Yankees vs. Dodgers Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 8, 2024

Juan Soto, batting .318 this season, leads the New York Yankees (45-20) into a matchup with one of the league’s other top hitters, Shohei Ohtani (.312 AVG) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (40-25). Soto and the Yankees are -124 favorites on the moneyline for the matchup at Yankee Stadium, beginning at 7:35 PM ET live on FOX. New York’s Nestor Cortes Jr. gets the start, and he’ll go against Los Angeles’ Gavin Stone.

Check out our betting primer for this contest, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Dodgers Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-124)
• Underdog: Dodgers (+105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees vs. Dodgers Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 34, or 72.3%, of the 47 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• New York has a record of 27-13 when favored by -124 or more this year.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 55.4% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Dodgers have put together a 1-3 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 25% of those games).
• Los Angeles has played as a moneyline underdog of +105 or longer in only one game this season, which it won.
• The Dodgers have an implied moneyline win probability of 48.8% in this contest.

Yankees vs. Dodgers Hitting Leaders

• Soto leads New York with a .318 batting average. He’s also hit 17 homers and has 53 RBI.
• Soto ranks fifth in home runs and fourth in RBI among all hitters in baseball.
• Aaron Judge is batting .294 this season with a team-high 21 home runs and 55 RBI.
• Mookie Betts leads the Dodgers with a team-best batting average of .312.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Betts’ home run total puts him 37th, and his RBI total ranks 35th.
• Ohtani’s 15 home runs and .312 batting average both lead his team.

Yankees vs. Dodgers Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
• The Yankees have the lowest ERA in baseball at 2.79.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.110 as a pitching staff, which is the second-best in baseball this season.
• The pitching staff for the Dodgers has a collective 8.8 K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
• Los Angeles’ 3.26 team ERA ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Dodgers pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in MLB (1.123).