Yankees vs. Guardians ALCS Game 4 Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – October 18, 2024

The New York Yankees will visit the Cleveland Guardians in the fourth game of the ALCS on Friday at 8:08 p.m. ET, live on truTV from Progressive Field. The Guardians will try to tie things up as they enter the matchup trailing in the series 2-1. New York’s Luis Gil and Cleveland’s Gavin Williams have been named the starters for this contest. The Guardians are underdogs (-101) for this contest with the Yankees (-119).

Here is our betting preview for this tilt, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-119)
• Underdog: Guardians (-101)
• Over/under: 7.5

Yankees vs. Guardians Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 79, or 57.7%, of the 137 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season New York has been victorious 74 times in 128 chances when named as a favorite of at least -119 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Yankees have a 54.3% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
• The Guardians have won 46% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (29-34).
• Cleveland is 17-32 (winning just 34.7% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of -101 or longer.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Guardians have an implied win probability of 50.2%.

Yankees vs. Guardians Hitting Leaders

• Aaron Judge leads New York in home runs with 58, runs batted in with 144 and his batting average of .322 is also best on his team.
• Judge ranks first in Major League Baseball in homers, and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto has 166 hits and an OBP of .419 to go with a slugging percentage of .569 this season.
• Jose Ramirez has a team-high 39 home runs and 118 runs batted in.
• In all of the majors, Ramirez is fifth in home runs and third in RBI.
• Josh Naylor is hitting .243 with 27 doubles, 31 home runs and 58 walks.

Yankees vs. Guardians Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, sixth-best in baseball.
• Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.75 this year, seventh-best in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.244 as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in MLB.
• The Guardians pitching staff ranks ninth in the majors with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Cleveland has a 3.61 team ERA that ranks third among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Guardians pitchers combine for the No. 4 WHIP in the majors (1.202).