What the public is looking at here is a Rockies pitcher, Jorge De La Rosa, who is 2-4 with an 8.81 ERA this season versus Eovaldi 6-2 with a 4.42 ERA. Don't fall into this trap. What I see is a guy who got relegated to bullpen duty, including long relief of as much as 4 innings (and not in meaningless games) and who stepped up big time. In 8 innings of bullpen work De La Rosa allowed only 1 earned run on a solo bomb and that was 1 of just 3 hits against him in these 8 innings while he walked none and struck out 10. De La Rosa now takes on a Yankees team that has struggled against left-handers this season with an 8-13 record and some ugly numbers at the plate against lefties. The Yanks are also 13-18 on the road.
The Yankees haven't faced De La Rosa in a long time (which certainly could help the lefty) as he's happy to face a team against which he's 3-0 in his career with a 0.00 ERA thanks to 17 scoreless innings! De La Rosa will be opposed by Nathan Eovaldi of the Yanks. The right-hander has been struggling of late with 10 earned runs on 18 hits (including 3 homers) in his last two starts spanning only 10 and 2/3 innings of work. Eovaldi is facing a Rockies team that crushes the ball at home averaging 5.7 runs per game while hitting at a .291 clip. The Yanks are banged up and playing a lot of AAA players. Colorado has won 6 of its last 8 games and I like the Rockies in this spot tonight!