Yankees vs. Cardinals Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 17, 2025

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Aaron Judge will look for his 40th home run of the season when his New York Yankees (66-57) visit the St. Louis Cardinals (61-63) at Busch Stadium on Sunday, starting at 2:15 p.m. ET. Judge’s Yankees are favored (-149) in the outing against the Cardinals (+124). New York’s Will Warren gets the start against St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas.

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Yankees to win vs Cardinals -149

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Yankees vs. Cardinals betting lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-149)
  • Underdog: Cardinals (+124)
  • Over/under: 9.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

  • The Yankees have a 57-46 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.3% of those games).
  • In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -149 or shorter, New York has a 39-24 record (winning 61.9% of its games).
  • The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Yankees a 59.8% chance to win.
  • New York has played in 122 games with an over/under set, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 56 times (56-61-5).
  • The Yankees have a 52-70-0 record against the spread this season.

Yankees hitting info

  • Judge has a team-high batting average of .333, and leads the Yankees in home runs (39) and runs batted in (91).
  • Among hitters in MLB, Judge ranks fourth in homers and fifth in RBI.
  • Cody Bellinger has 20 doubles, five triples, 22 home runs and 37 walks while hitting .267.
  • Bellinger currently ranks 32nd in homers and 30th in RBI in the bigs.
  • Anthony Volpe is hitting .215 with 25 doubles, four triples, 18 home runs and 40 walks.
  • Trent Grisham is batting .250 with nine doubles, a triple, 21 home runs and 56 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

  • The 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Yankees pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
  • New York has a 4.05 team ERA that ranks 17th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • The Yankees average baseball’s 13th-ranked WHIP (1.257).
  • Yankees pitchers combine to allow 139 total home runs at a rate of 1.1 per game (16th-fewest in the majors).
  • New York struck out 12 Cardinals batters while allowing 12 hits in a 12-8 win in its last game.

Cardinals betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Cardinals betting info

  • This season, the Cardinals have won 32 out of the 66 games, or 48.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
  • This season, St. Louis has won 11 of its 26 games, or 42.3%, when it’s the underdog by at least +124 on the moneyline.
  • Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Cardinals have a 44.6% chance to win.
  • Games involving St. Louis have gone over the total set by bookmakers in 61 of 123 chances this season.
  • The Cardinals have an ATS record of 64-59-0 in 123 games with a spread this season.

Cardinals hitting info

  • Brendan Donovan is batting .279 with nine home runs and 45 RBI for St. Louis this season.
  • In all of Major League Baseball, Donovan is 179th in home runs and 137th in RBI.
  • Alec Burleson’s batting average of .284 leads all St. Louis hitters this season.
  • Burleson ranks 92nd in homers and 83rd in RBI among all major league hitters this year.
  • Masyn Winn has 113 hits this season and a slash line of .267/.321/.392.
  • Winn brings a three-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .263 with a double, a home run, two walks and four RBIs.
  • Willson Contreras is batting .255 this season with a team-high 16 home runs and 65 RBI.

Cardinals pitching rankings

  • The Cardinals have a 7.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 29th in baseball.
  • St. Louis has the 22nd-ranked ERA (4.25) in the majors this season.
  • The Cardinals have a combined WHIP of 1.290 as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in MLB.
  • With just 123 homers allowed, the Cardinals rank fifth in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Last time out, St. Louis fell to the Yankees 12-8. Its pitchers compiled 13 strikeouts and 15 hits allowed.
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