The New York Yankees are at home for Game 2 of the ALDS against the Kansas City Royals on Monday at 7:38 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees lead the series 1-0. New York’s Carlos Rodon and Kansas City’s Cole Ragans will take the mound first.

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Yankees vs. Royals betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-146)
• Underdog: Royals (+123)
• Over/under: 8

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have compiled a 75-56 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 57.3% of those games).
• When playing as moneyline favorites with odds of -146 or shorter, New York has a 51-33 record (winning 60.7% of its games).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Yankees a 59.3% chance to win.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 161 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 86 of those games (86-71-4).
• The Yankees have an 80-80-0 record against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

• Aaron Judge has accumulated a team-best batting average of .322, and paces the Yankees in home runs (58) and runs batted in (144).
• Among hitters in MLB play, Judge ranks first in homers and first in RBI.
• Juan Soto is batting .288 with 31 doubles, four triples, 41 home runs and 129 walks.
• Soto ranks fourth in home runs and sixth in RBI among MLB batters this season.
• Soto heads into this matchup on a six-game hitting streak. During his last 10 games he is hitting .333 with two doubles, a home run, six walks and six RBI.
• Jazz Chisholm is hitting .256 with 21 doubles, four triples, 24 home runs and 53 walks.
• Chisholm enters this game on a four-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .300 with two doubles, a home run and four RBI.
• Gleyber Torres is batting .257 with 26 doubles, 15 home runs and 65 walks.
• Torres has hit safely in three straight games. During his last five outings he is hitting .263 with two doubles, a home run, four walks and two RBI.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 9.0 K/9, the sixth-best in MLB.
• New York has a 3.75 team ERA that ranks seventh across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Yankees average MLB’s 12th-ranked WHIP (1.244).
• The Yankees surrender the 13th-fewest home runs in baseball (181 total, 1.1 per game).
• New York struck out seven Royals batters while allowing nine hits in a 6-5 win in its last game.

Royals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Royals betting info

• This season, the Royals have been the underdog 84 times and won 37, or 44%, of those games.
• Kansas City is 10-22 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +123 or more on the moneyline.
• The bookmakers’ moneyline implies a 44.8% chance of a victory for the Royals.
• So far this season, Kansas City and its opponents have hit the over in 70 of its 165 games with a total.
• The Royals are 90-75-0 ATS in their 165 games with a spread this season.

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.
• Among all hitters in the big leagues, Witt’s home run total is 16th, and his RBI total is sixth.
• Vinnie Pasquantino has 130 hits and an OBP of .315 to go with a slugging percentage of .446 this season.
• Pasquantino ranks 91st in home runs and 19th in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
• Salvador Perez is slashing .271/.330/.456 this season for the Royals.
• Perez heads into this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .200 with a double.
• 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 have an 8.5 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 18th in the majors.
• Kansas City has the eighth-best ERA (3.76) in the majors this season.
• Royals pitchers have a 1.245 WHIP this season, 13th in the majors.
• No team has allowed fewer than the 146 homers the Royals have given up so far this year.
• Kansas City pitchers struck out 11 Yankees hitters while allowing nine base hits in a 6-5 loss its last time out.