Yankees vs Mets Prediction and Pick

Is baseball still considered America’s pastime?

It might be tough to make that argument with how glued in the country is to football every weekend in the fall, especially when it's the first Sunday of the NFL season.

Regardless, there’s a fantastic Sunday night matchup set to go down in Major League Baseball as the New York Yankees take on the New York Mets in the final matchup in the three-game interleague series.

WynnBET has the Yankees set as +100 underdogs in what is an almost must-win game for them. After holding a 4.5-game lead in the AL Wild Card standings as recently as last weekend, New York is now tied with the Toronto Blue Jays for the final spot. With the Jays playing the lowly Baltimore Orioles today, a loss will likely drop them out of a postseason spot.

The Mets are set as -120 favorites and the total is set at 8.5 runs.

Yankees vs Mets Prediction and Pick

The Yankees have called up pitcher Clarke Schmidt to make his first start of the 2021 MLB season. In three games with the Yankees last season, Schmidt recorded a 7.11 ERA.

Between a young, unproven pitcher getting the start for the Yankees and the New York bats being as cold as ever, the Mets have to be the bet to make in this one.

The Yankees are 28th in batting average (.213) and 27th in (.639) in MLB this month. Despite their eight-run performance in yesterday’s game, I won’t be betting on that offensive success to continue today.

Mets starter Carlos Carrasco got his first win of the season in his last time out, allowing only one earned run against the Miami Marlins. He’ll look to continue the bounce back from a rough start to the season, as he currently sports a 5.88 ERA.

Give me the Mets on the moneyline at -120

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