The New York Yankees (49-22), led by the red-hot Giancarlo Stanton and his two-game homer streak, are -159 favorites to pick up a win over the Boston Red Sox (35-34) Friday at 6:30 PM ET, live from Fenway Park and broadcast on NESN. Luis Gil starts for New York while Brayan Bello is Boston’s starter for the contest.
Here is our betting preview for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $32.58
Yankees to win vs Red Sox -159
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-159)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+133)
- Over/under: 9
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Yankees have been favorites in 52 games this season and have come away with the win 37 times (71.2%) in those contests.
- New York has a record of 17-7 in contests when bookmakers favor them by -159 or more on the moneyline.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 61.4% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Red Sox have been the underdog on the moneyline 34 total times this season. They’ve gone 17-17 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +133 or longer, Boston has a 2-6 record (winning just 25% of its games).
- The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 42.9% in this game.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Aaron Judge is batting .302 this season with a team-high 25 home runs and 62 RBI.
- Judge ranks first in the majors in homers, and first in RBI.
- Juan Soto’s batting average of .320 leads all New York hitters this season.
- Jarren Duran is hitting .272 with 20 doubles, 10 triples, five home runs and 27 walks.
- Duran is 156th in home runs and 76th in RBI among all batters in the big leagues.
- Rafael Devers has shown off his power as he paces his team with 13 home runs with a team-high .286 batting average.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees strike out 8.5 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
- The Yankees have a 2.92 ERA as a team, best in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined 1.138 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
- The 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Red Sox pitching staff ranks eighth in MLB.
- Boston’s 3.41 team ERA ranks fifth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Red Sox have the sixth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.160).