Yankees vs. Braves Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – June 22, 2024

Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Saturday when the New York Yankees (51-27) and Atlanta Braves (42-31) take the field at 7:15 PM ET, live on FOX. Aaron Judge has 27 home runs for the Yankees (-141 favorites on the moneyline) while Marcell Ozuna has 20 homers this season for the Braves (+120). Marcus Stroman will get the ball for New York while Atlanta will counter with Charlie Morton.

Here is our betting primer for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Braves Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-141)
• Underdog: Braves (+120)
• Over/under: 9

Yankees vs. Braves Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 39, or 67.2%, of the 58 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season New York has come away with a win 23 times in 35 chances when named as a favorite of at least -141 on the moneyline.
• The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 58.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Braves have gone 2-4 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 33.3% of those games).
• Atlanta has played as a moneyline underdog of +120 or longer in just one game this season, which it lost.
• The Braves have a 45.5% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Yankees vs. Braves Hitting Leaders

• Judge is batting .301 this season with a team-high 27 home runs and 67 RBI.
• Among hitters in baseball, Judge is first in home runs and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto leads New York in batting with a .304 average while slugging 18 homers and driving in 56 runs.
• Ozuna has a team-best batting average of .311, and paces the Braves in home runs (20) and runs batted in (63).
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Ozuna’s home run total puts him fourth, and his RBI total ranks third.
• Ozzie Albies is batting .266 with 21 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 19 walks.

Yankees vs. Braves Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees average the 16th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the league this season.
• The Yankees have pitched to a 3.24 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined 1.205 WHIP as a pitching staff, seventh-lowest in MLB.
• The Braves pitching staff ranks third in the majors with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
• Atlanta has the eighth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.56).
• Braves pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in the majors (1.213).