The New York Yankees (60-45) visit the Boston Red Sox (55-47) at 7:15 PM ET Saturday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Aaron Judge has racked up 36 homers this season (No. 1 in the league) for the favored Yankees which sit as -113 favorites, while Rafael Devers ranks ninth in the majors with 23 dingers of his own for the underdogs. Marcus Stroman will get the ball for New York while Boston will counter with Kutter Crawford.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $37.70
Yankees to win vs Red Sox -113
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-113)
- Underdog: Red Sox (-106)
- Over/under: 10
Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Insights
- The Yankees have come away with 44 wins in the 81 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- This season New York has come away with a win 44 times in 81 chances when named as a favorite of at least -113 on the moneyline.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 53.1% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Red Sox have been the underdog on the moneyline 48 total times this season. They’ve finished 25-23 in those games.
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of -106 or longer, Boston has gone 23-20 (53.5%).
- The Red Sox have an implied moneyline win probability of 51.5% in this contest.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Hitting Leaders
- Juan Soto leads New York with a .307 batting average. He’s also hit 26 homers and has 72 RBI.
- Soto is sixth in home runs and fifth in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Judge is batting .306 this season with a team-high 36 home runs and 92 RBI.
- Jarren Duran is hitting .291 with 30 doubles, 12 triples, 13 home runs and 37 walks.
- Among all batters in MLB, Duran ranks 73rd in homers and 49th in RBI.
- Devers has shown off his power as he paces his team with 23 home runs and 64 runs batted in, with a team-best .296 batting average.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have pitched to a 3.68 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.221 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
- The pitching staff for the Red Sox has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 14th in MLB.
- Boston has a 3.84 team ERA that ranks 12th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Red Sox pitchers combine for the No. 9 WHIP in baseball (1.222).