I think we are getting this line at great value right now considering all the facts. First of all Justin Verlander still in his career has a subpar ERA in post season play. It's one thing to shut down the A's, but now facing against a Yankee team that has over 300 career AB. It's clear that Joe Girardi is going to shake this line up up because they are not hitting and I think the day off is something that's going to benefit the Yankee players. Yankees are 16-5 in their last 21 games following an off day and are 21-7 in their last 28 following a loss. Yankees have plenty of success against Justin Verlander going 7-4 in his last 11 starts including post season play. Their line up has 13 combined HR against him and that includes 2 HR from Arod in 6 AB this year.
Phil Hughes out dueled Justin Verlander at Detroit back in June going for a complete game win allowing just 4 hits. Take Miguel Cabrera out who hit everyone and Johny Peralta who are just far enough apart in the line up where Hughes can pitch around and the line up is 7-44 against Hughes. I think he pitches well enough to get a win here tonight and the Yankees will pull out all the stops to make a series out of this one. After all they are 22-7 in their last 29 with Hughes starting following a teams loss.
