Aaron Judge leads the New York Yankees (37-23) into a matchup with Jose Ramirez and the Cleveland Guardians (33-27) on Thursday at 7:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. Judge is batting .389, the best batting average in MLB, for the favored Yankees (-267), while Ramirez is fifth in MLB play with a .327 batting average this season for the underdog Guardians (+216). Max Fried takes the mound first for New York, and Slade Cecconi is Cleveland’s pick to start.

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Yankees vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-267)
• Underdog: Guardians (+216)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 65.4% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (34-18).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -267 or shorter, New York has gone 2-1 (66.7%).
• The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 72.8% in this contest.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 59 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 25 of those games (25-32-2).
• The Yankees have gone 26-33-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Judge paces the Yankees in home runs (21), runs batted in (50) and has a team-best batting average of .389.
• Among all batters in baseball, Judge’s home run total ranks third and his RBI tally ranks fifth.
• Paul Goldschmidt is hitting .323 with 13 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 19 walks.
• Goldschmidt ranks 116th in home runs among hitters in MLB play and 80th in RBI.
• Cody Bellinger has 10 doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 24 walks while hitting .252.
• Bellinger brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .188 with a double and two walks.
• Anthony Volpe has 17 doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 25 walks while batting .237.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The Yankees pitching staff is first in MLB with a collective 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings.
• New York has a 3.59 team ERA that ranks ninth among all MLB pitching staffs.
• Yankees pitchers combine for the No. 6 WHIP in the majors (1.188).
• Yankees pitchers combine to surrender 58 home runs (1.0 per game), the seventh-fewest in baseball.
• New York fell to the Guardians 4-0 in its last game with 12 strikeouts while allowing 12 hits.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have won 18, or 50%, of the 36 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Cleveland has played as an underdog of +216 or more once this season and lost that game.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 31.6% chance to win.
• So far this season, Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 25 of its 58 games with a total.
• The Guardians have an ATS record of 28-30-0 in 58 games with a spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 11, runs batted in with 29 and his batting average of .327 is also best on his team.
• Ramirez ranks 33rd in home runs and 74th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• Ramirez enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a double, two home runs, three walks and two RBIs.
• Steven Kwan is batting .312 with an OBP of .373 and a slugging percentage of .433 this season.
• Kwan is 148th in home runs and 144th in RBI among all batters in MLB.
• Carlos Santana leads Cleveland in RBI with 29 while batting .262 with seven home runs.
• Santana enters this matchup on a 13-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is batting .400 with three doubles, a home run, seven walks and five RBIs.
• Kyle Manzardo leads Cleveland in home runs (11) and runs batted in (29) this season while batting .211.

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-most in the big leagues.
• Cleveland has the 19th-ranked ERA (3.99) in the majors this season.
• Guardians pitchers have a 1.373 WHIP this season, 23rd in the majors.
• With 66 homers allowed, the Guardians rank 16th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Cleveland earned a 4-0 win in its most recent game, striking out 10 Yankees batters while allowing five hits.