The New York Yankees begin the MLB campaign favored (-152) at home against the Milwaukee Brewers (+127) at Yankee Stadium on Thursday. First pitch is at 3:05 p.m. ET. Carlos Rodon takes the mound first for New York, and Freddy Peralta is Milwaukee’s pick to start.

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Yankees vs. Brewers betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-152)
• Underdog: Brewers (+127)
• Over/under: 8

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees finished with an 82-60 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite last season (winning 57.7% of those games).
• In games it played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -152 or shorter last year, New York had a record of 51-31 (62.2%).
• The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 60.3% in this contest.
• New York combined with its opponents to go over the total 91 times last season for a 91-78-5 record against the over/under.
• The Yankees collected an 86-87-0 record against the spread last season (covering 49.7% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge hit 58 home runs and had 144 runs batted in last season, while putting up a batting average of .322.
• Cody Bellinger had 23 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 45 walks while hitting .266.
• Jazz Chisholm hit .256 a season ago with 21 doubles, four triples, 24 home runs and 53 walks.
• Anthony Volpe had 27 doubles, seven triples, 12 home runs and 42 walks while hitting .243.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees pitching staff was sixth in the majors last season with a collective 9.0 strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York’s 3.75 team ERA ranked seventh among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Last season pitchers for the Yankees combined for the 12th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.244).
• Yankees pitchers combined to give up 181 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (13th-fewest in the majors).

Brewers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Brewers betting info

• Last season, the Brewers won 37 out of the 69 games, or 53.6%, in which they were the underdog.
• Milwaukee had a record of 6-8, a 42.9% win rate, when it was set as the underdog by +127 or more by sportsbooks last season.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Brewers have a 44.1% chance to win.
• Games involving Milwaukee went over the total set by bookmakers in 84 of 165 chances last season.
• In 164 games with a spread last season, the Brewers were 86-78-0 ATS.

Brewers hitting info

• William Contreras finished last season with a .281 average and 92 RBI.
• Jackson Chourio collected 145 hits, posted an OBP of .327 and a .464 SLG.
• Brice Turang finished with a .254 average, seven home runs and 57 RBI last season.
• Joey Ortiz collected 105 hits, posted an OBP of .329 and a .398 SLG.

Brewers pitching rankings

• The Brewers had an 8.6 K/9 last season as a pitching staff, which ranked 15th in the majors.
• Milwaukee pitchers had a combined ERA of 3.65 last year, fifth-best in baseball.
• The Brewers had a combined WHIP of just 1.234 as a pitching staff, which was the ninth-best in baseball last season.
• The Brewers allowed the 22nd-fewest home runs last season with 196, or 1.2 per game.