Yankees vs. Guardians ALCS Game 2 Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – October 15, 2024

The ALCS continues on Tuesday when the New York Yankees play host to the Cleveland Guardians. The Yankees will look to build on their 1-0 lead in the series when the game begins at 7:38 p.m. ET on truTV. New York’s Gerrit Cole gets the start, and he’ll go against Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee. The Yankees are -172 favorites on the moneyline to win this matchup against the Guardians (+144).

Here is our betting primer for this matchup, and discover all of our MLB betting picks, too!

Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-172)
• Underdog: Guardians (+144)
• Over/under: 7

Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been favorites in 135 games this season and have come away with the win 78 times (57.8%) in those contests.
• This season New York has been victorious 34 times in 52 chances when named as a favorite of at least -172 on the moneyline.
• The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 63.2% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup.
• The Guardians have compiled a 28-33 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 45.9% of those games).
• In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +144 or longer, Cleveland has a record of 3-4 (42.9%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Guardians a 41% chance to win.

Yankees vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Aaron Judge is batting .322 with 58 home runs and 144 RBI. All three of those stats rank first among New York hitters this season.
• Judge ranks first in homers and first in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
• Juan Soto is batting .288 with an OBP of .419 and a slugging percentage of .569 this season.
• Jose Ramirez paces the Guardians in home runs (39) and runs batted in (118).
• In all of MLB, Ramirez ranks fifth in home runs and third in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is batting .243 with 27 doubles, 31 home runs and 58 walks.

Yankees vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees strike out 9.0 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-best in MLB.
• The Yankees have the seventh-best ERA (3.75) in the majors this season.
• Yankees pitchers have a 1.244 WHIP this season, 12th in the majors.
• The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Guardians pitching staff ranks ninth in the majors.
• Cleveland has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.61).
• The Guardians have the fourth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.202).