#927/928 ASA PLAY ON Over the total – Arizona Diamondbacks vs New York Yankees, Monday at 9:40 PM ET - At 10 runs, this is the highest total on the board Monday but it merits the big number without a doubt. Both these teams are swinging the bats well already and neither one of the starting pitchers going today was expected to be in the rotation heading into this season. The Yankees are handing the ball to Luis Gil for this one. He was already at AAA Scranton/Wilkes Barre last week but ended up getting called back up to the Yankees to be the #5 starter because of the Gerrit Cole injury! The 25-year old Gil has only made 7 MLB starts in his career and in May of 2022 had Tommy John surgery. It is hard to trust him right now and he is running into a Diamondbacks team that has been knocking the cover off the ball early this season. Arizona is scoring an average of 8 runs per game on the season thus far. The concern for the Diamondbacks here will be their starting pitcher as well. Ryne Nelson did pitch well in spring training but that certainly does not always translate to regular season success. He earned the #5 spot in the rotation but if Eduardo Rodriguez was not out with a lat injury, Nelson would likely not be in the rotation. Nelson was horrible in his home starts for the Diamondbacks last season. Nelson finished with a 2-5 record and an 8.25 ERA and opponents hit .356 against him in his home ballpark at Chase Field! He'll be facing a Yankees team that is rolling with confidence now after a 4-0 start to the season. New York scored an average of 5 runs per game in the 4 wins and that was against a tough Astros team. Both teams stay hot at the plate here and this one gets into double digits on the scoreboard. Over the total is our play.