Morning Coffee: Fade The Yankees Versus Scherzer, Mets

The New York Yankees haven’t won a series in August.

For the first time since 1995, the Yankees have dropped six consecutive series.

New York had dropped exactly six series over the first four months of the season prior to their August drought.

In order to avoid a sweep against their next opponent, they’ll have to beat one of Max Scherzer or Jacob deGrom in their Subway Series showdown.

The two-game set will mark the first time the Yankees and New York Mets face each other when both teams are 25 games or more above .500.

However, the pinstripes are 5-14 in the month of August – tied with the Miami Marlins for the worst record in baseball.

Can the Yankees solve Scherzer and build off Sunday’s win over the Toronto Blue Jays tonight against the Mets?

I’m going the other way with my FanDuel Best Bet for Monday.

Here’s the TSN EDGE Morning Coffee for Monday August 22nd, 2022.

Can Anybody Catch Yankees Atop AL East?

The Yankees are -2000 to win the AL East at FanDuel this morning.

The pinstripes have dropped 14 of their last 19 games, but are still eight games clear of both the Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays in its division.

The most upset we've seen Aaron Boone in a press conference during his five seasons as Yankees manager (via @MarlyRiveraESPN) pic.twitter.com/10Sz9bU94w

Toronto is the second choice to win the division at FanDuel right now at +1700.

Bettors could have found them at +3000 or longer to win the division as recently as two weeks ago.

The Rays are the third choice to win the AL East at +8000.

Keep in mind, the Blue Jays and Rays will play nine more times this season.

Per Statcast, Aaron Boone slamming the press conference table is the Yankees’ highest exit velo in the last week.

As of this morning, FanGraphs