A pair of the league’s best power hitters go head-to-head when the Tampa Bay Rays (54-36) and the New York Yankees (50-42) play at 1:10 p.m. ET on Thursday at Tropicana Field. Junior Caminero has 26 home runs (fourth in the league) for the favored Rays (-157), and Ben Rice ranks fourth in MLB play with 26 long balls this season for the Yankees (+131). Tampa Bay has Drew Rasmussen projected to start, while New York has not named a starting pitcher.

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Rays vs. Yankees betting lines

• Favorite: Rays (-157)
• Underdog: Yankees (+131)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have won 38 of the 57 games they were listed as the moneyline favorite this season (66.7%).
• Tampa Bay has a record of 5-5 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -157 or shorter (50% winning percentage).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Rays a 61.1% chance to win.
• Tampa Bay has combined with opponents to go over the total 39 times this season for a 39-46-5 record against the over/under.
• The Rays are 53-37-0 ATS this season.

Rays hitting info

• Caminero has hit a team-best 26 home runs.
• Among hitters in baseball, Caminero ranks fourth in home runs and 24th in RBI.
• Yandy Diaz’s .327 batting average leads his team.
• Diaz ranks 68th in homers and 29th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Diaz has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is batting .350 with a double, a home run and two RBIs.
• Jonathan Aranda has collected a team-high 61 runs batted in.
• Chandler Simpson is hitting .274 with eight doubles, four triples and 18 walks.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays pitching staff is 21st in MLB with a collective 8.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Tampa Bay has a 3.72 team ERA that ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Rays combine for the No. 4-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.167).
• Rays pitchers combine to allow the 23rd-fewest home runs in baseball (112 total, 1.2 per game).
• In its 3-0 win last time out, Tampa Bay struck out 11 Yankees batters while allowing six hits.

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won five, or 41.7%, of the 12 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• New York has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +131 odds on it winning this game.
• The implied probability of a win by the Yankees, based on the moneyline, is 43.3%.
• Games involving New York have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 41 of 92 chances this season.
• In 92 games with a spread this season, the Yankees are 41-51-0 ATS.

Yankees hitting info

• Rice leads New York in home runs with 26, runs batted in with 60 and his batting average of .272 is also best on his team.
• Rice ranks fourth in home runs and 15th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Rice has safely hit in four straight games. In his last five games he is batting .316 with two home runs, a walk and four RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger is batting .245 with an OBP of .339 and a slugging percentage of .414 this season.
• Bellinger currently ranks 89th in homers and 41st in RBI in the major leagues.
• Trent Grisham has collected 56 base hits, an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .412 this season.
• Jazz Chisholm has collected 68 hits this season and has an OBP of .306. He’s slugging .391 on the year.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees average 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the big leagues.
• New York has pitched to a 3.41 ERA this season, which ranks second in baseball.
• The Yankees have a combined WHIP of just 1.194 as a pitching staff, which is the fifth-best in baseball this season.
• The Yankees have given up the third-fewest long balls so far this season with only 90 home runs allowed.
• New York pitchers struck out seven Rays hitters while allowing eight base hits in a 3-0 loss its last time out.