Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 21, 2024

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Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Odds, Probable Starters 8/21/2024

Data Skrive:

The New York Yankees (73-53) host the Cleveland Guardians (73-52) at 7:05 p.m. ET Wednesday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Yankees (-167), Aaron Judge is batting .332 this year, second in the league, while Steven Kwan ranks fourth in the majors with a .313 average for the underdog Guardians. New York’s Nestor Cortes Jr. gets the start, and he’ll go against Cleveland’s Joey Cantillo.

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Money Line

Yankees to win vs Guardians -167

Bet $20, Payout $31.98

Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-167)
  • Underdog: Guardians (+141)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Insights

  • The Yankees have been chosen as favorites in 95 games this year and have walked away with the win 53 times (55.8%) in those games.
  • This season New York has been victorious 24 times in 40 chances when named as a favorite of at least -167 on the moneyline.
  • Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 62.5% chance of pulling out a win.
  • The Guardians are 22-24 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 47.8% of those games).
  • Cleveland has gone 5-4 in games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +141 or longer (55.6%).
  • The Guardians have an implied moneyline win probability of 41.5% in this game.

Yankees vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

  • Judge leads New York in home runs with 45, runs batted in with 114 and his batting average of .332 is also best on his team.
  • Including all hitters in MLB, Judge is first in homers and first in RBI.
  • Juan Soto has 135 hits and an OBP of .431 to go with a slugging percentage of .603 this season.
  • Jose Ramirez has accumulated a team-best 32 home runs and 101 runs batted in.
  • Among all batters in the majors, Ramirez ranks seventh in home runs and second in RBI.
  • Josh Naylor is hitting .242 with 19 doubles, 27 home runs and 46 walks.

Yankees vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

  • The Yankees average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the league.
  • The Yankees have pitched to a 3.81 ERA this season, which ranks eighth in baseball.
  • The Yankees rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.264 WHIP this season.
  • The Guardians pitching staff ranks ninth in MLB with a collective 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Cleveland’s 3.73 team ERA ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Guardians combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.217).