Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 31, 2024

The New York Yankees (79-56) will look to Austin Wells, who is coming off a two-homer game, to lead them in a matchup with the St. Louis Cardinals (67-68) Saturday at 1:05 p.m. ET on MLB Network. The Yankees are -171 favorites for the contest, according to bookmakers. Will Warren will get the ball for New York while St. Louis will counter with Kyle Gibson.

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Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-171)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+143)
• Over/under: 9.5

Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 59, or 56.7%, of the 104 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This year New York has won 24 of 40 games when listed as at least -171 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 63.1% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Cardinals have gone 33-34 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 49.3% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +143 or longer, St. Louis has a 2-8 record (winning only 20% of its games).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cardinals’ implied win probability is 41.2%.

Yankees vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• Aaron Judge is batting .331 with 51 home runs and 123 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among New York hitters this season.
• Among all hitters in baseball, Judge’s home run total ranks him first and his RBI tally ranks him first.
• Juan Soto has 142 hits and an OBP of .422 to go with a slugging percentage of .592 this season.
• Alec Burleson leads the Cardinals with 21 home runs and 72 runs batted in.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Burleson’s home run total puts him 37th, and his RBI total ranks 37th.
• Nolan Arenado is batting .270 with 19 doubles, 15 home runs and 35 walks.

Yankees vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
• The Yankees have the sixth-best ERA (3.75) in the majors this season.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.252 as a pitching staff, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• The 8.0 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cardinals pitching staff ranks 26th in the majors.
• St. Louis has a 4.15 team ERA that ranks 18th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Cardinals average MLB’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.267).