Yankees vs. Cubs Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups July 12, 2025

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The New York Yankees (53-41) take on the Chicago Cubs (55-39) a game after Cody Bellinger hit three homers in an 11-0 win over the Cubs. The Yankees are favored (-163) in this matchup with the Cubs (+136), which begins at 1:05 p.m. ET on Saturday. New York sends Max Fried (11-2) to the hill for his 20th start of the season, and Matthew Boyd (9-3) makes his 19th start this year for Chicago.

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Yankees to win vs Cubs -163

Bet $20, Payout $32.27

Yankees vs. Cubs betting lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-163)
  • Underdog: Cubs (+136)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

  • The Yankees have won 49 of the 83 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (59%).
  • In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -163 or shorter, New York has a 29-16 record (winning 64.4% of its games).
  • The Yankees have a 62% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
  • New York has played in 93 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 42 times (42-48-3).
  • The Yankees have a 43-50-0 record against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

  • Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 34 home runs and 79 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .354.
  • Among all batters in MLB, Judge’s home run total ranks second and his RBI tally ranks second.
  • Bellinger has 17 doubles, three triples, 16 home runs and 29 walks while batting .285.
  • Bellinger ranks 38th in home runs and 31st in RBI this season.
  • Bellinger heads into this game on a 16-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is batting .395 with two doubles, four home runs, a walk and 11 RBIs.
  • Paul Goldschmidt is hitting .294 with 22 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 28 walks.
  • Anthony Volpe is hitting .215 with 22 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 34 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

  • The Yankees pitching staff is fourth in MLB with a collective 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • New York has the 12th-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.83).
  • The Yankees have the sixth-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.211).
  • Yankees pitchers combine to allow the 14th-fewest home runs in baseball (101 total, 1.1 per game).
  • In its 11-0 win last time out, New York struck out nine Cubs batters while allowing five hits.

Cubs betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cubs betting info

  • The Cubs have entered the game as underdogs 29 times this season and won 10, or 34.5%, of those games.
  • This season, Chicago has won three of its six games when it’s the underdog by at least +136 on the moneyline.
  • The moneyline for this contest implies a 42.4% chance of a victory for the Cubs.
  • So far this season, Chicago and its opponents have hit the over in 49 of its 94 games with a total.
  • The Cubs are 46-48-0 against the spread in their 94 chances this season.

Cubs hitting info

  • Kyle Tucker has been key for Chicago with 99 hits, an OBP of .386 plus a slugging percentage of .507.
  • Tucker’s home run total ranks 29th in the big leagues, and he is 27th in RBI.
  • Tucker enters this game on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is batting .222 with a double, five walks and three RBIs.
  • Pete Crow-Armstrong is slugging .555 this season, with a team-best 25 homers while driving in 70 runs.
  • Crow-Armstrong ranks sixth in homers and seventh in RBI among all hitters in the big leagues.
  • Seiya Suzuki leads Chicago in home runs (25) and runs batted in (77) this season while batting .261.
  • Nico Hoerner is batting .287 with an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .377 this season.
  • Hoerner takes a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is batting .368 with a double, a triple and three RBIs.

Cubs pitching rankings

  • The Cubs strike out just 7.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in MLB.
  • Chicago has pitched to a 3.89 ERA this season, which ranks 15th in baseball.
  • Cubs pitchers have a 1.243 WHIP this season, ninth-best in the majors.
  • With 115 homers allowed, the Cubs rank 21st in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Last time out, Chicago fell to the Yankees 11-0. Its pitchers compiled seven strikeouts and 15 hits allowed.
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