NEW YORK YANKEES @ KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Baseball : North America : MLB
Monday, August 15th, 2011, 8:10PM US
(1:10AM GMT)

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PREVIEW

The Yankees got some rest due to their game against the Tampa Bay Rays being rained out yesterday. They're a decent 1.67 on the ML but I love the huge RL price as I can see their starter turning things around tonight.

The Yankees will start AJ Burnett, who is 8-9 with a 4.60ERA. The veteran righty has been struggling of late and is now on a run of 7 starts without a win. If you love your stats, Burnett is without a win in August with the Yankees, who he joined in 2009. I don't read into that and can see that changing tonight.

Burnett might be struggling but is 3-3 with a 2.52ERA against the Kansas City Royals. This season, Burnett pitched excellently in 7 innings of work against the Royals, giving up just 1 run on 1 hit.

The Kansas City Royals go with Felipe Paulino, and if you think Burnett is struggling, check this one out. Paulino is 1-8 with a 4.06ERA this season but is winless in his last 5 starts, with his team making life difficult by not giving him any run support.

Paulino has never faced the New York Yankees and will have to do well in order to win as the Yankees are one of the best offensive teams in the MLB. Kansas City play their next 7 games against the Yankees and then the Boston Red Sox, so this could be the start of a quite rough week for the Royals.

TEAM STATS

New York Yankees
Overall 72-46, Streak W1

Kansas City Royals
Overall 50-71, Streak L2

BETTING VERDICT

I reckon the Yankees will tonk out a few runs tonight, so the 2.09 available for them to win by more than just 1 looks good value.

The Pick :

New York Yankees

HANDICAP BETTING :

Bet on the New York Yankees -1.5AH @ 2.09 (Pinnacle)