Yankees vs. Royals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – September 9, 2024

The New York Yankees (82-60) host the Kansas City Royals (78-65) at 7:05 p.m. ET Monday for a meeting between two of the league’s best hitters. For the favored Yankees (-174), Aaron Judge is batting .321 this year, third in the league, while Bobby Witt Jr. ranks first in the majors with a .336 average for the underdog Royals. New York’s Carlos Rodon gets the start, and he’ll go against Kansas City’s Brady Singer.

Take a look at our betting preview for this matchup, and uncover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Royals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-174)
• Underdog: Royals (+146)
• Over/under: 8

Yankees vs. Royals Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been chosen as favorites in 111 games this year and have walked away with the win 62 times (55.9%) in those games.
• This year New York has won 25 of 42 games when listed as at least -174 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Yankees have a 63.5% chance of walking away with the win.
• The Royals have won 44.4% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (32-40).
• When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +146 or longer, Kansas City has a 1-2 record (winning just 33.3% of its games).
• The Royals have a 40.7% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.

Yankees vs. Royals Hitting Leaders

• Judge is batting .321 with 51 home runs and 125 RBI. All three of those stats are tops among New York hitters this season.
• Judge ranks first in Major League Baseball in homers, and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto is batting .294 with an OBP of .422 and a slugging percentage of .587 this season.
• Witt paces the Royals in home runs (30), runs batted in (98) and has put up a team-best batting average of .336.
• Among all batters in the majors, Witt ranks 12th in home runs and seventh in RBI.
• Salvador Perez is hitting .270 with 27 doubles, 25 home runs and 39 walks.

Yankees vs. Royals Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, eighth-best in baseball.
• Yankees pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.83 this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of 1.258 as a pitching staff, which ranks 15th in MLB.
• The 8.3 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Royals pitching staff ranks 24th in the majors.
• Kansas City’s 3.90 team ERA ranks 12th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Royals average baseball’s 17th-ranked WHIP (1.260).