The New York Yankees (8-5) visit the Tampa Bay Rays (6-7) at 6:10 p.m. ET on Saturday in a matchup featuring two of MLB’s most consistent hitters. Ben Rice has a batting average of .342 (ninth in the majors) for the favored Yankees (-202), and Yandy Diaz is fourth in MLB play batting .373 this season for the underdog Rays (+167). Max Fried starts for New York while Tampa Bay will counter with Nick Martinez.

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Yankees vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-202)
• Underdog: Rays (+167)
• Over/under: 7.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have been favored on the moneyline 12 total times this season. They’ve finished 7-5 in those games.
• New York has played as moneyline favorites of -202 or shorter in only two games this season, which it split 1-1.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Yankees’ implied win probability is 66.9%.
• New York has played in 13 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total four times (4-7-2).
• The Yankees are 8-5-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Rice paces the Yankees in home runs (four), runs batted in (12) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .342.
• Rice ranks eighth in homers and 10th in RBI among all batters in MLB action.
• Rice heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .308 with two home runs, five walks and four RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger is batting .222 with a double, a triple, a home run and nine walks.
• Bellinger currently ranks 99th in homers and 117th in RBI in the bigs.
• Aaron Judge is batting .224 with a double, three home runs and five walks.
• Giancarlo Stanton is hitting .326 with two doubles, a home run and four walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 9.3 K/9, the ninth-best in the majors.
• New York’s 2.50 team ERA ranks second across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Yankees have the fourth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.086).
• Yankees pitchers combine to surrender three home runs (0.2 per game), the first-fewest in MLB.
• New York its 5-3 loss the last time out, the team struck out five Rays batters while allowing nine hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have been underdogs in six games this season and won three (50%) of those contests.
• Tampa Bay has not entered a game this season with longer moneyline odds than +167.
• The Rays have a 37.5% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in eight of its 13 games with a total this season.
• The Rays are 6-7-0 against the spread in their 13 chances this season.

Rays hitting info

• Diaz leads Tampa Bay in batting average (.373), home runs (three) and runs batted in (12) this season.
• Among all batters in MLB, Diaz’s home run total is 22nd, and his RBI total is 10th.
• Jonathan Aranda leads Tampa Bay in home runs (three) and runs batted in (12) this season while batting .250.
• Among all major league hitters, Aranda is 22nd in home runs and 10th in RBI.
• Chandler Simpson’s batting average of .373 leads all Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Simpson enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .350 with a triple, two walks and two RBIs.
• Nick Fortes is batting .324 with an OBP of .359 and a slugging percentage of .486 this season.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays have an 8.1 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 23rd in the big leagues.
• Tampa Bay has the 27th-ranked ERA (4.81) in the majors this season.
• The Rays have a combined WHIP of just 1.209 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
• The Rays have allowed the 25th-fewest home runs this season with 16, or 1.2 per game.
• Tampa Bay earned a 5-3 win in its most recent game, striking out 12 Yankees batters while allowing five hits.