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With two solid pitchers and a particularly inconsistent Yankees lineup on the diamond today, we're staying away from a side bet and instead backing New York's starter for a strong outing. Find out why in our MLB betting picks. We have the second matchup of this three-game AL East intradivisional series with the New York Yankees hosting the Tampa…

Despite their comfortable lead atop the AL East, the Yankees are just 5-5 across their last 10 and are now sending a vulnerable Domingo German to the mound. The Mariners are countering with a formidable Marco Gonzales, making them a live underdog. The Seattle Mariners and the New York Yankees will lock horns for the first of three games at Yankee…

The winner goes to Houston and the loser goes home in Game 5 tonight between the Guardians and Yankees. The NLCS between the Phillies and Padres starts tomorrow night and I'll have a preview of it up later this afternoon. Before I get into Game 5, I want to talk a little more about all the playoff complaints with this format and how the Dodgers,…

The New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers will square off in the second of their three-game weekend series on Saturday night in Milwaukee. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Yankees-Brewers prediction and pick, laid out below. Even with their loss last night, New York has a solid hold on first place…

After an All-Star break festooned with nostalgia, home runs, and bullpen dominance, the MLB schedule restarts Thursday, with some 70 games remaining for each team. So before the second half begins, let's dive into the top 10 story lines to monitor between now and October-because there's a whole lot of baseball left, and just as much drama on the…

Post columnist Steve Serby catches up with Yankees catcher Jose Trevino to take a swing at some Q&A. Q: How close were you to quitting baseball when your late father Joe was ill? A: I was coming home, I was ready to come home. I was gonna try to support my family. It was me and my mom, I talked to my mom and my mom was like, "No, you're not doing…

The New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays will finish their three-game series with a Wednesday night matchup at Rogers Centre in Toronto. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Yankees-Blue Jays prediction and pick, laid out below. New York clinched the American League East with last night's 5-2 victory…

The Toronto Blue Jays have taken two of the first three games against the New York Yankees and will look to put an exclamation point on this four-game set in the series finale. Toronto hasn't exactly mashed its way to victory but has managed to win twice (as an MLB betting underdog) by keeping the Yankee bats silent, including getting by New York…

MLB teams are releasing their 2023 promo schedules in which they highlight which games are going to include anything out of the ordinary. Puppy nights, fireworks nights, kids days, and cool items for the first 20000 fans in attendance are offered by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Shirts, bobbleheads, and other things are going to be given away at…

This past offseason was long and arduous, and at times, it felt like the odds of getting Opening Day in April - if at all in 2022 - were approaching slim-to-none. The season got delayed by a week and rain has pushed the Yankees' scheduled opener back to Friday, but nonetheless, we are indeed going to get a 162-game season! Somehow, it's still MLB's…

TAMPA - If you're like us and already made a prediction as to which 28 players will make the Yankees' Opening Day roster, let's hope you used pencil. New York made a trade on Saturday night, a move sending a member of their bullpen to Texas in exchange for some depth at the catcher position. The Yankees acquired veteran backstop Jose Trevino in the…

The Pittsburgh Pirates will travel to the Bronx to take on the New York Yankees in a brief two-game series beginning on Tuesday night. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Pirates-Yankees prediction and pick, laid out below. The Pittsburgh Pirates are simply playing out the string of this season, with…

With the All-Star break approaching, now's a good time to check back in on World Series futures odds. Given the nature of baseball, it's anyone's game come playoff time. We've seen teams with relatively mediocre odds entering the playoffs win the Commissioner's Trophy in two of the past three seasons (Atlanta in 2021, Washington in'19). Below,…

Aaron Judge was given 360 million reasons to stay in pinstripes, validating owner Hal Steinbrenner's promise to make him a Yankee for life. These were must-moves, to varying degrees, assuring that two key lineup figures returned to a club that won the AL East in 2022. But it doesn't make the Yankees any likelier to improve upon their'22 finish,…

A two-game set in the Subway Series wraps up tonight, with the Bronx Bombers looking for revenge after dropping Game 1. The Yankees may be a rare MLB betting underdog here but our MLB picks are focusing in on the Mets to complete the sweep. The New York Yankees will try to avoid the two-game Subway Series sweep when they take on the New York Mets…

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will wrap up their brief two-game series at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday night. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Yankees-Red Sox prediction and pick, laid out below. New York is currently riding a three-game winning streak, seemingly breaking out of…

911New York Yankees -1.5(+145) -120 7.0(-110) -120 3.5(-120) 912Tampa Bay Rays+1.5(-165)+102 Un 7.0(-110)+100 Un 3.5(-105) When: May 26, 2022, at 6:40 p.m. EDT Venue: Tropicana Field - St. Petersburg, FL An American League East series begins Thursday night when the New York Yankees (31-13, 14-6 away) visit the Tampa Bay Rays (26-17, 15-9 home). It…

