Aaron Judge and Taylor Ward face off in a showdown of top-10 sluggers when the New York Yankees (42-27) and the Los Angeles Angels (33-36) play at 7:05 p.m. ET on Monday. Judge has 26 home runs (first in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-210), and Ward ranks seventh in MLB play with 18 dingers this season for the underdog Angels (+176). New York’s Clarke Schmidt and Los Angeles’ Jose Soriano pitch first for their squads in this matchup.

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Yankees vs. Angels betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-210)
• Underdog: Angels (+176)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 65% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (39-21).
• New York has a record of 7-3 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -210 or shorter (70% winning percentage).
• The Yankees have a 67.7% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 68 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 30 of those games (30-36-2).
• The Yankees have a 31-37-0 record ATS this season (covering 45.6% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Judge leads the Yankees in home runs (26), runs batted in (60) and has a team-best batting average of .384.
• Judge’s home runs rank first in MLB and he ranks second in RBI in MLB.
• Paul Goldschmidt is batting .309 with 14 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and 23 walks.
• Goldschmidt ranks 119th in homers and 86th in RBI among hitters in MLB play.
• Cody Bellinger has 11 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 26 walks while batting .251.
• Anthony Volpe is hitting .249 with 20 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 26 walks.
• Volpe has hit safely in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .300 with two doubles, a walk and two RBIs.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks second in the majors.
• New York’s 3.63 team ERA ranks 10th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.199).
• Yankees pitchers combine to give up the sixth-fewest home runs in baseball (68 total, 1.0 per game).
• New York struck out five Red Sox batters while giving up seven hits in a 4-3 loss in its last game.

Angels betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Angels betting info

• The Angels have entered the game as underdogs 55 times this season and won 25, or 45.5%, of those games.
• This season, Los Angeles has won four of its seven games when it’s the underdog by at least +176 on the moneyline.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Angels have a 36.2% chance to win.
• So far this season, Los Angeles and its opponents have hit the over in 36 of its 69 games with a total.
• The Angels are 34-35-0 ATS in their 69 games with a spread this season.

Angels hitting info

• Ward leads Los Angeles in home runs with 18 and runs batted in with 47.
• Among all batters in the majors, Ward ranks seventh in home runs and 15th in RBI.
• Nolan Schanuel is batting .278 to lead Los Angeles, while adding three homers and 21 runs batted in this season.
• Schanuel currently is 227th in homers and 176th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Zach Neto is slashing .277/.318/.490 this season for the Angels.
• Jo Adell has collected 44 hits this season and has an OBP of .303. He’s slugging .471 on the year.
• Adell takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .333 with two home runs and five RBIs.

Angels pitching rankings

• The Angels strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
• Los Angeles has pitched to a 4.75 ERA this season, which ranks 25th in baseball.
• Angels pitchers have a 1.490 WHIP this season, third-worst in the majors.
• The Angels have given up the 23rd-fewest long balls so far this season with 90 home runs allowed.
• Last time out, Los Angeles fell to the Orioles 6-5. Its pitchers compiled six strikeouts and 11 hits allowed.