Yankees vs. Royals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 10, 2024

Two of the league’s top hitters will meet Tuesday when the New York Yankees (83-61) and Kansas City Royals (79-66) take to the field at 7:05 p.m. ET, live on YES. Aaron Judge is batting .322 for the Yankees (-143 favorites on the moneyline) while Bobby Witt Jr. leads the underdog Royals (+121) with a .335 average. Marcus Stroman gets the starting nod for New York while Seth Lugo is Kansas City’s starter for the contest.

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

Yankees vs. Royals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-143)
• Underdog: Royals (+121)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees vs. Royals Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 63, or 55.8%, of the 113 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This year New York has won 41 of 73 games when listed as at least -143 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 58.8% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Royals have gone 32-41 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 43.8% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +121 or longer, Kansas City has gone 8-20 (28.6%).
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Royals’ implied win probability is 45.2%.

Yankees vs. Royals Hitting Leaders

• Judge is batting .322 with 51 home runs and 126 RBI. All three of those stats are best among New York hitters this season.
• Judge ranks first in MLB in homers, and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto has 151 hits and an OBP of .423 to go with a slugging percentage of .582 this season.
• Witt has racked up a team-best batting average of .335, and leads the Royals in home runs (30) and runs batted in (98).
• Among all hitters in MLB, Witt’s home run total puts him 12th, and his RBI total ranks seventh.
• Salvador Perez’s 98 runs batted in are a team-high mark.

Yankees vs. Royals Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees have a 9.0 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
• The Yankees have the eighth-best ERA (3.80) in the majors this season.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.253 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Royals pitching staff ranks 24th in the majors.
• Kansas City has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.92).
• The Royals average MLB’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.263).