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SportsLine's proven model has simulated New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies 10,000 times and released its MLB picks for Saturday's matchup at Yankee Stadium
Today's Phillies vs. Yankees predictions are bullish on Kyle Schwarber and Philadelphia's lineup against Marcus Stroman.
The Phillies head up I-95 to begin a three-game series against the New York Yankees, but good luck finding the game on TV. That’s right, it’s Apple TV+ night. For the fourth straight season, the tech giant is streaming two games a week as part of its Friday Night Baseball doubleheader,
On Friday, the Bombers returned to the grassy confines of Yankee Stadium. They didn’t leave their sloppiness in Canada, though, as they committed two errors in a loss to the Phillies.
“Just not good enough,” said manager Aaron Boone, who along with pitching coach Matt Blake was ejected in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes. “We’ve got to obviously tighten it up. Confident we will. We’ll continue to work at it. We have good defenders here. But tonight was obviously a rough night for us.”
Entering Saturday’s game, the Yankees’ 120 wRC+ was the best in baseball. They lead MLB in home runs, walk percentage, isolated power, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and wOBA. This offense is deadly enough to carry them to title No. 28.
The Phillies won Game 1 of the series on Friday. Here's who the Yankees will start as they look to even the series heading into Sunday's game.