The New York Yankees host the Kansas City Royals to begin the ALDS on Saturday at 6:38 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. New York’s Gerrit Cole and Kansas City’s Michael Wacha will start this matchup.

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Yankees vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-203)
• Underdog: Royals (+169)
• Over/under: 7.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have been the moneyline favorite 130 total times this season. They’ve gone 74-56 in those games.
• New York has a 16-12 record (winning 57.1% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -203 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Yankees’ implied win probability is 67%.
• New York has played in 160 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 85 times (85-71-4).
• The Yankees have covered 50.3% of their games this season, going 80-79-0 ATS.

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge paces the Yankees in home runs (58), runs batted in (144) and has a team-high batting average of .322.
• Judge’s home runs rank first in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
• Juan Soto is hitting .288 with 31 doubles, four triples, 41 home runs and 129 walks.
• Soto ranks fourth in home runs and sixth in RBI this season.
• Soto brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. During his last five outings he is hitting .333 with a home run, four walks and five RBI.
• Jazz Chisholm is batting .256 with 21 doubles, four triples, 24 home runs and 53 walks.
• Chisholm has safely hit in three straight games. In his last five games he is hitting .250 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI.
• Gleyber Torres is batting .257 with 26 doubles, 15 home runs and 65 walks.
• Torres heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .350 with three doubles, two walks and an RBI.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective nine K/9, the sixth-best in the majors.
• New York’s 3.75 team ERA ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.244).
• The Yankees give up the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (181 total, 1.1 per game).
• In its 6-4 win last time out, New York struck out 13 Pirates batters while allowing five hits.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have won 37 out of the 83 games, or 44.6%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Kansas City has a record of 2-2 when it’s set as an underdog of +169 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• The Royals have a 37.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Kansas City’s games have gone over the total in 69 of its 164 chances.
• In 164 games with a spread this season, the Royals are 89-75-0 ATS.

Royals hitting info

• Bobby Witt Jr. leads Kansas City in home runs with 32, runs batted in with 109 and his batting average of .332 is also best on his team.
• Witt ranks 16th in home runs and sixth in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
• Witt brings a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with two walks and three RBI.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has collected 130 hits this season and has an OBP of .315. He’s slugging .446 on the year.
• Pasquantino is 91st overall in home runs and 19th in RBI this year.
• Salvador Perez has 160 hits this season and a slash line of .271/.330/.456.
• Perez heads into this matchup on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .238 with a double and an RBI.
• Maikel Garcia has 133 hits and an OBP of .281 to go with a slugging percentage of .332 this season.

Royals pitching rankings

• The Royals average the 18th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.5) in the majors this season.
• Kansas City pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.76 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
• The Royals have a combined WHIP of 1.245 as a pitching staff, which ranks 13th in MLB.
• The Royals have allowed the first-fewest home runs this season at just 146, or 0.9 per game.
• Last time out, Kansas City defeated the Orioles, 2-1, with 12 strikeouts and six hits allowed.