New York Yankees vs. New York Mets Betting Odds, Picks & Predictions

Free MLB Picks: New York Yankees -200 betting odds
(Al McMordie MLB predictions | bigal.com)

Our Saturday afternoon MLB interleague selection is on the New York Yankees at home in the Bronx over their cross-town rivals the Mets.

Last night, the Bronx Bombers had perhaps the luckiest win in franchise history.  With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Yanks’ Alex Rodriguez hit a pop fly to Luis Castillo.  At the time, the Yankees were down 8-7, and had runners on first and second.  Thus, both runners were off at the crack of the bat.

And when Rodriguez made contact with the ball, it was such an obvious out that A-Rod slammed his bat to the ground, and broke it, before he half-heartedly jogged to first base.  The three-time Gold Glove winner Castillo moved into shallow right field and got under the high pop-up, but inexplicably dropped it and allowed the two Yankees baserunners to trot around with the game-tying and -winning runs.

When a team wins a game like that, it’s definitely a “high,” and when a team loses a game like that, it haunts them.  That’s not good news for the Mets this afternoon.  Neither is the fact that righty Fernando Nieve will be making his first start since 2006.  He will match up against southpaw Andy Pettitte, who is 8-4 lifetime vs. the Mets.  Take the Yankees.