Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Wednesday when the New York Yankees (51-24) and Baltimore Orioles (47-25) take the field at 7:05 PM ET, live on Amazon Prime Video. Aaron Judge has 26 home runs for the Yankees (-172 favorites on the moneyline) while Gunnar Henderson has 14 homers this season for the Orioles (+144). New York’s Gerrit Cole gets the start, and he’ll go against Baltimore’s Cade Povich.
Check out our betting preview for this tilt, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $31.63
Yankees to win vs Orioles -172
Yankees vs. Orioles Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-172)
- Underdog: Orioles (+144)
- Over/under: 8.5
Yankees vs. Orioles Betting Insights
- The Yankees have come away with 39 wins in the 56 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This year New York has won 11 of 16 games when listed as at least -172 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 63.2% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Orioles have a 9-5 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 64.3% of those games).
- Baltimore has never played a game this season with moneyline odds of +144 or longer.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Orioles’ implied win probability is 41%.
Yankees vs. Orioles Hitting Leaders
- Judge is batting .302 this season with a team-high 26 home runs and 64 RBI.
- Among all MLB hitters, Judge is 11th in batting average, second in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
- Juan Soto’s batting average of .313 leads all New York hitters this season.
- Gunnar Henderson has a team-best 22 homers.
- Henderson’s home run total ranks second in the majors, and he is 11th in RBI.
- Adley Rutschman has 53 runs batted in while batting .292. Both lead his team.
Yankees vs. Orioles Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in the majors.
- The Yankees have pitched to a 3.03 ERA this season, which ranks first in baseball.
- Yankees pitchers have a 1.167 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
- The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Orioles pitching staff ranks ninth in the majors.
- Baltimore’s 3.09 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Orioles combine for the No. 3-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.133).