Cajun Sports

The boys from Gotham are in Boston for a three-game weekend set against the host Red Sox. The Yankees arrive in Boston struggling at the plate and on the bump. They are riding a two-game losing streak and losers in seven of their last eight overall. The Yankees will send Domingo German to the bump knowing he is just 1-2 SU with an ERA of 5.09 since rejoining the team. The Red Sox broke a four-game losing streak of their own their last time out defeating the Orioles 4 to 3. They will send Nathan Eovaldi to the mound with his record of 5-3 on the season and his ERA of 4.23 over that span. Our TPR Index projects a run advantage of 1.53 runs in favor of the Sox. The SPMatrix has Eovaldi with an average of 6.72 compared to German who has an average of 4.58. Our next set of metrics look at the overall Pitchers Power Ratings. Coming into this game and situation Eovaldi has a rating of 128 while German has a rating of 79 with a league average of 100. The SIM Matrix projects a 73.94 percent advantage for the Red Sox in tonight’s contest. With the edge in this situation, we will back the home underdog as the Red Sox get an all-important Game One victory over the boys from Gotham Friday night. BOSTON

The Arizona Cardinals are in the Queen City for their preseason opener against the host Cincinnati Bengals Friday night. There has been plenty of news coming out of the Zona camp but not good news for off the field actions, DeAndre Hopkins has been suspended for the first six weeks of the season and newly acquired WR Marquise Brown was recently arrested for criminal speeding. Add to that big money man QB Kyler Murray has contracted COVID last weekend, and he is also suffering from soreness in his wrist which is likely from counting all that money he just made. We were not likely to see much of Murray in this game anyway. A couple of the Bengals offensive stars QB Joe Burrow and WR Tee Higgins are listed as questionable for tonight’s game. The key difference here is the Bengals have more talent and depth overall. The TPR Index projects a point advantage of 6.18 points. The MM projects a point differential of +5.94 points against the current line range. The SIM Matrix has the Cincinnati Bengals with a 70.02 percent advantage against the oddsmakers number. The projected OFF-DEF splits have the Bengals with a projected 5.09-point advantage in this contest. With solid support on both sides of the ball for the home team we will back the boys from the Queen City as they get the straight up and against the spread victory on Friday night. BENGALS