Free MLB Baseball Picks: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees Odds and Expert Picks Friday 4/10/15

Free MLB Baseball Picks: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees Odds and Expert Picks Friday 4/10/15: The best rivalry in all of sports resumes Friday night in the Bronx when the Boston Red Sox take on the New York Yankees at 7:05 PM EST at Yankee Stadium. The odds makers at GT Bets Sportsbook have the current MLB odds on this game listed on this game and the Boston Red Sox are -115 money line favorites to win with the total on over/under runs scored currently listed at 7.5 runs. Both teams are 1-1 on the season as this game preview goes to press as both the Red Sox and Yankees have games Thursday night scheduled with the Red Sox in Philadelphia wrapping up a three game set with the Phillies and the Yankees at home concluding a three game series with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Free MLB Baseball Picks for Friday, April 10th, 2015: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees Preview

Boston Red Sox manager John Farrell will send out his #4 starter in his rotation Friday night when he trots outs southpaw Wade Miley to toe the rubber. The 28 year-old native of Hammond, Louisiana was acquired by the Red Sox in an offseason trade and has since signed a three year extension to be a fixture in the Red Sox rotation. The 6-0, 195 pounder has pitched for the Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League in all four of his MLB Baseball seasons so far and went 8-12 with a 4.34 ERA last season in Arizona.

Miley tossed 201.1 innings and gave up 207 hits last season while registering 183 strikeouts to go against 75 bases on balls. A problem for Miley the last two seasons has been his tendency to give up the long ball. Last season Miley gave up 23 home runs and he allowed 21 long flys in 2013. Miley has faced the Yankees one time in his career as he had a no decision in a 4-3 Yankees win on April 17th, 2013 when he pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up 4 hits and 3 earned runs.

Manager Joe Giradi will send out his #4 starter Friday night as well for the New York Yankees when Nathan Eovaldi grabs the ball and takes it to the hill at Yankee Stadium. The 25 year-old native of Houston, Texas was acquired by the Bronx Bombers in an offseason trade with the Miami Marlins for whom Eovaldi pitched for the last three seasons. The 6-2, 215 pound right-hander went a miserable 6-14 with a 4.37 ERA last season for the Marlins and is now just 15-35 in his career pitching for the Marlins and Dodgers.

Last season Eovaldi threw 199.2 innings and allowed 223 hits while striking out just 142 batters and walking 43. One glaring problem with Eovaldi is the fact that he allows batters to swing the bat at too high of a percentage. Last season batters hit .282 against him and he has allowed batters to swing it at a .279 clip or better in three of the past four seasons. On the bright side, Eovaldi does keep the ball in the ball park as he allowed just 14 home runs last season and has only allowed 33 home runs in the 460 innings he has now pitched in the big leagues. Eovaldi has never faced the Red Sox in a game so he’ll be making his debut against them Friday night in the 1st game of this three game set between the Red Sox and Yankees.

We like this pitching matchup in favor of the Red Sox Friday night. The Red Sox are back playing in the American League after a three game set in Philadelphia so they will have their complete lineup ready to go Friday night with David Ortiz most likely returning to the DH spot. The Red Sox have easily one of the Top 5 offenses in all of baseball, at minimum, and they should be able to feast on Eovaldi the 2nd time around the lineup on Friday night if they don’t get to him the first time. Put us down for a strong bet on the Red Sox at -115 plus the OVER 7.5 on the total. Good luck. Get more expert MLB Baseball picks from our top handicapper Sonny LaFouchi for Friday night.

2015 Free MLB Picks: Bet on the Boston Red Sox at -115 over NY Yankees plus the OVER 7.5 runs on the total Friday night 4/10/15