The New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays will conclude their three-game series at Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Yankees-Rays prediction and pick, laid out below. The Yankees have stumbled a bit recently, falling to a 79-54 record, just four games ahead of the…

The Bronx Bombers are at full force and the pitching has been outstanding. Are the New York Yankees now the favorites to win the World Series? The ghosts of Yankees past are hard to miss in the Bronx, from Monument Park in center field to the 27 championship flags flying from the facade. Legendary names such as Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, and Mantle…

As we approach the halfway mark of the 2022 MLB season, the New York Yankees and the Houston Astros have pretty clearly established themselves as the two most dominant teams in the American League. The Yankees are 51-18 and have a 12-game lead in the AL East, while the Astros are 43-25 and own a 10-game cushion in the AL West. Now the powerhouses…

If there's one thing that can be definitively determined from the way Brian Cashman handled the Baby Bombers Era, it's that the New York Yankees committed far too much money to veteran relief pitchers. The Yankees doled out big-money deals to Aroldis Chapman (more than once), Zack Britton, and Adam Ottavino, living to regret every single one of…

The New York Yankees are set to host the Tampa Bay Rays today in the final matchup of a three-game set at Yankee Stadium. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes our Rays-Yankees prediction and pick we have laid out below. A return to the Bronx hasn't done anything to stop the Yankees' downward spiral, with…

On Tuesday afternoon, the Pittsburgh Pirates claimed first baseman Lewin Diaz off waivers from the Miami Marlins. With Diaz out of minor league options, it was clear that the Pirates would ahem to make a 40-man roster move. This 40-man roster move came later in the evening on Tuesday. In the corresponding move to make room for Diaz on the 40-ma…

Start spreading the news! The New York Yankees and New York Mets are World Series contenders yet again thanks to great pitching and plenty of pop. Bettors at BetMGM are in a New York State of mind. A flurry of recent activity at the sportsbook has propelled the New York Yankees and New York Mets into a three-way tie with the Toronto Blue Jays for…

Jonathan Loáisiga was one of the few players who had his best performance of the 2022 season while the team was in the middle of their near-collapse. On the offensive side, it was the Aaron Judge show, but on the pitching side, the bullpen was led by Loáisiga's 2021-esque pitching. That being said, it's confusing to evaluate Loáisiga's season on…

It was an underwhelming offseason for the New York Yankees. The expedited transaction frenzy once the lockout ended led to a lot of moves in a short period of time, but one team was noticeably quiet despite being locked in a very strong division. Teams that are considered offseason winners often get a big bump in terms of win totals and futures…

The LDS round in the 2022 MLB postseason has blessed us with one winner-take-all Game 5. The Yankees and Guardians were originally scheduled to meet for Game 5 on Monday night, but rain pushed the deciding contest back to Tuesday afternoon -- the same day the NLCS begins, and the day before one of these two teams faces the Astros in the ALCS. You…

The ALCS begins and the NLCS continues on Wednesday, as Game 2 of Phillies/Padres takes place this afternoon and Game 1 of Yankees/Astros rounds out the evening. The Padres suddenly find themselves in a precarious spot after losing Game 1 and everybody knows how the Yankees are up against it given their travel schedule and the condensed schedule. I…

Every year, SB Nation holds a simulation of the MLB offseason. Thirty volunteers take the role of GM for their favorite MLB squad, are given directives from their "owner," and set off to build the best possible team. This is my fourth consecutive year as the Yankees' GM, and this year, my crack team in the front office featured Esteban Rivera,…

The trade deadline has passed, and the race to the MLB postseason is heating up. But there are still some lingering questions about the future of a few of baseball's biggest stars and where they'll play in the future. Last winter, the lockout shook up free agency. Lucky for baseball fans, the labor strife is behind us, at least for now, and some…

The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees will finish their pivotal three-game series in New York on Sunday afternoon. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes a Rays-Yankees prediction and pick, laid out below. The Rays are in the midst of a pennant race with these very Yankees. They are 78-59,…

The top two teams in the American League are the last two standing as we begin the American League Championship Series on Wednesday. It's the exact opposite of what's going on in the National League between the Padres and Phillies, and hopefully, it will put a pause on all those knee-jerk claims that the expanded-postseason format is putting the…

It was strange to see the Yankees lock up their division title near the end of the season and not play relevant baseball again for almost two weeks. The first-round bye is a new concept, and while I can't say that I'm sorry that New York dodged the Wild Card round (goodness knows that they've dealt with it enough in the past decade), it will be…

