will have pitcher Frankie Montas take the mound for them in this game. On the season, Montas is 4-10 with an ERA of 3.87 and a WHIP of 1.21. He was traded from the Oakland Athletics to the Yankees earlier this month. He has been able to pitch three games for the Yankees but he has been underwhelming in all of his starts. In these three games, he has an ERA of 9 and definitely has not been what the Yankees were expecting when they traded for him. However, in this game against the Mets, he has the opportunity to surprise those who have doubted him and were against the trade. However, Montas can’t be the only player to perform if the Yankees want to win. It will have to be a collective team effort and players like Aaron Judge and Anthony Rizzo to step up and help the team score.

I think the Mets will win this game. In this contest, I think Walker will deliver for the Mets and shut down the Yankees hitters. I don’t think Montas is ready for this important of a game and having an ERA of 9 over his past three starts has hurt his confidence and in this game, he will underperform. With the Mets winning this game, they will have won the subway series for this season and will head into the end of the regular season with confidence and momentum.

For our expert New York Mets vs. New York Yankees pick, take the Mets -1.5.