by Chuck Sommers
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Time: 8:10 p.m. ET
Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago, IL
Where to watch: YES, NBC Sports Chicago
Opening Odds at USA Sportsbooks
DraftKings: White Sox -145, Yankees +125
BetMGM: White Sox -145, Yankees +125
Caesars: White Sox -145, Yankees +125
Season record
Yankees: 22-8
White Sox: 15-14
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Yankees - White Sox preview and analysis
Good luck trying to find a hotter bat right now than Gleyber Torres for the New York Yankees.
A walk-off homer early in the week in a double header against the Texas Rangers, and then follows that with driving in all five runs in a 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Now, the Yankees will move on with facing the Chicago White Sox on Thursday taking place in Chicago.
Torres hit a three-run home run and delivered with a two-run single to push the Yankees over the team that’s trailing them in the American League East. DJ LeMaheiu also had two hits, and Jameson Taillon went 5.1 innings and struck out four.
“So good,” Torres said. “Especially versus those guys; it’s a huge series for us. Every time I get an opportunity, I try to do my thing and help. That is the mentality for me.”
But more importantly, the Yankees are 22-8 for the first time since 2003. You know about 2003 if you’re a Yankees fan. It was a time in where New York was running a dynasty. Only this team might actually have more pop and talent in the lineup than those Yankees dynasty teams from the early 2000s.
If anyone would know how those teams operated, it’d be manager Aaron Boone.
“I caution that we’re 30 games into this,” Boone said. “I do feel like in every area, we’re strong -- and probably more complete than in previous years. I think [we’re] the whole package -- we really feel like we can win a game a lot of different ways.”
What say you, Brian Cashman?
“Criticism comes with the territory. Our players have to deal with that all the time,” he said. “The only thing that matters is going out there and winning. These guys are winning their games right now. It’s great to see and it makes it easier to sleep at night.”
So, safe to say the Yankees are killing it right now. Aaron Judge continues to look like the early favorite for AL MVP with the way he’s mashing the baseball, and of course he’s almost at a .300 average. One can only wonder what this will look like if this trajectory continues.
But the Yankees will be facing a rested Chicago team after their Wednesday game against the Cleveland Guardians was postponed due to COVID cases in the Cleveland organization.
Prediction
I’m leaning toward the home team here. Getting a day off and another day to prepare for the best team in the American League, and sending a red-hot Dylan Cease to the mound against Luis Gil, I’ll take the home team in this first game. White Sox win 5-4
Betting trends
Yankees are are 11-13 the past three years as a road underdog between +100 and +150.
Yankees are 8-1 against AL Central opponents this season.
White Sox are 79-48 at home the past three seasons.
Projected lineup
Yankees:
Aaron Hicks (S) CF
Aaron Judge (R) DH
Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Joey Gallo (L) LF
Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) SS
Marwin Gonzalez (S) RF
Jose Trevino (R) C
SP - Luis Gil
Aaron Hicks (S) CF
Aaron Judge (R) DH
Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
DJ LeMahieu (R) 3B
Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
Joey Gallo (L) LF
Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) SS
Marwin Gonzalez (S) RF
Jose Trevino (R) C
SP - Luis Gil
White Sox:
Tim Anderson (R) SS
Yoan Moncada (S) 3B
Jose Abreu (R) 1B
Luis Robert (R) CF
Yasmani Grandal (S) C
Gavin Sheets (L) DH
AJ Pollock (R) LF
Adam Engel (R) RF
Josh Harrison (R) 2B
SP - Dylan Cease
Tim Anderson (R) SS
Yoan Moncada (S) 3B
Jose Abreu (R) 1B
Luis Robert (R) CF
Yasmani Grandal (S) C
Gavin Sheets (L) DH
AJ Pollock (R) LF
Adam Engel (R) RF
Josh Harrison (R) 2B
SP - Dylan Cease
Statistical leaders
Yankees:
Batting average: DJ LeMahieu -- .290
Hits: Aaron Judge -- 32
Home runs: Aaron Judge 10
RBI: Three tied -- 22
Wins: Clay Holmes -- 4
Saves: Aroldis Chapman -- 8
ERA: Nestor Cortes -- 1.41
White Sox:
Batting average: Tim Anderson -- .347
Hits: Tim Anderson -- 35
Home runs: Three tied -- 4
RBI: Three tied -- 12
Wins: Reynaldo Lopez -- 4
Saves: Liam Hendriks -- 9
ERA: Michael Kopech -- 0.93
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Chuck Sommers
About the Author:
Chuck Sommers has camped outside of sportsbooks since he can remember, learning the tricks and nuances of the trade. He still has nightmares of betting $5,000 on the Raiders in the Tuck Rule game but has since turned that to 25 years of veteran handicapping greatness. You can find him mostly in the shadows at the Red Rock or Aliante casinos wondering if the over is cashing on any given Sunday.
