Carlos Rodon will take the mound for the New York Yankees (50-22) Saturday looking for his 10th win of the season in a matchup with the Boston Red Sox (35-35). The Yankees are -167 favorites to pick up the win in the contest, which starts at 7:15 PM ET on FOX, live from Fenway Park. Rodon takes the mound for New York while Cooper Criswell is Boston’s starter for the contest.
Take a look at our betting preview for this tilt, and find all of our MLB picks, too!
Betting Odds
Bet $20, Payout $31.98
Yankees to win vs Red Sox -167
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-167)
- Underdog: Red Sox (+140)
- Over/under: 9
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Yankees have been favorites in 53 games this season and have come away with the win 38 times (71.7%) in those contests.
- New York has a record of 14-5 when favored by -167 or more this year.
- Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 62.5% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Red Sox have won 48.6% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (17-18).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +140 or longer, Boston has gone 2-5 (28.6%).
- The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 41.7% in this matchup.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Aaron Judge leads New York in home runs with 25 and runs batted in with 63.
- Judge’s home runs put him first in MLB, and he is first in RBI.
- Juan Soto is batting .319 to lead New York, while adding 17 homers and 54 runs batted in this season.
- Jarren Duran is hitting .273 with 20 doubles, 10 triples, five home runs and 29 walks.
- In all of MLB, Duran ranks 159th in home runs and 77th in RBI.
- Rafael Devers has hit 13 home runs while hitting .284. Both pace his team.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 19th in the majors.
- The Yankees have the lowest ERA in baseball at 2.90.
- The Yankees have a combined 1.141 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 3.48 team ERA ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Red Sox pitchers combine for the No. 7 WHIP in baseball (1.168).