Yankees vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 22, 2024

Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Sunday when the New York Yankees (90-64) and Oakland Athletics (67-87) take the field at 4:07 p.m. ET, live on NBCS-CA. Aaron Judge has 53 home runs for the Yankees (-179 favorites on the moneyline) while Brent Rooker has 38 homers this season for the Athletics (+150). New York’s Luis Gil gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Joey Estes.

Here is our preview for this matchup, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-179)
• Underdog: Athletics (+150)
• Over/under: 8

Yankees vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 70, or 57.4%, of the 122 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This year New York has won 26 of 42 games when listed as at least -179 on the moneyline.
• The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 64.2% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Athletics are 54-80 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 40.3% of those games).
• Oakland has an 18-31 record (winning only 36.7% of its games) when playing as a moneyline underdog of +150 or longer.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Athletics have an implied win probability of 40%.

Yankees vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Judge is batting .319 with 53 home runs and 136 RBI. All three of those stats lead New York hitters this season.
• Including all batters in MLB, Judge is first in home runs and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto has collected 158 hits this season and has an OBP of .419. He’s slugging .577 on the year.
• Rooker leads the Athletics with 38 home runs and 110 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .302.
• In all of the majors, Rooker ranks fifth in home runs and fourth in RBI.
• JJ Bleday is batting .246 with 43 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 65 walks.

Yankees vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees strike out nine batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fifth-best in MLB.
• The Yankees have pitched to a 3.71 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.245 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Athletics pitching staff is 28th in MLB with a collective 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Oakland’s 4.33 team ERA ranks 23rd across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 24th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.330).