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The Philadelphia Phillies (65-40) host the New York Yankees (62-45) at 6:40 PM ET Monday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Bryce Harper has racked up 24 homers this season (No. 8 in the league) for the favored Phillies which sit as -150 favorites, while Aaron Judge ranks first in the majors with 37 dingers of his own for the underdogs. Zack Wheeler will get the ball for Philadelphia while New York will counter with Luis Gil.
Take a look at our betting preview for this matchup, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!
Money Line
Bet $20, Payout $33.33
Phillies to win vs Yankees -150
Phillies vs. Yankees Betting Lines
- Favorite: Phillies (-150)
- Underdog: Yankees (+126)
- Over/under: 9
Phillies vs. Yankees Betting Insights
- The Phillies have won in 56, or 63.6%, of the 88 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Philadelphia has a record of 42-19 in contests when sportsbooks favor them by -150 or more on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Phillies have a 60% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Yankees have put together a 17-5 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 77.3% of those games).
- New York has a 2-1 record (winning 66.7% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline underdog of +126 or longer.
- The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 44.2% in this contest.
Phillies vs. Yankees Hitting Leaders
- Harper is batting .285 this season with a team-high 24 home runs.
- Harper is eighth in homers and 16th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
- Alec Bohm leads Philadelphia in batting average (.295) and runs batted in (71) this season while also slugging 11 homers.
- Judge leads the Yankees in home runs (37), runs batted in (96) and has a team-high batting average of .314.
- In all of the majors, Judge ranks first in home runs and first in RBI.
- Juan Soto is batting .306 with 20 doubles, four triples, 27 home runs and 86 walks.
Phillies vs. Yankees Pitching Rankings
- The Phillies average 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
- The Phillies have the second-best ERA (3.43) in the majors this season.
- The Phillies have a combined 1.165 WHIP as a pitching staff, second-lowest in MLB.
- The Yankees pitching staff ranks fifth in MLB with a collective 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
- New York has the fifth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.68).
- Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the No. 8-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.225).