Yankees vs. Rangers Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups May 21, 2025

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The New York Yankees (28-19) and the Texas Rangers (25-24) square off on Wednesday at Yankee Stadium, starting at 7:05 p.m. ET. The Yankees are favored on the moneyline (-115), while the Rangers are -104 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +157 odds. New York’s Ryan Yarbrough and Texas’ Jacob deGrom will start this matchup.

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Yankees to win vs Rangers -115

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Yankees vs. Rangers betting lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-115)
  • Underdog: Rangers (-104)
  • Over/under: 7.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

  • The Yankees have won 26 of the 40 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (65%).
  • When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -115 or shorter, New York has a 25-14 record (winning 64.1% of its games).
  • Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Yankees have an implied win probability of 53.5%.
  • In the 46 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 21 times (21-23-2).
  • The Yankees have covered 47.8% of their games this season, going 22-24-0 ATS.

Yankees hitting info

  • Aaron Judge has put up a team-high batting average of .403, and leads the Yankees in home runs (16) and runs batted in (43).
  • In baseball, Judge ranks third in home runs and first in RBI.
  • Judge has safely hit in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .350 with a double, two home runs, three walks and three RBIs.
  • Paul Goldschmidt has 11 doubles, five home runs and 14 walks while hitting .339.
  • Goldschmidt ranks 117th in homers and 58th in RBI among hitters in MLB action.
  • Goldschmidt takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .294 with a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
  • Cody Bellinger has eight doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 19 walks while hitting .258.
  • Bellinger has hit safely in 14 games in a row. During his last 10 games he is hitting .405 with four doubles, three home runs, five walks and nine RBIs.
  • Trent Grisham is hitting .274 with a double, a triple, 12 home runs and 18 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

  • The 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
  • New York’s 3.51 team ERA ranks 10th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Yankees have the seventh-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.175).
  • Yankees pitchers combine to give up 40 home runs (0.9 per game), the fifth-fewest in the majors.
  • New York knocked off the Rangers 5-2 in its last game with 14 strikeouts while allowing eight hits.

Rangers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rangers betting info

  • The Rangers have entered the game as underdogs 25 times this season and won eight, or 32%, of those games.
  • Texas has a record of 6-15 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least -104 on the moneyline.
  • The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 51% chance of a victory for the Rangers.
  • Games involving Texas have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 15 of 49 chances this season.
  • The Rangers are 28-21-0 against the spread in their 49 chances this season.

Rangers hitting info

  • Wyatt Langford leads Texas in home runs this season with nine while driving in 20 runs.
  • Among all batters in the majors, Langford is 32nd in home runs and 105th in RBI.
  • Langford enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .222 with a double, a home run, a walk and two RBIs.
  • Josh Jung has collected 42 hits this season and has an OBP of .320. He’s slugging .486 on the year.
  • Jung currently ranks 63rd in homers and 113th in RBI in the big leagues.
  • Jung takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with a home run and two RBIs.
  • Josh Smith leads Texas with a .292 batting average while slugging four homers and driving in 11 runs.
  • Adolis Garcia leads Texas in runs batted in (24) this season. He’s batting .222 while slugging .386.
  • Garcia takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .167 with a double and a walk.

Rangers pitching rankings

  • The Rangers have an eight K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 21st in the big leagues.
  • Texas has pitched to a 3.29 ERA this season, which ranks fourth in baseball.
  • Rangers pitchers have a 1.140 WHIP this season, third-best in the majors.
  • With just 41 homers allowed, the Rangers rank sixth in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Last time out, Texas fell to the Yankees 5-2. Its pitchers compiled six strikeouts and nine hits allowed.
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