The New York Yankees (53-31) hope to avoid an upset as -143 favorites when they take on Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (with homers in two straight contests) and the Toronto Blue Jays (37-44). First pitch is at 3:07 PM ET Saturday, live from Rogers Centre and airing on SNET.
New York’s Nestor Cortes Jr. gets the start, and he’ll go against Toronto’s Chris Bassitt.
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Yankees and Blue Jays Betting Trends
The Yankees have won 40 of the 63 games they were favored on the moneyline this season (63.5%).
New York has a 23-14 record (winning 62.2% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -143 or shorter.
This season, the Blue Jays have won eight out of the 31 games, or 25.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Toronto has a record of 5-6, a 45.5% win rate, when it’s set as an underdog of +122 or more by bookmakers this season.
The Yankees have had an over/under set by bookmakers 84 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 43 of those games (43-39-2).
So far this season, the Blue Jays and their opponents have hit the over in 37 of their 81 games with a total.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees are the second-highest scoring team in the majors, averaging 5.1 runs per game (426 total).
New York ranks second-best in baseball with 121 total home runs.
The Yankees’ .250 batting average is eighth-best in MLB.
New York strikes out eight times per game to rank 13th in baseball.
The Yankees pitching staff ranks 17th in the majors with a collective 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings.
New York’s 3.50 team ERA ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
Blue Jays Stats & Insights
The Blue Jays have scored 325 runs (just four per game) this season, which ranks 26th in MLB.
Toronto has hit 74 homers this season, which ranks 25th in the majors.
The Blue Jays have a team batting average of .235 this season, which ranks 21st among MLB teams.
Toronto is one of the best teams in baseball at making contact this season, ranking third with an average of 7.2 strikeouts per game.
The Blue Jays strike out 8.1 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 23rd in MLB.
Toronto pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.30 ERA this year, which ranks 22nd in MLB.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Cortes makes the start for the Yankees, his 18th of the season. He is 4-6 with a 3.40 ERA and 93 strikeouts through 100 2/3 innings pitched.
Aaron Judge leads New York in batting average (.310), home runs (30) and runs batted in (79) this season.
Juan Soto is batting .302 with an OBP of .434 and a slugging percentage of .570 this season.
Anthony Volpe has collected 93 base hits, an OBP of .323 and a slugging percentage of .399 this season.
Alex Verdugo has collected 74 hits this season and has an OBP of .306. He’s slugging .398 on the year.
Blue Jays Key Players to Watch
Bassitt (6-6) will take to the mound for the Blue Jays and make his 17th start of the season.
Guerrero paces the Blue Jays in home runs (12), runs batted in (44) and has accumulated a team-best batting average of .291.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has seven doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 13 walks while hitting .286.
Daulton Varsho is hitting .200 with 14 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs and 27 walks.
George Springer has nine doubles, eight home runs and 32 walks while batting .207.
Yankees and Blue Jays Injuries
Yankees: Giancarlo Stanton: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Cody Poteet: 15 Day IL (Tricep), Ian Hamilton: 15 Day IL (Lat), Nick Burdi: 60 Day IL (Hip), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Clarke Schmidt: 60 Day IL (Lat), Jon Berti: 60 Day IL (Calf), Anthony Rizzo: 60 Day IL (Wrist), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Scott Effross: 60 Day IL (Back)
Blue Jays: Jordan Romano: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Alek Manoah: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Yimi Garcia: 15 Day IL (Elbow)
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