Tampa Bay Rays (44-46) vs New York Yankees (55-37)
Game Info: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 at 6:50 pm (Tropicana Field)
The Line: Betting Odds: Tampa Bay Rays -103 / New York Yankees -115 — Over/Under:
The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays meet Wednesday in MLB action from Tropicana Field. Here’s a New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
The New York Yankees recent form and player performance
The Tampa Bay Rays recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Tampa Bay Rays
Recent betting trends in games played between the Yankees and Rays
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Yankees vs Rays game
New York Yankees Betting Preview
The Yankees took on the rival Boston Red Sox over the weekend and things didn’t go very well outside of a 14-4 win Saturday. New York lost the other pair 5-3 and 3-0 to drop the series. On Tuesday versus the Rays, the Yankees fell behind early and ultimately lost 5-3. Starter Carlos Rodon gave up four earned in 4.0 innings.
In the stater role for Wednesday’s game it’ll be Marcus Stroman. This year Stroman is 7-4 with a 3.58 ERA in 18 starts. In his career Stroman is 84-80 with a 3.65 ERA across 249 games (241 starts).
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview
Over on the Rays’ side, they played the Texas Rangers over the weekend. Tampa Bay had a rough go of things in that set, losing all three games in a sweep 3-0, 4-3 and 13-2. On Tuesday the Rays scored four times in the first inning and cruised from there. Ryan Pepiot had one earned in 5.2 innings of work as starter.
Zach Eflin will take the starter duties on Wednesday for the Rays. This year Eflin is 5-5 with a 4.19 ERA in 16 starts. Eflin is 57-58 with a 4.27 ERA in 174 career games (162 starts).
Yankees vs Rays Pick Injury Notes
Rays SS Junior Caminero (quad) began a rehab assignment Tuesday.
Total Runs Facts
- Eight of the Yankees’ last nine road games have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last eight road games against American League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last three games between the Yankees and Rays at Tropicana Field.
Tampa Bay Rays Player Prop Facts
- Isaac Paredes has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Rays’ last five night games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one total base in each of the Rays’ last 12 games at Tropicana Field against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Yandy Diaz has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight home appearances against the Yankees.
- Zach Eflin has recorded a win in four of his last five appearances in night games against AL East teams that held a winning record.
- Randy Arozarena has recorded a Double in each of the Rays’ last three night games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Zach Eflin has recorded five or more strikeouts in each of his last four home appearances against AL East opponents.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one Single in seven of the Rays’ last eight home games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Isaac Paredes has hit a home run in each of the Rays’ last two home games.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one hit in each of the Rays’ last 12 games at Tropicana Field against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Jose Trevino has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five road appearances against AL East opponents.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 10 appearances.
- Anthony Rizzo has scored at least one run in each of his last six road appearances against the Rays.
- Marcus Stroman has recorded five or more strikeouts in three of his last four appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one Single in each of his last eight appearances against AL East opponents.
- Juan Soto has hit a home run in three of his five previous appearances in night games against AL East teams that held a losing record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 10 appearances.
New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays Prediction
I’ll take a stab on the Rays. Probably not touching it in reality, though. Eflin is just 1-2 in his last two starts with nine earned in 12.0 combined innings in two of those three games (6.0 clean innings in the other). As for Stroman, he’s coming off five earned in 5.0 innings against the Reds in his last start.
On Tuesday the Rays got quieter after their four-run first inning (featuring a three-run shot from Isaac Paredes) on offense. Pitching-wise there were a couple of rough bullpen performances as well. That said, there’s no reason to think Tampa Bay can’t beat a flailing Yankees squad again Wednesday.