A pair of MLB’s most consistent hitters face off when the New York Yankees (13-7) and the Tampa Bay Rays (8-12) meet at 1:40 p.m. ET on Sunday at George M. Steinbrenner Field. Aaron Judge has a .384 batting average (first in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-147), and Jonathan Aranda ranks second in MLB action batting .382 this season for the underdog Rays (+123). Max Fried takes the mound first for New York, and Ryan Pepiot is Tampa Bay’s choice to start.

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Yankees vs. Rays betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-147)
• Underdog: Rays (+123)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 12 of the 17 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (70.6%).
• New York has a 7-3 record (winning 70% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -147 or shorter.
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Yankees have an implied win probability of 59.5%.
• New York has played in 20 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 10 times (10-8-2).
• The Yankees have put together a 10-10-0 record ATS this season (covering 50% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

• Judge leads the Yankees with seven home runs and 22 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .384.
• Among hitters in MLB play, Judge ranks third in homers and fourth in RBI.
• Ben Rice is hitting .297 with three doubles, a triple, five home runs and 10 walks.
• Rice ranks 20th in homers and 94th in RBI among MLB hitters this season.
• Anthony Volpe has four doubles, four home runs and 10 walks while hitting .197.
• Paul Goldschmidt is hitting .373 with five doubles, a home run and five walks.
• Goldschmidt heads into this game on a three-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .421 with a double and a walk.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The 10.4 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Yankees pitching staff paces the majors.
• New York’s 3.95 team ERA ranks 14th across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Yankees average baseball’s 11th-ranked WHIP (1.215).
• The Yankees allow the 12th-fewest home runs in baseball (21 total, 1.1 per game).
• New York knocked off the Rays 1-0 in its last game with 15 strikeouts while allowing three hits.

Rays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Rays betting info

• The Rays have been underdogs in five games this season and won one (20%) of those contests.
• Tampa Bay has played as an underdog of +123 or more twice this season and split those games.
• The Rays have a 44.8% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Tampa Bay and its opponents have hit the over in eight of its 20 games with a total this season.
• The Rays have an ATS record of 7-13-0 in 20 games with a spread this season.

Rays hitting info

• Aranda leads Tampa Bay in batting average (.382) and runs batted in (11) this season.
• In all of MLB, Aranda is 62nd in homers and 50th in RBI.
• Kameron Misner is batting .391 with an OBP of .434 and a slugging percentage of .717 this season.
• Misner ranks 62nd among hitters in MLB in home runs, and 65th in RBI.
• Junior Caminero leads the club in homers (five) and runs batted in (11) this season.
• Caminero takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .300 with two home runs, a walk and four RBI.
• Yandy (Fernandez) Diaz has 17 hits and an OBP of .250 to go with a slugging percentage of .354 this season.

Rays pitching rankings

• The Rays average 9.5 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, sixth-most in the majors.
• Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.45 ERA this year, seventh-best in baseball.
• The Rays have a combined 1.146 WHIP as a pitching staff, fifth-lowest in MLB.
• With 30 homers allowed, the Rays rank last in the league at preventing long balls.
• Last time out, Tampa Bay fell to the Yankees 1-0. Its pitchers compiled 10 strikeouts and five hits allowed.