Yankees vs. Orioles Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 18, 2024

Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Tuesday when the New York Yankees (50-24) and Baltimore Orioles (47-24) take the field at 7:05 PM ET, live on TBS. Aaron Judge has 26 home runs for the Yankees (-154 favorites on the moneyline) while Gunnar Henderson has 14 homers this season for the Orioles (+129). Nestor Cortes Jr. takes the mound for New York while Albert Suarez is Baltimore’s starter for the contest.

Here is our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Orioles Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-154)
• Underdog: Orioles (+129)
• Over/under: 9

Yankees vs. Orioles Betting Insights

• The Yankees have come away with 38 wins in the 55 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This year New York has won 18 of 26 games when listed as at least -154 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 60.6% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Orioles have won 69.2% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (9-4).
• Baltimore has not played a game this season with moneyline odds of +129 or longer.
• Based on this game’s moneyline, the Orioles have an implied win probability of 43.7%.

Yankees vs. Orioles Hitting Leaders

• Judge leads New York in home runs (26) and runs batted in (64) this season while batting .299.
• Including all batters in baseball, Judge is first in home runs and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto is batting .315 to lead New York, while adding 18 homers and 55 runs batted in this season.
• Gunnar Henderson leads the Orioles with 22 home runs.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Henderson ranks second in home runs and 11th in RBI.
• Adley Rutschman has 53 runs batted in while batting .289. Both pace his team.

Yankees vs. Orioles Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees average the 14th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.6) in the league this season.
• The Yankees have the first-best ERA (3.04) in the majors this season.
• The Yankees have a combined 1.169 WHIP as a pitching staff, sixth-lowest in MLB.
• The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Orioles pitching staff ranks 11th in the majors.
• Baltimore has a 3.07 team ERA that ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Orioles combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.129).