New York Yankees (59-41) vs Tampa Bay Rays (49-49)
Game Info: Monday, July 22, 2024 at 1:05 pm (Yankee Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: New York Yankees -150 / Tampa Bay Rays +138 — Over/Under:
The Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees meet Monday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees prediction. This will be the final installment in a four-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the game. We will examine:
The Tampa Bay Rays recent form and player performance
The New York Yankees recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Tampa Bay Rays
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees
Recent betting trends in games played between the Rays and Yankees
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rays vs Yankees game
Tampa Bay Rays Betting Preview
Last weekend the Rays played the Cleveland Guardians. In that one Tampa Bay was able to take a pair of 2-0 wins to post a series victory. After a 6-1 loss to the Yankees Friday followed by a 9-1 win, on Sunday the Rays bagged a 6-4 victory. Starting pitcher Shane Baz lasted 3.1 clean frames with four hits and five walks.
In the starter role for the finale the Rays are going with Zack Littell This year Littell is 3-6 with a 4.26 ERA in 19 starts. Over his 192 career games (37 starts) Littell is 19-17 with a 4.14 ERA.
New York Yankees Betting Preview
Over on the Yankees’ side, they played the Baltimore Orioles in their last series. New York won the first pair in that set before a 6-5 Sunday loss. After splitting the first two against Tampa Bay, in the Sunday matchup New York had nine team hits but couldn’t dig out of the early hole. Marcus Stroman gave up two earned on five hits in the start over 5.1 innings.
Carlos Rodon will start for the Yankees on Monday. This year Rodon is 9-7 with a 4.63 ERA in 20 starts. Rodon is 68-61 with a 3.91 ERA in 186 games (181 starts) over his career. The Yankees will meet the Mets after this series.
Total Runs Facts
- Nine of the Yankees’ last 10 day games against AL East opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Rays’ last three road games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Anthony Rizzo has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six appearances in day games against AL teams that held a winning record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 11 appearances against AL opponents.
- Aaron Judge has scored at least one run in 14 of his last 15 appearances at Yankee Stadium against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- J.D. Davis has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances against AL East opponents.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 11 appearances against AL opponents.
- Carlos Rodon has recorded six or more strikeouts in each of his last four appearances with the Yankees as home favorites.
- Carlos Rodon has recorded a win in each of his last three appearances with the Yankees as home favorites against AL opponents.
- Aaron Judge has hit a home run in two of the Yankees’ last three games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one Single in each of his last 10 appearances with the Yankees as favorites against AL opponents.
Tampa Bay Rays Player Prop Facts
- Randy Arozarena has recorded a Double in four of the Rays’ last five road games against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one total base in each of his last 18 appearances with the Rays as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Josh Lowe has scored at least one run in four of his five previous road appearances against the Yankees after playing the previous day.
- Randy Arozarena has hit at least one home run in three of the Rays’ last four games as underdogs against the Yankees.
- Yandy Diaz has recorded at least one hit in each of his last 18 appearances with the Rays as underdogs against AL opponents.
- Amed Rosario has recorded at least one Single in each of his last nine road appearances against the Yankees.
- Randy Arozarena has recorded at least one RBI in each of the Rays’ last three day games against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees Prediction
I’ll stay with the Rays I suppose. Littell has one bad start in his last three outings, giving up seven earned in 4.0 innings. In the other pair however, Littell is 1-0 with one earned in 11.0 innings. As for Rodon, he’s 0-2 in his last trio with nine earned in 13.1 innings of work.
On Sunday the Rays were up 5-0 at one point and didn’t have too many issues until the seventh inning. I like Tampa Bay to keep it rolling and take the series here.