Aaron Judge leads the New York Yankees (76-61) into a matchup with Jeremy Pena and the Houston Astros (75-62) on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. ET at Daikin Park. Judge is hitting .324, the best batting average in MLB, for the favored Yankees (-116), while Pena ranks fourth in MLB play with a .305 batting average this season for the underdog Astros (-103). Max Fried takes the mound first for New York, and Framber Valdez is Houston’s pick to start.

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Yankees vs. Astros betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-116)
• Underdog: Astros (-103)
• Over/under: 7.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have compiled a 66-49 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 57.4% of those games).
• New York has gone 64-48 (winning 57.1% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -116 or shorter.
• The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 53.7% in this contest.
• New York has played in 136 games with set over/under, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 66 times (66-65-5).
• The Yankees have a 62-74-0 record against the spread this season (covering 45.6% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Judge paces the Yankees with 43 home runs and 97 runs batted in, while putting up a team-best batting average of .324.
• Judge ranks fourth in home runs and sixth in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Judge enters this matchup on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .389 with a double, three home runs, six walks and four RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger is batting .279 with 23 doubles, five triples, 26 home runs and 42 walks.
• Among all MLB batters, Bellinger ranks 25th in home runs and 19th in RBI.
• Bellinger has hit safely in two games in a row. In his last five games he is hitting .381 with two doubles, two home runs, three walks and five RBIs.
• Trent Grisham has nine doubles, a triple, 28 home runs and 67 walks while batting .246.
• Jazz Chisholm is hitting .238 with 13 doubles, a triple, 26 home runs and 54 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 9.1 K/9, the third-best in MLB.
• New York has a 3.92 team ERA that ranks 15th among all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Yankees have the 13th-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.258).
• The Yankees give up the 11th-fewest home runs in baseball (149 total, 1.1 per game).
• New York its 3-2 loss the last time out, the team struck out nine White Sox batters while allowing five hits.

Astros betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Astros betting info

• The Astros have won 26, or 59.1%, of the 44 games they’ve played as underdogs this season.
• Houston has a record of 22-15, a 59.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of -103 or more by bookmakers this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 50.7% chance to win.
• Houston and its opponents have hit the over in 61 of its 137 games with a total this season.
• The Astros are 68-69-0 ATS in their 137 games with a spread this season.

Astros hitting info

• Jose Altuve is batting .273 this season with a team-high 23 home runs.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Altuve ranks 38th in home runs and 67th in RBI.
• Pena’s batting average of .305 leads all Houston hitters this season.
• Pena currently is 125th in homers and 136th in RBI in the major leagues.
• Christian Walker leads Houston in RBI with 74 while batting .236 with 21 home runs.
• Yainer Diaz has 115 hits and an OBP of .284 to go with a slugging percentage of .413 this season.

Astros pitching rankings

• The Astros have a 9.6 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, first-best in baseball.
• Houston pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.83 ERA this year, ninth-best in baseball.
• Astros pitchers have a 1.222 WHIP this season, sixth-best in the majors.
• With 163 homers allowed, the Astros rank 19th in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Houston fell to the Angels 3-0. Its pitchers compiled nine strikeouts and six hits allowed.