T.M. Selection: New York Yankees -1.5.

I like the New York Yankees runline in this game against the Cincinnati Reds on Wednesday. The Yankees have lost 3 games in a row now but that is really rare for the best team in baseball this year and I think they will bounce back with a better performance here. They haven't looked bad in their losses either, 2/3 of their losses were by 1 run and their offense has still been putting up runs in every game. They lost the 1st game of this series to the Reds 4-3 but they had a 2-0 lead in the 1st inning and held onto their 3-0 lead the entire game until Clay Holmes came in the game in the 9th inning to close it out and ended up blowing it completely. That could've easily been a 3-0 win for the Yankees if they get out of that 9th inning and I don't see something like that happening again here. The Reds are still 1 of the worst teams in this league and I expect the Yankees to lay a beating on them here to bounce back and get back in the win column. Luis Severino (5-3, 3.11 ERA) is up for the Yankees here and he has been great this season. He had some rough starts in June but has dialed it back in each of his previous 4 starts and has been getting a lot better in each start, giving up no runs through 6 innings in his most recent start. He shut down the Pirates lineup in that previous start, giving up no runs to them, and I think he will do the same here with another bad offense in the Reds here. Mike Minor (1-6, 6.63 ERA) is up for the Reds here and he's been having a terrible year. He has only started in 7 games this year but has given up a ton of runs in those games. He hasn't had a start this year where he didn't give up any runs at all and I expect him to give up a ton of runs here facing the best offense in baseball right now. I like the Yankees runline in this game.

T.M. Prediction: 6-1 Yankees.