The Tampa Bay Rays (52-35) and the New York Yankees (49-40) take the field on Tuesday at Tropicana Field, beginning at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Rays are favored on the moneyline (-118), while the Yankees are +100 underdogs, even though they are favored against the spread (1.5) with +164 odds. New York has Will Warren projected to start, while Tampa Bay has not named a starting pitcher.
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Rays to win vs Yankees -118
Rays vs. Yankees betting lines
- Favorite: Rays (-118)
- Underdog: Yankees (+100)
- Over/under: 8
Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Rays betting info
- The Rays have been favored on the moneyline 55 total times this season. They’ve finished 36-19 in those games.
- Tampa Bay has a record of 32-14 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -118 or shorter (69.6% winning percentage).
- The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 54.1% in this matchup.
- In the 87 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for Tampa Bay, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 38 times (38-44-5).
- The Rays have collected a 51-36-0 record ATS this season (covering 58.6% of the time).
Rays hitting info
- Junior Caminero leads the Rays with 26 home runs.
- In baseball, Caminero ranks fourth in home runs and 18th in RBI.
- Yandy Diaz’s .321 batting average leads his team.
- Among all MLB hitters, Diaz ranks 80th in homers and 29th in RBI.
- Jonathan Aranda has accumulated a team-best 58 runs batted in.
- Aranda enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .238 with .
- Chandler Simpson is batting .277 with eight doubles, four triples and 18 walks.
- Simpson enters this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .361 with four doubles, four walks and an RBI.
Rays pitching rankings
- The Rays pitching staff ranks 23rd in MLB with a collective eight strikeouts per nine innings.
- Tampa Bay’s 3.75 team ERA ranks sixth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Rays pitchers combine for the No. 3 WHIP in MLB (1.179).
- Rays pitchers combine to give up 108 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (21st-fewest in MLB).
- Tampa Bay fell to the Astros 2-0 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing six hits.
Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching
Yankees betting info
- The Yankees have won five of the 10 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
- New York is 3-3 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +100 or more on the moneyline.
- The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 50% chance of a victory for the Yankees.
- Games involving New York have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 40 of 89 chances this season.
- In 89 games with a spread this season, the Yankees are 40-49-0 ATS.
Yankees hitting info
- Ben Rice leads New York in home runs with 24, runs batted in with 56 and his batting average of .267 is also best on his team.
- Rice is sixth in homers and 18th in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
- Cody Bellinger is batting .251 with an OBP of .348 and a slugging percentage of .426 this season.
- Bellinger ranks 86th in home runs and 39th in RBI among all MLB hitters this year.
- Bellinger has hit safely in two straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .095 with a double, a walk and an RBI.
- Trent Grisham has 55 hits this season and a slash line of .236/.342/.421.
- Jazz Chisholm has collected 67 hits this season and has an OBP of .307. He’s slugging .396 on the year.
- Chisholm takes a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .267 with a double and a walk.
Yankees pitching rankings
- The Yankees have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
- New York has the second-best ERA (3.40) in the majors this season.
- Yankees pitchers have a 1.202 WHIP this season, fifth-best in the majors.
- The Yankees have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 87 home runs allowed.
- Last time out, New York fell to the Twins 6-1. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and 12 hits allowed.
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