The New York Yankees will head out to the west coast for a nine game set where they’ll face the Oakland Athletics, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Seattle Mariners.
Oakland Series
The Yankees will face the Athletic’s twice in their road trip where they’ll start off with a four-game set and then play them again at home for a three-game set following the Seattle series. The Yanks will face always dominate Mike Fiers who has an 11-3 record and is credited to a 3.46 ERA. Besides that game, the Yankees should have a pretty easy series against the A’s.
Los Angeles Series
This will be a tough series as the Yankees will take on the other best team in baseball. Scorching hot Cody Bellinger just passed the 40 home run mark for this season and seems to not be slowing down at all. This series is one of the most anticipated all year as these are two teams that could be seen facing it off in the World Series.
The Yankee rotation will have a challenge matching the strong and consistent Dodger rotation. The Dodgers’ team ERA is ranked number one among all MLB teams at 3.34 while the Yankees are ranked 15th at 4.47. However, the Yankees have the stronger bullpen. This series will come down to the battle of the lineups.
Seattle Series
The Seattle Mariners have not shown much since before the All-Star break. This should also be no problem for the Yankees and the team should expect a series win here. However, Daniel Vogelbach and Domingo Santana are a problem in the Mariners lineup who can do some damage at the plate. Ultimately, I believe this Mariners team is no match to the Yankees lineup.