Yes, New York is sitting a lot of keys players, however, Jameson Taillon owns a 1.35 ERA over his last two starts. He's backed by the AL's second-best bullpen with a 3.02 ERA. Taillon faces Texas' Jon Gray who, in the last 15 days, has a 5.40 ERA. Over the last seven days, the Yankees are top-10 in batting, .255, and OPS, .748. During that time, the Rangers are last in both batting, .158, and OPS, .499. New York's wRC+ is 117 as compared to Texas' 48 over the last seven days. I'm on the Yankees.

The Rangers have now lost six straight. Jon Gray is starting for Texas tonight, and coincidentally, the Rangers also have lost six straight of his starts. While Gray pitched 4.1 scoreless innings in New York earlier this season, the Yankees still picked up a 1-0 victory. Meanwhile, the Yankees are starting Jameson Taillon, who's 14-5 and holds a 3.83 ERA. The Yankees have won six of his last seven starts, so I'd prefer to back Taillon to extend the Rangers' losing streak.

I'm going to risk it at -178 on the runline for Game 1 as the Yankees are sitting Giancarlo Stanton, Gleyber Torres, Josh Donaldson, Jose Trevino and DJ LeMahieu. Jameson Taillon has a 4.24 road ERA. New York has no reason to care other than to see Aaron Judge hit No. 62. Texas is playing pretty much everyone in the opener and starts Jon Gray, who has a 3.16 ERA at home. I think Texas wins outright but if the Rangers lose by just one run and I didn't take runline, I'd be furious.