SNY: Head to Head: Subway Series debate

Oh, shiit, stay out of all NY bars!...The bogus “SUBWAY SERIES© ® ™ £” is back!  Steve Lombardi & Matthew Cerrone take it on.

Lombardi: Actually, the Mets other starters will present problems for the Yankees as well. Lefties have only batted .103 against (Saturday’s starter) Oliver Perez and the Yankees line-up is heavily weighted with them. (Also, while Perez’ ERA this season is almost five, it’s 3.86 on the road.) Lastly, some guy named Johan Santana will be pitching the other game for the Mets (on Friday).

When you see the significant stats for the Mets pitchers slated to start this series, and factor in the Yankees’ offensive woes, it becomes very clear that the Yankees will need Rasner, Pettitte and Wang to be on their game to win these games.

Coming into the games of May 14th, the Mets bullpen had allowed an OPS of .700 - which is just about league average for this split. On the flipside, the Yankees bullpen had allowed an OPS of .654 - which is better than league average.

If the Yankees starters can keep these games close, then I like the chances of their bullpen holding the line, and them winning against the Mets.