The Tampa Bay Rays (52-36) host the New York Yankees (50-40) at 6:40 p.m. ET on Wednesday, providing a showdown of top-five power hitters. Junior Caminero has 26 homers (fourth in the league) for the favored Rays (-126), and Ben Rice ranks fifth in MLB play with 25 long balls this season for the underdog Yankees (+103). Shane McClanahan takes the mound first for Tampa Bay, and Gerrit Cole is New York’s choice to start.

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Rays vs. Yankees betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-126)
• Underdog: Yankees (+103)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays are 36-19 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 65.5% of those games).
• Tampa Bay has a record of 24-10 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -126 or shorter (70.6% winning percentage).
• The Rays have an implied moneyline win probability of 55.8% in this contest.
• Tampa Bay has played in 88 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 38 times (38-45-5).
• The Rays have covered 58% of their games this season, going 51-37-0 against the spread.

Rays hitting info

• Caminero leads the Rays with 26 home runs.
• Among hitters in baseball, Caminero ranks fourth in homers and 21st in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz is batting .317 to pace his team.
• Diaz ranks 80th in home runs among hitters in baseball and 30th in RBI.
• Jonathan Aranda has driven in a team-best 58 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson is batting .278 with eight doubles, four triples and 18 walks.
• Simpson has hit safely in nine straight games. In his last 10 games he is batting .343 with three doubles, four walks and an RBI.

Rays pitching rankings

• The 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Rays pitching staff ranks 21st in the majors.
• Tampa Bay has the sixth-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.76).
• The Rays have the third-lowest WHIP in baseball (1.172).
• Rays pitchers combine to give up 111 total home runs at a rate of 1.3 per game (23rd-fewest in baseball).
• Tampa Bay struck out 17 Yankees batters while giving up three hits in a 5-1 loss in its last game.

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have been underdogs in 10 games this season and won five (50%) of those contests.
• New York is undefeated in three games this season when it’s the underdog by +103 or more on the moneyline.
• The Yankees have a 49.3% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• New York and its opponents have hit the over in 40 of its 90 games with a total this season.
• In 90 games with a spread this season, the Yankees are 41-49-0 ATS.

Yankees hitting info

• Rice leads New York in home runs with 25, runs batted in with 57 and his batting average of .267 is also best on his team.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Rice ranks fifth in homers and 17th in RBI.
• Cody Bellinger has collected 80 hits this season and has an OBP of .344. He’s slugging .421 on the year.
• Bellinger currently ranks 86th in home runs and 39th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Trent Grisham has collected 55 base hits, an OBP of .337 and a slugging percentage of .414 this season.
• Jazz Chisholm has collected 67 hits this season and has an OBP of .307. He’s slugging .393 on the year.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees have an 8.9 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, ninth-best in baseball.
• New York pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.37 ERA this year, second-best in baseball.
• Yankees pitchers have a 1.193 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.
• New York pitchers struck out nine Rays batters while allowing four hits in a 5-1 win last time out.