Yankees vs Marlins: Fried vs Paddack

0:00On April 5th, the New York Yankees, sitting pretty at 7 wins and 1 loss, face off against the Miami Marlins, who are 5 and 3 this Sunday, at 1.35pm Eastern in the Bronx. Max Fry takes the mound for the Yanks with a perfect 2-0 record and 0.00 ERA, while the Marlins counter with Chris Paddock at 0-1, sporting an 18.00 ERA. Odds have the Yankees as heavy favorites at minus 278, with Marlins at plus 225 and the over under at 8 runs. The Yanks are gunning for a sweep in this 3 game series after strong starts. Last season, New York finished 94 and 68 overall, crushing it at home with 50 wins and 31 losses, hitting 251 as a team. Miami ended 79 and 83, decent on the road at 41 and 40, averaging 8.6 hits per game while batting 250. Marlins are hitting both squads hard, especially pitchers. For the Yankees, Garicol, Carlos Rodón and Clark Schmidt are all sidelined with elbow issues

1:04on the interlist, plus shortstop Anthony Vopi out with a shoulder problem. Marlins are missing Christopher Morell, S3 Ruiz and Max Acosta with oblique strains, Kyle Stowers with a hamstring tweak and pitchers Adam Mazur, and Ronnie Henriquez nursing elbows. Fresh data shows fried dominating early, with just a 0.53, YP and 10 strikeouts, while Paddock struggles at 2.00YP, and only 6Ks. Yankee bats look prime to keep rolling against the Marlins staff that's banged up. Expect fireworks if the Yanks complete the sweep, but Miami could surprise if they rattle fried early tune in and see how it shakes out. Baseball news, powered by AI, this is MLB News Today, I'm Corey with the story.