Gleyber Torres leads the New York Yankees (90-58) into a matchup with the Boston Red Sox (72-76) a game after homering twice in a 14-2 victory over the Pirates. It begins at 7:15 PM ET on Thursday.
The Yankees are favored at home (-170) against the Red Sox (+145). The scheduled starters are Jameson Taillon (13-5) for the New York Yankees, and Michael Wacha (11-1) for the Boston Red Sox. The total for the game is 8.5 total runs.
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Yankees vs. Red Sox Last 10 Games Betting Performance
Yankees
- New York was the moneyline favorite for seven of its last 10 games, and finished 6-1 in those matchups.
- Over their last 10 matchups (all 10 of them had set totals), the Yankees and their opponents combined to go over the run total seven times.
- New York is 5-5-0 against the spread over its past 10 games.
Red Sox
- In four games over the last 10 matchups when set as the underdog by bookmakers, Boston has a record of 1-3.
- When it comes to hitting the over, the Red Sox and their opponents are 4-5-1 in their last 10 games with a total.
- Boston has a record of 6-4-0 ATS over its last 10 games.
Yankees vs. Red Sox Starting Pitcher Betting Trends
Projected starter: Jameson Taillon
- The Yankees have gone 16-13-0 against the spread when Taillon starts.
- The Yankees have been the moneyline favorite in 23 of Taillon’s starts this season, and they went 17-6 in those matchups.
- Taillon’s team has a 21-8 record in his starts this season.
- Taillon has had 29 starts that bookmakers set a total for this season, and 15 of those outings hit the over.
Projected starter: Michael Wacha
- Wacha and his team have a record of 14-6-0 against the spread when he starts.
- When he starts a game and his team is the underdog on the moneyline, they have a record of 6-3.
- Wacha’s team has won 15 of his 20 starts.
- Out of Wacha’s 20 starts with a total this season, eight have hit the over.
Yankees Batting Leaders
- Aaron Judge has put up a team-high batting average of .317, and leads the Yankees in home runs (60) and runs batted in (128).
- Judge’s home runs rank first in MLB and he ranks first in RBI in MLB.
- Judge heads into this game on an 11-game hitting streak. In his last 10 outings he is batting .500 with four doubles, five home runs, eight walks and 10 RBI.
- Anthony Rizzo has 20 doubles, a triple, 31 home runs and 55 walks while batting .226.
- Among all MLB hitters, Rizzo ranks 12th in home runs and 44th in RBI.
- Torres is hitting .252 with 25 doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 35 walks.
- Torres has safely hit in 10 straight games. During his last 10 outings he is batting .400 with three doubles, four home runs, three walks and 14 RBI.
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .267 with 20 doubles, three home runs and 31 walks.
Red Sox Batting Leaders
- Rafael Devers is batting .293 this season with a team-high 27 home runs and 84 RBI.
- Among all hitters in the big leagues, Devers’ home run total is 25th, and his RBI total is 24th.
- Devers has safely hit in six games in a row. In his last 10 outings he is hitting .341 with two doubles, two home runs, four walks and 11 RBI.
- Xander Bogaerts’ batting average of .317 leads all Boston hitters this season.
- Bogaerts ranks 111th among batters in the majors in home runs, and 56th in RBI.
- Alex Verdugo has 153 hits this season and a slash line of .280/.329/.397.
- Verdugo has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .118 with three walks and two RBI.
- J.D. Martinez has collected 133 hits this season and has an OBP of .341. He’s slugging .431 on the year.
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