NEW YORK (AP) - Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman delivered big hits and the Houston Astros advanced to the World Series again, finishing a four-game sweep of New York in the AL Championship Series with a 6-5 victory Sunday night aided by another defensive gaffe from the Yankees. Taking advantage of a costly error by second baseman Gleyber Torres to…

NEW YORK -- The final on-field action of the Yankees' 2022 season occurred at 12:08 a.m. ET on Monday, as Aaron Judge tapped a Ryan Pressly slider back to the pitcher. The Astros' celebration of an American League Championship Series sweep began even before the ball reached first base. Judge ran the play out, then watched for a few seconds as he…

The 2022 Major League Baseball regular season provided a never-ending list of milestones moments. Miguel Cabrera recorded his 3000th career hit. Albert Pujols became the fourth member of the 700 home run club. Aaron Judge broke Roger Maris' American League home run record with just one day remaining in the season. Baseball fans were spoiled…

Pickswise provides exclusive sports betting content to SILive.com, including picks, analysis, tools, games and sportsbook offers to help bettors get in on the action. The Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees will play Game 2 of the ALDS in the Bronx on Thursday night after the Yankees won Game 1. They fell behind 1-0 early but quickly answered…

NEW YORK - No, Jameson Taillon had never done it before. Yes, it would have happened in the most intense moment of the Yankees' season. And, yes, they were really going to go through with it. "Oh," Taillon said, "I was going in." The Yankees were planning to use Taillon, who has never pitched in relief, to enter in the ninth inning if Clay…

NEW YORK - Yankees pitcher Aroldis Chapman spent part of his Tuesday in the backyard of his Davie, Fla., home with a buddy who used to be his catcher when they played together in Cuba. The friend put on the gear, squatted down and had his mitt pop and pop as Chapman whipped in fastballs. The day before, same thing. A workout beast, Chapman also has…

The Yankees hosted their final pre-ALDS workout on Monday, and before they took the field, manager Aaron Boone addressed the media and provided some general updates on the team. While obviously not nearly as compelling as actual game action, there have been storylines to watch as the team prepared to host the Guardians in Game 1 on Tuesday. The…

After a 99-win campaign that saw them basically go wire-to-wire to win the AL East, the New York Yankees will take on the Cleveland Guardians in the ALDS. The Yankees are -220 favorites to win the best-of-5 series, which starts on Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Gerrit Cole is expected to start Game 1 for the Yankees, who haven't played since the…

With the Wild Card Series over, the playoffs now kick into an even higher gear: The Division Series features eight teams that have what it takes to win it all. There are some surprises, some underdogs, some fascinating subplots … and surely much wildness to come. All four Division Series kick off Tuesday. Here's a look at the primary storyline to…

If you go by the records, the stats, the experience, the recent head-to-heads … if you go just by all of that, it would be easy to think the Yankees should handle the Cleveland Guardians in their upcoming best-of-five American League Division Series. Yankees in four? Sweep? Not so fast. Sure, the Yankees won 99 games to the Guardians' 92 plus five…

The Yankees' roster has been in a constant state of flux over the past month due to injuries, and the expansion to 28 players in September allowed them to give a couple of young bats a shot. Oswaldo Cabrera and Oswald Peraza certainly made the most of it, but now as the roster shrinks back down to 26 and players start to return in time for…

The Yankees gave their fan base two riveting and entirely different regular seasons in 2022. The first one was a story about a special team, and the second was a story about a special player. Aaron Judge delivered as good a year as any New York athlete has had, in any sport at any time, and his successful pursuit of history in the late summer/early…

Just one season ago, the Atlanta Braves proved how important a team's bullpen can be in today's MLB during their World Series run. Postseason games can be won or lost by arms coming out of the back-end of the'pen and this year 11 of the 12 teams playing for the title finished the regular season with the top-14 bullpens by ERA. While some starters…

ARLINGTON, Texas - The regular season over, the Yankees have five days to prepare for their Division Series, a best-of-five against either the Cleveland Guardians or Tampa Bay Rays. The time also will be used to come up with a 26-man ALDS roster, which won't be finalized until the Yankees decide which of their injured players will be ready to…

Apr 9, 2022; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Ron Marinaccio (97) looks a runner back in the fourth inning against the Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports The New York Yankees can't afford to be losing any more bullpen arms, especially with Clay Holmes and Wandy Peralta already on…

The Baltimore Orioles will travel to take on the New York Yankees in a three-game series this weekend at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. With that said, it's a good time to check out our MLB odds series, which includes an Orioles-Yankees prediction and pick, laid out below. Baltimore comes into this one with an 80-76 record, five games behind the…

The Yankees have accomplished everything they need to in the regular season. With the American League East in their possession and no chance of catching the Astros for the AL's top seed, the only thing left to play for is a 100-win season. That means they can finally look ahead. The playoffs (and a first-round bye) are now a certainty, and the…