Red Sox Blank Yankees 6-0, Rodon Gets Shelled in Bronx Beatdown

So much for that Carlos Rodón pitching edge. The Red Sox steamrolled the Yankees 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, turning our -130 favorite into an expensive afternoon nap. Jake Bennett, the supposedly inferior arm with the pedestrian strikeout rate, carved up New York's lineup while Rodón's vaunted ERA and whiff numbers evaporated under Boston's relentless attack.

The Yankees managed a grand total of zero runs—zero!—despite playing at home where we expected them to capitalize. That 7-3 recent form? Looked more like 0-for-everything when it mattered. Meanwhile, the Red Sox extended their season series dominance to 6-2, proving once again that matchup history isn't just noise when one team has another's number this badly.

Bennett's 1.07 WHIP suddenly looks a lot more impressive when he's posting a shutout in the Bronx. The strikeout differential we leaned on meant nothing when Boston was putting balls in play and cashing runs. New York's bats went silent, Rodón couldn't deliver the quality start we banked on, and the 56.5% implied probability we calculated turned out to be wishful thinking.

Sometimes the "marginal edge" is just the market telling you to fade the pinstripes. Lesson learned—again.