One team will end a losing skid when the 68-48 New York Yankees (two-game losing streak) and the 54-61 Texas Rangers (two-game losing streak) meet Saturday at 1:05 PM ET. The Yankees have been set as -208 favorites by bookmakers for the contest at Yankee Stadium. New York’s Gerrit Cole and Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi have been named the starters for this contest.
Take a look at our betting preview for this tilt, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Odds to Win
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Yankees to win vs Rangers -208
Yankees vs. Rangers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-208)
- Underdog: Rangers (+175)
- Over/under: 9
Yankees vs. Rangers Betting Insights
- The Yankees have won in 48, or 55.2%, of the 87 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- New York has a record of 9-6 when favored by -208 or more this year.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 67.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Rangers are 16-32 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 33.3% of those games).
- Texas has not played a game this season with moneyline odds of +175 or longer.
- The Rangers have a 36.4% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Yankees vs. Rangers Hitting Leaders
- Aaron Judge leads New York in home runs with 41, runs batted in with 104 and his batting average of .321 is also best on his team.
- Judge ranks first in Major League Baseball in homers, and first in RBI.
- Juan Soto is batting .305 with an OBP of .431 and a slugging percentage of .584 this season.
- Marcus Semien leads the Rangers with 57 runs batted in.
- In all of MLB, Semien is 52nd in home runs and 50th in RBI.
- Corey Seager has hit 24 home runs with 57 RBI while batting .274. Those stats all pace his team.
Yankees vs. Rangers Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, seventh-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have the seventh-best ERA (3.78) in the majors this season.
- The Yankees rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.240 WHIP this season.
- The pitching staff for the Rangers has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 18th in MLB.
- Texas has a 4.23 team ERA that ranks 21st across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Rangers average MLB’s 18th-ranked WHIP (1.285).