Yankees Vs Rays Betting Preview & Lines

The New York Yankees (91-68) host the Tampa Bay Rays (98-61) at 7:05 PM ET on Friday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in MLB. Aaron Judge has racked up 39 homers this season, sixth in the league, for the favored Yankees (-120), while Brandon Lowe ranks 10th in the majors with 36 dingers of his own this season for the underdogs. Nestor Cortes Jr. starts for New York while Tampa Bay will counter with Shane McClanahan.

Betting Odds

Yankees vs Rays Betting Information
Favorite	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog	Underdog Moneyline	Runline	Total
Yankees	-120	Rays	+100	NYY -1.5	9

The betting insights and predictions in this article reflect betting data from DraftKings and SportsData.io as of October 1, 2021, 3:00 AM ET.

Yankees Probable Starting Pitcher: Nestor Cortes Jr.

The Yankees’ Cortes (2-2) will make his 14th start of the season.
The left-hander gave up two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings pitched on Saturday in his last outing, a matchup with the Red Sox.
In 13 starts this season, he’s earned four quality starts.
Their pitchers strike out 10.2 batters per nine innings in home games this season.

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Nestor Cortes Jr. Player Props

Sportsbooks have installed various player props for Nestor Cortes Jr. for this matchup. To bet on these props, choose whether you think he will exceed or fall short of the total that’s been set for various stats for this game, and if you’re right, you’ll win 100 dollars on a 110 dollar bet (based on the -110 moneyline).

Prop	Line	Odds
Record a Win	–	+230
Strikeouts	6.5	Over: +110, Under: -145

Yankees Hitting Leaders

Aaron Judge

Judge leads the Yankees with 39 home runs and 97 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .288.

Among qualifying hitters in MLB play, Judge ranks sixth in HR (39), 20th in RBI (97), 21st in AVG (.288), and 12th in OBP (.374).

Prop	Line	Over Odds	Under Odds
Hits	0.5	-205	+150
RBI	0.5	+165	-220

Giancarlo Stanton

Giancarlo Stanton has 18 doubles, 35 home runs and 63 walks while hitting .275.

Stanton ranks 13th in HR (35), and 23rd in RBI (96) among the qualifying hitters in baseball.

Prop	Line	Over Odds	Under Odds
Hits	0.5	-190	+140
RBI	0.5	+160	-215

Yankees Futures

Think the Yankees are going to go all the way? See a pennant in their future? These are the latest odds from bookmakers on New York taking home the AL East crown, the AL Pennant and the World Series. A bet on these futures only cashes in if the Yankees hit those milestones and can pay big, as a $100 dollar bet on New York to win the World Series would net the bettor $10,000 dollars.