Data Skrive:
The New York Yankees (78-54) are -195 moneyline favorites Wednesday when they plan to send Carlos Rodon to the mound to face the Washington Nationals (59-73), seeking win No. 15. The teams hit the field at 6:45 p.m. ET, live on Amazon Prime Video. Rodon gets the starting nod for New York while MacKenzie Gore is Washington’s starter for the contest.
Take a look at our betting primer for this matchup, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $30.26
Yankees to win vs Nationals -195
Yankees vs. Nationals Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-195)
- Underdog: Nationals (+161)
- Over/under: 9
Yankees vs. Nationals Betting Insights
- The Yankees have been victorious in 58, or 57.4%, of the 101 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season New York has come away with a win 17 times in 26 chances when named as a favorite of at least -195 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 66.1% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Nationals have put together a 46-62 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 42.6% of those games).
- Washington has a record of 12-14 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +161 or longer (46.2%).
- The Nationals have a 38.3% chance to win this matchup based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
Yankees vs. Nationals Hitting Leaders
- Aaron Judge is batting .333 with 51 home runs and 122 RBI. All three of those stats lead New York hitters this season.
- Judge’s home runs rank him first in MLB, and he ranks first in RBI.
- Juan Soto is batting .296 with an OBP of .427 and a slugging percentage of .600 this season.
- C.J. Abrams has launched a team-best 18 home runs.
- Abrams ranks 62nd in homers and 57th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Luis Garcia has 63 RBI while hitting .292. Both pace his team.
Yankees vs. Nationals Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the league.
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.75 this year, sixth-best in baseball.
- The Yankees rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.252 WHIP this season.
- The Nationals pitching staff is 23rd in the majors with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Washington has the 23rd-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.29).
- Pitchers for the Nationals combine for the fourth-worst WHIP in the majors (1.340).