Yankees vs. Guardians ALCS Game 1 Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups October 14, 2024

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The New York Yankees take on the Cleveland Guardians to begin the ALCS on Monday at 7:38 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. Both teams have not named a starter.

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Money Line

Yankees to win vs Guardians -157

Bet $20, Payout $32.74

Yankees vs. Guardians betting lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-157)
  • Underdog: Guardians (+133)
  • Over/under: 7.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

  • The Yankees have won 77 of the 134 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (57.5%).
  • When it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -157 or shorter, New York has gone 44-28 (61.1%).
  • The Yankees have a 61.1% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
  • New York has played in 164 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 86 times (86-74-4).
  • The Yankees are 81-82-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

  • Aaron Judge has racked up a team-best batting average of .322, while pacing the Yankees in home runs (58) and runs batted in (144).
  • In MLB, Judge ranks first in homers and first in RBI.
  • Juan Soto is hitting .288 with 31 doubles, four triples, 41 home runs and 129 walks.
  • Soto ranks fourth in home runs among hitters in MLB action and sixth in RBI.
  • Jazz Chisholm has 21 doubles, four triples, 24 home runs and 53 walks while batting .256.
  • Gleyber Torres is hitting .257 with 26 doubles, 15 home runs and 65 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

  • The Yankees pitching staff ranks sixth in MLB with a collective nine strikeouts per nine innings.
  • New York has a 3.75 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Yankees average baseball’s 12th-ranked WHIP (1.244).
  • The Yankees surrender the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (181 total, 1.1 per game).
  • In its 3-1 win last time out, New York struck out seven Royals batters while allowing six hits.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

  • This season, the Guardians have won 28 out of the 60 games, or 46.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
  • Cleveland has a record of 6-10, a 37.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +133 or more by oddsmakers this season.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 42.9% chance of a victory for the Guardians.
  • So far this season, Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 72 of its 166 games with a total.
  • The Guardians have an ATS record of 85-80-0 in 165 games with a spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

  • Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 39 and runs batted in with 118.
  • In all of Major League Baseball, Ramirez is fifth in home runs and third in RBI.
  • Josh Naylor has 137 hits and an OBP of .320 to go with a slugging percentage of .456 this season.
  • Naylor ranks 18th in homers and eighth in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
  • Steven Kwan’s batting average of .292 leads all Cleveland hitters this season.
  • Kwan heads into this matchup on a five-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .524 with a double and two walks.
  • Andres Gimenez is batting .252 with an OBP of .298 and a slugging percentage of .340 this season.

Guardians pitching rankings

  • The Guardians average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the majors.
  • Cleveland has the third-best ERA (3.61) in the majors this season.
  • The Guardians have a combined 1.202 WHIP as a pitching staff, fourth-lowest in MLB.
  • The Guardians have given up the 12th-fewest long balls so far this season with 179 home runs allowed.
  • Cleveland earned a 7-3 win in its most recent game, striking out 16 Tigers batters while allowing seven hits.
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