Data Skrive:
Two of the league’s top power hitters meet Friday when the New York Yankees (60-44) and Boston Red Sox (54-47) take the field at 7:10 PM ET, live on NESN. Aaron Judge has 35 home runs for the Yankees (-123 favorites on the moneyline) while Rafael Devers has 23 homers this season for the Red Sox (+104). New York’s Nestor Cortes Jr. gets the start, and he’ll go against Boston’s Brayan Bello.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $36.26
Yankees to win vs Red Sox -123
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-123)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+104)
- Over/under: 9.5
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Yankees have won in 44, or 55%, of the 80 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- New York has a record of 38-31 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -123 or more on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Yankees have a 55.2% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Red Sox are 24-23 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 51.1% of those games).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +104 or longer, Boston has a 14-16 record (winning 46.7% of its games).
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Red Sox’s implied win probability is 49%.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Juan Soto leads New York in batting average (.311) this season while adding 26 home runs and 72 RBI.
- Including all hitters in baseball, Soto is sixth in homers and fifth in RBI.
- Judge leads New York in home runs with 35 and runs batted in with 89.
- Jarren Duran has 30 doubles, 12 triples, 13 home runs and 37 walks while batting .292.
- Duran’s home run total ranks 73rd in the majors, and he is 45th in RBI.
- Devers has hit 23 home runs with 63 RBI while hitting .293. Those stats all lead his team.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees strike out 8.8 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
- The Yankees have pitched to a 3.62 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
- Yankees pitchers have a 1.211 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
- The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks 10th in the majors.
- Boston’s 3.81 team ERA ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Red Sox have the ninth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.216).