New York Yankees vs Tampa Bay Rays Pick & Prediction 05/26/22

New York Yankees play Tampa Bay Rays on May 26, 2022 at 6:40 p.m. EDT at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Yankees vs Rays is an American League East series that starts Thursday night. Aaron Judge is the leading hitter for the Yankees with 17 home runs and a .313 batting average. Giancarlo Stanton has a team high 35 RBIs. Tampa Bay is balanced on offense with Kevin Kiermaier’s six home Runs and Manny Margot”s 21 RBI. The Rays are hitting .240 and their pitching staff has combined for a 3.30 ERA and 1.11 WHIP.

New York Yankees are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games. NY Yankees have won 4 of their 5 games on the road against Tampa Bay Rays.

Tampa Bay are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games. The total has gone under in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games against NY Yankees. Tampa are 2-5 SU when playing at home against the Yankees and 5 of their 7 Thursday games have gone UNDER.

Tampa Bay are 5-2 SU in their last 7 games. The total has gone under in 4 of Tampa Bay’s last 6 games against NY Yankees. Tampa are 2-5 SU when playing at home against the Yankees in the last seven games, and they are under the total in 5 of their 7 Thursday games played.

New York Yankees beat Baltimore 2-0 last time out. Tampa Bay beat Miami 5-4 to sweep their quick two-game series. Drew Rasmussen improved to 5.1, Cody Poteet fell to 0-1 and Colin Poche notched his first save of the season.

Nestor Cortes (3-1, 1.80 ERA, 0.89 WHIP) is the New York Yankees' pitcher. Ryan Yarbrough (0-0, 4.20 ERA and 1-67 WHip) has the Tampa Bay Rays' starting pitcher position.