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The New York Yankees (80-60) will take on the Chicago Cubs (72-68) on Saturday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Juan Soto will be looking for his 99th RBI of the season for the favored Yankees (-138) when the game gets underway at Wrigley Field, live on YES. New York’s Clarke Schmidt and Chicago’s Javier Assad have been named the starters for this contest.
Check out our betting primer for this game, and discover all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Odds to Win
Bet $20, Payout $34.49
Yankees to win vs Cubs -138
Yankees vs. Cubs Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-138)
- Underdog: Cubs (+117)
- 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.
- This season New York has come away with a win 41 times in 75 chances when named as a favorite of at least -138 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Yankees have a 58% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Cubs have won 34 of the 70 games they were listed as the moneyline underdog this season (48.6%).
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +117 or longer, Chicago has a 16-10 record (winning 61.5% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Cubs have an implied win probability of 46.1%.
Yankees vs. Cubs Hitting Leaders
- Aaron Judge leads New York in batting average (.323), home runs (51) and runs batted in (124) this season.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Judge’s home run total ranks him first and his RBI tally places him first.
- Soto has 149 hits and an OBP of .423 to go with a slugging percentage of .592 this season.
- Ian Happ leads the Cubs with 23 home runs and 81 runs batted in.
- Happ is 31st in homers and 26th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
- Nico Hoerner is batting .261 with 30 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 41 walks.
Yankees vs. Cubs Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the league.
- Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.89 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
- The Yankees rank 17th in MLB with a combined 1.267 WHIP this season.
- The 8.7 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Cubs pitching staff ranks 11th in MLB.
- Chicago has a 3.79 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
- Cubs pitchers combine for the No. 10 WHIP in the majors (1.238).