Two of the league’s top hitters square off when the New York Yankees (56-45) and the Toronto Blue Jays (59-42) meet at 7:07 p.m. ET on Wednesday at Rogers Centre. Aaron Judge has a .346 batting average (first in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-137), and Alejandro Kirk ranks seventh in MLB action batting .304 this season for the underdog Blue Jays (+115). Max Fried starts for New York while Toronto will counter with Chris Bassitt.

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Yankees vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-137)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+115)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 57.5% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (50-37).
• New York has gone 41-26 (winning 61.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -137 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Yankees have an implied win probability of 57.8%.
• New York has played in 100 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 44 times (44-52-4).
• The Yankees have a 45-55-0 record against the spread this season (covering 45% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Judge leads the Yankees in home runs (36), runs batted in (82) and has put up a team-best batting average of .346.
• In MLB play, Judge ranks second in homers and third in RBI.
• Cody Bellinger is hitting .285 with 20 doubles, three triples, 18 home runs and 29 walks.
• Bellinger ranks 30th in homers and 34th in RBI among hitters in MLB play.
• Paul Goldschmidt has 23 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 29 walks while batting .288.
• Trent Grisham has nine doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 44 walks while batting .255.
• Grisham has hit safely in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .263 with two doubles, a home run, three walks and five RBIs.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks fifth in the majors.
• New York has the 13th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.87).
• The Yankees have the eighth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.229).
• The Yankees allow the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (109 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 5-4 win last time out, New York struck out six Blue Jays batters while allowing 11 hits.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• The Blue Jays have been underdogs in 54 games this season and won 31 (57.4%) of those contests.
• This season, Toronto has won 12 of its 22 games, or 54.5%, when it’s the underdog by at least +115 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 46.5% chance of a victory for the Blue Jays.
• Toronto’s games have gone over the total in 51 of its 100 chances.
• In 100 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 60-40-0 ATS.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been key for Toronto with 104 hits, an OBP of .391 plus a slugging percentage of .441.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Guerrero’s home run total is 80th, and his RBI total is 70th.
• Guerrero has safely hit in four games in a row. During his last five outings he is hitting .412 with a home run, four walks and two RBIs.
• George Springer’s 17 home runs are most among Toronto batters. He’s driven in 55 runs this season while slugging .500.
• Springer currently is 41st in home runs and 46th in RBI in the big leagues.
• Bo Bichette leads Toronto in runs batted in (57) this season. He has a .281 batting average and a .443 slugging percentage.
• Bichette has safely hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .250 with four doubles and four RBIs.
• Kirk leads Toronto with a .304 batting average. He’s also hit seven homers and has 46 RBI.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays strike out 9.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, fourth-best in MLB.
• Toronto has the 20th-ranked ERA (4.11) in the majors this season.
• Blue Jays pitchers have a 1.258 WHIP this season, 13th in the majors.
• With 133 homers allowed, the Blue Jays rank 26th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Toronto pitchers struck out six Yankees hitters while allowing six base hits in a 5-4 loss its last time out.