The New York Yankees had been by no means going to proceed on the tempo they had been on the primary few months of the season. After a win on July 8, they had been 61-23. That is not sustainable.
But, no person anticipated what has occurred to the Yankees since then.
The Yankees are 9-16 over the previous month. They had been swept in a three-game collection by the St. Louis Cardinals, pushing their dropping streak to 5 in a row. The Yankees’ lead within the AL East is all the way down to 9.5 video games, the primary time since June 16 it hasn’t been in double digits.
The Yankees journey to face the Seattle Mariners, the workforce that began the Yankees’ dropping streak final week. The Yankees are small -115 favorites for Monday’s collection opener at BetMGM.
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Seattle is having a resurgent season with some good younger expertise, and the Mariners are within the wild-card hunt. They’ve had points towards the perfect groups within the league, however did take the ultimate two video games of a collection at Yankee Stadium. They’re nonetheless making an attempt to show they’ve arrived, and a collection towards the Yankees in Seattle is an efficient likelihood to try this.
The Yankees simply need to get proper once more. Even Aaron Choose’s sizzling streak proper after the all-star break could not completely carry them via this droop. It is not like 9.5 video games is a small division lead, nevertheless it does really feel just like the Yankees are extra weak than they have been at any level this season. Ace Gerrit Cole is struggling, the remainder of the pitching workers hasn’t been nice and the hitting is inconsistent. Nothing is working, and that reveals by what occurred the ultimate two video games in St. Louis: The Yankees misplaced 1-0 on Saturday and 12-9 on Sunday. When the pitching is sweet the hitting disappears, and vice versa.
It is baseball and groups have ups and downs. However the Yankees’ downturn has lasted a very long time. They had been nice for bettors for months, and now the appropriate play is likely to be fading them till they snap out of this droop.
Josh Donaldson of the New York Yankees reacts to an inside pitch towards the St. Louis Cardinals. (Photograph by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Photos)
Here is a primary take a look at the sports activities betting slate for Monday:
One WNBA sport
There’s one WNBA sport on Monday, because the New York Liberty faces the Dallas Wings. The Wings are 3.5-point favorites. That is all on the basketball entrance, and the sports activities betting slate is gentle apart from that.
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Seven MLB video games
Virtually half of Main League Baseball has Monday off, leaving us with seven video games. The most effective sport apart from Yankees-Mariners could possibly be the Toronto Blue Jays on the Baltimore Orioles. Toronto is a -155 favourite. Baltimore remains to be within the wild-card race after a enjoyable few weeks, and so they’ve been fairly good to bettors. Toronto has been good too, although Monday’s starter Yusei Kikuchi has not had an incredible season. Baltimore is not a horrible house underdog.
What’s the perfect guess?
It is time to admit the Yankees are in a droop. I misplaced on them over the weekend, assuming they’d escape of it in some unspecified time in the future. They have not and it has been a tough previous few weeks for them. I am going to take the Mariners as a slight underdog, using the Yankees’ dropping streak and what’s certain to be an excited Seattle crowd.
The Chicago Bears interim head coach Thomas Brown is interviewing with the Seattle Seahawks to be their offensive coordinator.
The Seahawks fired offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb after one season. Seattle missed out on the 2024 NFL postseason, but has a very talented offense and is a desirable job for prospective play-callers.
Brown, who is a former Georgia Bulldogs running back, served as Chicago’s interim head coach after the Bears fired Matt Eberflus. Brown went 1-4 as the Bears’ interim coach.
The Bears hired Brown as their passing game coordinator, but they promoted Brown to their offensive coordinator role after they fired Shane Waldron. The Bears had an under-performing offense despite having a bunch of talent surrounding quarterback Caleb Williams, who was the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft.
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Brown has previous experience as the Carolina Panthers’ offensive coordinator in 2023. He was the Panthers’ play-caller for part (primarily the second-half of the season) of Carolina’s brutal 2-15 season.
Chicago interviewed Brown for their offensive coordinator role before the season before the Bears ended up hiring Brown as their passing game coordinator.
Brown served as an offensive assistant with the Los Angeles Rams under Sean McVay before coming to Carolina and Chicago. He is highly respected throughout the NFL.
Brown rushed for 2,646 yards and 23 touchdowns in his Georgia career from 2004-2007.
FOX 13 Seattle Meteorologist Ilona McCauley has your latest western Washington weather forecast!
A soggy start to our Friday morning where many locations picked up measurable rainfall. Amounts ranged from around .10″ to just under 1″ closer to the coast. While the lowlands saw widespread rain, our mountain passes got several inches of snow with more on the way overnight.
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A wet start to the day on Friday where many spots picked up .25″ to .80″ of rain.
A mainly dry night around western Washington tonight except for a convergence zone which will set up in Snohomish County. Light rain will continue to fall along the line with more snow, especially through Stevens Pass.
A convergence zone sets up in the north sound with a chance for light rain overnight.
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Many of our mountain ski slopes picked up around 6″ of snow earlier today with more falling tonight. A Winter Weather Advisory was issued till 6 a.m. for the Central Cascades, including Stevens and Snoqualmie Pass.
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect over the Central Washington Cascades. (FOX 13 Seattle)
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After the rain wraps up tonight, our weekend and the extended period looks fairly dry. Afternoon temperatures will be cooler, only in the low to mid 40s with overnight lows dropping to near freezing.
A long dry stretch begins Saturday in Seattle. Temperatures will be cooler with lows near freezing.
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