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The New York Yankees (80-60) will meet the Chicago Cubs (72-68) on Friday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Juan Soto will be looking for his 99th RBI of the season for the favored Yankees (-144) when the game gets underway at Wrigley Field, live on MARQ. New York’s Luis Gil gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Jordan Wicks.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $33.89
Yankees to win vs Cubs -144
Yankees vs. Cubs Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-144)
- Underdog: Cubs (+122)
- Over/under: 7
Yankees vs. Cubs Betting Insights
- The Yankees have come away with 60 wins in the 109 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
- New York has a record of 40-30 when favored by -144 or more this year.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 59% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
- The Cubs have gone 34-36 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 48.6% of those games).
- Chicago has gone 12-10 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +122 or longer (54.5%).
- The Cubs have an implied moneyline win probability of 45% in this contest.
Yankees vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders
- Aaron Judge leads New York in home runs with 51, runs batted in with 124 and his batting average of .323 is also best on his team.
- Among all MLB hitters, Judge is third in batting average, first in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
- Soto has 149 hits and an OBP of .423 to go with a slugging percentage of .592 this season.
- Ian Happ has accumulated a team-best 23 home runs and 81 runs batted in.
- Among all hitters in the majors, Happ ranks 31st in home runs and 25th in RBI.
- Nico Hoerner has 30 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 41 walks while batting .261.
Yankees vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.267 as a pitching staff, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Cubs pitching staff is 11th in the majors with a collective 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
- Chicago has the seventh-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.79).
- Pitchers for the Cubs combine for the No. 10-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.238).