New York Yankees (68-46) vs Texas Rangers (54-61)
Game Info: Friday, August 9, 2024 at 7:05 pm (Yankee Stadium)
The Line: Betting Odds: New York Yankees -179 / Texas Rangers +151 — Over/Under:
The Texas Rangers and the New York Yankees meet Friday in MLB action from Yankee Stadium. Here’s a Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees prediction. This will be the first installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Rangers vs Yankees pick. We will examine:
The Texas Rangers recent form and player performance
The New York Yankees recent form and player performance
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the Texas Rangers
Recent betting trends and streaks involving the New York Yankees
Recent betting trends in games played between the Rangers and Yankees
A summary that ties it all together and produces a favorable betting outcome for the Rangers vs Yankees game
Texas Rangers Betting Preview
In their last series the Rangers took on the Houston Astros. Texas managed a 4-3 win in the opener of that set, but fell in the next pair 4-2 and 6-4. In the finale loss, the Rangers got a solo home run and two hits from Marcus Semien.
In the starter slot for Friday the Rangers will go with Cody Bradford. This year Bradford is 3-0 with a 3.96 ERA in five games (four starts). Over 25 career games (12 starts) Bradford is 7-3 with a 4.89 ERA.
New York Yankees Betting Preview
Over on the Yankees’ side, they just finished up a series versus the Los Angeles Angels. New York posted a split in the doubleheader opener 5-2 (win) and 8-2 (loss). In the rubber match Thursday the Yankees coughed up six runs in the fifth inning during a 9-4 loss. Nestor Cortes had a rough start with 4.2 innings and six earned runs.
Starter for Friday will be Carlos Rodon. So far Rodon is 12-7 with a 4.37 ERA in 23 starts. Over 189 career games (184 starts) Rodon is 71-61 with a 3.90 ERA.
Total Runs Facts
- Each of the Rangers’ last six road games have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Each of the Yankees’ last six night games against American League opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Rangers’ last five road games against American League opponents.
- The ‘Inning 1 UNDER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last three night games between the Rangers and Yankees at Yankee Stadium.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Carlos Rodon has recorded a win in each of his last five appearances with the Yankees as home favorites against AL opponents.
- Oswaldo Cabrera has hit a home run in each of his last two home appearances against AL West opponents.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in each of his last nine appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
- Alex Verdugo has recorded at least one total base in each of the Yankees’ last 10 games against AL West opponents.
- Carlos Rodon has recorded seven or more strikeouts in each of his last four appearances against AL opponents.
- Alex Verdugo has recorded at least one hit in each of the Yankees’ last 10 games against AL West opponents.
- Aaron Judge has scored at least one run in each of the Yankees’ last 11 Friday night games as favorites.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one RBI in five of his last six appearances with the Yankees as favorites against the Rangers.
Texas Rangers Player Prop Facts
- Leody Taveras has recorded at least one RBI in four of his last five appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Wyatt Langford has recorded a Double in three of the Rangers’ last four road games against AL East opponents.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one Single in 19 of his last 22 road appearances against AL East opponents.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one total base in 17 of his last 18 road appearances against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Corey Seager has hit a home run in three of the Rangers’ last four games against opponents that held a winning record.
- Corey Seager has recorded at least one hit in 17 of his last 18 road appearances against AL East opponents that held a winning record.
- Josh Jung has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances against AL East opponents.
Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees Prediction
I’ll stay with the Yankees I suppose. Rodon has been pretty good lately. In his last three starts combined Rodon is 3-0 with six earned runs in 18.2 innings of work. As for Bradford he’s given up eight earned runs over his last 5.2 innings in two appearances.
On Thursday the Yankees finished off a pretty lousy series, giving up 14 hits in the process. The good news is that most of the damage came in only one inning. The bad news is that the pitching was rough and the offense sparse until later in the game. I’m probably staying away from this one; it’s tough to trust New York these days.