New York Yankees vs Washington Nationals Prediction MLB Picks 8/27/24

The New York Yankees and the Washington Nationals meet Tuesday in MLB action from Nationals Park. Here’s a New York Yankees vs Washington Nationals 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 Yankees vs Nationals pick. We will examine:

The New York Yankees recent form and player performance

The Washington Nationals recent form and player performance

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees

Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Washington Nationals

Recent betting trends in games played between the Yankees and Nationals

A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Yankees vs Nationals game

New York Yankees Betting Preview

This past weekend the Yankees took on the Colorado Rockies. New York lost 9-2 in the Saturday game but otherwise took a pair of wins to get a series victory. On Monday versus Washington, the Yankees managed a 5-2 win. Starter Nestor Cortes finished on 6.2 innings and one earned run.

In the starter role for New York on Tuesday it’ll be Gerrit Cole. So far Cole is 5-2 with a 3.72 ERA in 11 starts. Cole is 150-77 with a 3.18 ERA in 311 career starts.

Washington Nationals Betting Preview

Over on the Nationals’ side, they played the Atlanta Braves in their last series. Washington lost the first two games before a 5-1 victory stopped the sweep on Sunday. In the opener matchup Monday the Nats were out-hit 12-5. Mitchell Parker lasted 4.0 innings with two earned on five hits and two walks.

It’ll be Patrick Corbin’s turn to start on Tuesday for the Nationals. This year Corbin is 3-12 with a 5.73 ERA in 26 starts. Corbin is 100-130 with a 4.50 ERA in 366 career games (318 starts).

Total Runs Facts

• Seven of the Nationals’ last eight night games after playing the previous day have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• Five of the Yankees’ last six road games against NL East opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Yankees’ last four night games against NL East opponents.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last three games between the Yankees and Nationals.

Washington Nationals Player Prop Facts

• Jacob Young has hit a home run in each of the Nationals’ last two home games against AL opponents.
• Jacob Young has recorded a Double in three of the Nationals’ last four games.
• Patrick Corbin has recorded six or more strikeouts in four of his last five appearances at Nationals Park.
• Joey Meneses has recorded at least one Single in five of his last six home appearances.
• Joey Meneses has scored at least one run in each of his last five appearances at Nationals Park against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Joey Meneses has recorded two hits in three of his last four home appearances against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
• Joey Gallo has recorded two or more total bases in each of his last three appearances against the Yankees.

New York Yankees Player Prop Facts

• Jazz Chisholm has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances at Nationals Park.
• Jazz Chisholm has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 11 appearances at Nationals Park.
• Gerrit Cole has recorded a win in four of his last five appearances with his team as a favorite against the Nationals .
• Gleyber Torres has hit a home run in each of the Yankees’ last three games as favorites against NL East opponents.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded an RBI in each of the Yankees’ last three games as favorites against NL East opponents.
• Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in 19 of his last 22 appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
• Anthony Volpe has scored at least one run in 13 of the Yankees’ last 14 road games against NL opponents.

New York Yankees vs Washington Nationals Prediction

I’ll lean toward the Yankees but the line’s too thick to mess with. Cole is finding his form lately and doing well in the stats columns. In his last three starts combined Cole is 2-0 with just one earned run in 17.1 total innings. As for Corbin, he’s coming off a victory versus Colorado with one earned run in 6.0 frames.

On Monday the Yankees had a pretty solid all-around offensive evening but three of their five RBI came from solo homers. Pitching-wise New York was pretty great as well; Mark Leiter (0.2 innings; one earned) was the only hiccup in the bullpen. The Yankees should be in great shape for game two but I’m probably not going near this one.