Data Skrive:
The New York Yankees (25-13) host the Houston Astros (12-24) at 5:05 PM ET Thursday in a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. Juan Soto is batting .338 this year (sixth in the league) for the favored Yankees (-132), while Jose Altuve ranks seventh in the majors with a .331 average for the underdog Astros. Marcus Stroman takes the mound for New York while Ronel Blanco is Houston’s starter for the contest.
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Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $35.15
Yankees to win vs Astros -132
Yankees vs. Astros Betting Lines
- Favorite: Yankees (-132)
- Underdog: Astros (+111)
- Over/under: 8.5
Yankees vs. Astros Betting Insights
- The Yankees have been victorious in 18, or 69.2%, of the 26 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- New York has a record of 12-5 when favored by -132 or more this year.
- The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 56.9% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
- The Astros have gone 2-5 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 28.6% of those games).
- Houston has played as a moneyline underdog of +111 or longer in just two games this season, which it lost both.
- Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Astros have an implied win probability of 47.4%.
Yankees vs. Astros Hitting Leaders
- Soto is batting .338 with nine home runs and 33 RBI. All three of those stats are best among New York hitters this season.
- Of all hitters in MLB, Soto’s home run total ranks him seventh and his RBI tally ranks him second.
- Alex Verdugo has 33 hits and an OBP of .349 to go with a slugging percentage of .432 this season.
- Kyle Tucker paces the Astros with 11 home runs and 25 runs batted in.
- Tucker is second in home runs and 20th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Altuve has a club-best .331 batting average.
Yankees vs. Astros Pitching Rankings
- The Yankees have an 8.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 12th in the majors.
- The Yankees have pitched to a 2.97 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
- The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.173 as a pitching staff, which is the seventh-best in baseball this season.
- The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Astros pitching staff ranks 20th in the majors.
- Houston has the 28th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (5.05).
- Pitchers for the Astros combine for the second-worst WHIP in MLB (1.489).