Chicago Cubs (72-69) vs New York Yankees (81-60)
Game Info: Sunday, September 8, 2024 at 2:20 pm (Wrigley Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Chicago Cubs +128 / New York Yankees -152 — Over/Under:
The New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs meet Sunday in MLB action from Wrigley Field. Here’s a New York Yankees vs Chicago Cubs prediction. This will be the final installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Yankees vs Cubs pick. We will examine:
The New York Yankees recent form and player performance
The Chicago Cubs recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Chicago Cubs
Recent betting trends in games played between the Yankees and Cubs
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Yankees vs Cubs game
New York Yankees Betting Preview
The Yankees played the Texas Rangers in their last series. New York lost two of those three games, but then beat Chicago in their Friday opener. On Saturday the Yankees kept it up with a 2-0 shutout win. Clarke Schmidt finished with 4.2 innings, four hits and one walk as starter.
In the Sunday finale the Yankees will send out Gerrit Cole as starter. This year Cole is 6-3 with a 3.65 ERA in 13 starts. Cole is 151-78 with a 3.18 ERA in 313 starts.
Chicago Cubs Betting Preview
Over on the Cubs’ side, they played the Pittsburgh Pirates in their last set. Chicago similarly lost two of those three games. On Saturday the Cubs posted four team hits and two errors. Chicago got 5.2 innings and one earned run from starter Javier Assad.
It’ll be Jameson Taillon in the start for the Cubs on Sunday. Over 24 starts this year Taillon is 9-8 with a 3.66 ERA. In 197 career games (196 starts) Taillon is 68-53 with a 3.96 ERA.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Cubs’ last four home games against AL East opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
- Five of the Yankees’ last six games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Cubs’ last eight Sunday day games at Wrigley Field.
Chicago Cubs Player Prop Facts
- Cody Bellinger has hit at least one home run in four of his last eight appearances with the Cubs as home underdogs against AL opponents.
- Nico Hoerner has scored a run in eight of the Cubs’ last nine Sunday games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one Single in 14 of his last 16 appearances with the Cubs as underdogs.
- Cody Bellinger has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances with the Cubs as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Patrick Wisdom has recorded two or more total bases in five of his last six appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Mike Tauchman has recorded an RBI in four of his last five home appearances against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Aaron Judge has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Yankees’ last five games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in each of the Yankees’ last eight games as favorites.
- Aaron Judge has scored at least one run in eight of the Yankees’ last nine road games against NL opponents that held a winning record.
- Anthony Volpe has recorded at least one total base in each of the Yankees’ last 11 games against opponents that held a winning record.
- DJ LeMahieu has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances in day games against teams that held a winning record.
- DJ LeMahieu has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 12 appearances against former teams.
- Aaron Judge ranks 1st amongst qualified players for Slugging Percentage (.697) this season.
Matchup/League Facts
- The Chicago Cubs rank 7th in the league for ERA this season (3.76).
- The Chicago Cubs are one of only 7 teams in the league to rank top 10 in both ERA and hits allowed this season.
- The New York Yankees rank 2nd in the league for runs scored this season (719).
- The New York Yankees rank 2nd in the league for RBI’s this season (692).
New York Yankees vs Chicago Cubs Prediction
I’ll lean Yankees here. Cole hasn’t been too bad over his last three starts, even with the loss (5.0 innings; three earned). Over that trio Cole is 2-1 with four earned in 17.0 total innings. As for Taillon, he’s coming off 7.0 clean frames versus Pittsburgh but had given up eight earned over his previous 11.2 innings.
On Saturday the Yankees had a pretty tepid offensive day to put it generously; New York had only four team hits. The good news is that only one pitcher (Nestor Cortes) came out in relief. New York’s pen will be well-stocked for the finale.