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The bats are going to have a tough time on Saturday in The Bronx. 

A pair of excellent lefty All-Stars – The Yankees’ Max Fried and the Cubs’ Matthew Boyd – will be on the mound as both teams play their second-to-last game of the first-half of the 2025 season. 

Yankees fans are more than familiar with Fried’s dominance during his first year in New York. 

The three-time All-Star is on-pace for the best season of his career, posting a 2.27 ERA while striking out 8.4 batters per nine innings. He’s walked just 1.8 per nine innings over his first 19 starts. 

After a couple so-so starts of late, Fried will look to keep himself in the American League Cy Young conversation with a good start heading into the All-Star break.

While the name value isn’t quite as high, Chicago’s starter has been arguably just as good as Fried in 2025. 

After breaking out during a brief stint with the Guardians last season, Boyd is enjoying a career-year at 34 years old, sporting a 2.52 ERA over 103 ⅔ innings. 

Chicago Cubs baseball pitcher throwing a ball.Matthew Boyd #16 of the Chicago Cubs throws to first base for an out during the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Wrigley Field on June 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images

While these are two of the best offenses in baseball, both teams have been slightly worse against southpaws in terms of on-base plus slugging this season. 

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Some of the best hitters on both teams – namely, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker and Michael Busch for the Cubs, and Cody Bellinger, Ben Rice and Jazz Chisholm for the Yankees – will have a platoon disadvantage. 

Expect runs to be hard to come by Saturday following Friday’s 11-0 Yankees win that saw Bellinger homer three times against his former team.

The play: Under 8 (-105, BetMGM Sportsbook)

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