Yankees vs. Royals ALDS Game 2 Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – October 7, 2024

The New York Yankees will host the Kansas City Royals in the second game of the ALDS on Monday at 7:38 p.m. ET, live on TBS from Yankee Stadium. The Royals will look to bounce back after falling behind in the series in Game 1. New York’s Carlos Rodon gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Cole Ragans. The Yankees are -146 favorites on the moneyline to win this matchup with the Royals (+123).

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Yankees vs. Royals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-146)
• Underdog: Royals (+123)
• Over/under: 8

Yankees vs. Royals Betting Insights

• The Yankees have come away with 75 wins in the 131 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This season New York has been victorious 51 times in 84 chances when named as a favorite of at least -146 on the moneyline.
• The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 59.3% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Royals have a 37-47 record in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 44% of those games).
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +123 or longer, Kansas City has a record of 10-22 (31.2%).
• The Royals have an implied moneyline win probability of 44.8% in this contest.

Yankees vs. Royals Hitting Leaders

• Aaron Judge is batting .322 with 58 home runs and 144 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among New York hitters this season.
• Among batters in Major League Baseball, Judge is first in home runs and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto has 166 hits and an OBP of .419 to go with a slugging percentage of .569 this season.
• Bobby Witt Jr. paces the Royals with 32 home runs and 109 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .332.
• In all of MLB, Witt is 16th in home runs and sixth in RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has 30 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs and 40 walks while hitting .262.

Yankees vs. Royals Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees average nine strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the league.
• The Yankees have pitched to a 3.75 ERA this season, which ranks seventh in baseball.
• The Yankees rank 12th in MLB with a combined 1.244 WHIP this season.
• The pitching staff for the Royals has a collective 8.5 K/9, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Kansas City’s 3.76 team ERA ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Royals combine for the 13th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.245).