Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – August 30, 2024

The New York Yankees (78-56) are -172 moneyline favorites to win Friday when they plan to send Marcus Stroman to the mound to face the St. Louis Cardinals (66-67). Stroman will try to earn his 10th win when the teams hit the field at 7:05 p.m. ET, live on MLB Network. Stroman will get the ball for New York while St. Louis will counter with Erick Fedde.

Check out our betting primer for this contest, and uncover all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-172)
• Underdog: Cardinals (+144)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Insights

• The Yankees have been victorious in 58, or 56.3%, of the 103 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
• This season New York has been victorious 23 times in 39 chances when named as a favorite of at least -172 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 63.2% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Cardinals have gone 33-33 in games they were listed as the moneyline underdog (winning 50% of those games).
• St. Louis is 2-7 (winning just 22.2% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +144 or longer.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Cardinals a 41% chance to win.

Yankees vs. Cardinals Hitting Leaders

• Aaron Judge leads New York in batting average (.333), home runs (51) and runs batted in (123) this season.
• Judge ranks first in Major League Baseball in homers, and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto is batting .291 with an OBP of .421 and a slugging percentage of .590 this season.
• Alec Burleson paces the Cardinals with 21 home runs and 72 runs batted in.
• Burleson ranks 35th in home runs and 36th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Brendan Donovan has 27 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 38 walks while batting .263.

Yankees vs. Cardinals Pitching Rankings

• The Yankees average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the league.
• The Yankees have pitched to a 3.76 ERA this season, which ranks sixth in baseball.
• The Yankees rank 14th in MLB with a combined 1.253 WHIP this season.
• The Cardinals pitching staff is 26th in MLB with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
• St. Louis has a 4.16 team ERA that ranks 19th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Cardinals combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.274).