Rays vs. Yankees odds, tips and betting trends

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27 August 2023

Rays vs. Yankees odds, tips and betting trends

At Tropicana Field on Sunday, the Tampa Bay Rays (79-52) face the New York Yankees (62-67), with first pitch at 1:40 PM ET.

The Rays are favored (-123 moneyline odds) when they host the Yankees (+103). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Tampa Bay Rays looking to Zack Littell (2-4), and Carlos Rodon (1-4) answering the bell for the New York Yankees.

The Rays defeated the Yankees 3-0 yesterday, with Tyler Glasnow getting the win (6.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 K) and Josh Lowe leading the way offensively (going 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI). Clarke Schmidt (6.2 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 5 K) took the loss for the Yankees.

Prepare for the Rays vs. Yankees with what you need to know before Sunday’s game, including viewing options.

Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees Odds and Betting Lines

Tipico Sportsbook. Odds updated Saturday at 9:16 PM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

Favorite: Rays (-123, bet $123 to win $100)
Underdog: Yankees (+103, bet $100 to win $103)
Over/under: 8

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Rays Stats and Trends

Rays Betting Records

The Rays have won 70, or 65.4%, of the 107 games they’ve played as favorites this season.
Tampa Bay has entered 96 games this season favored by -123 or more and is 66-30 in those contests.
The Rays have a 55.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 69 of its 131 chances.
The Rays are 68-63-0 ATS in their 131 games with a spread this season.

Zack Littell (Rays Probable Starter)

Littell gets the start for the Rays, his ninth of the season. He is 2-4 with a 4.27 ERA and 47 strikeouts in 52 2/3 innings pitched.
The right-hander’s last appearance came on Tuesday against the Colorado Rockies, when he went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering four earned runs while allowing seven hits.
The 27-year-old has amassed a 4.27 ERA and 8 strikeouts per nine innings across 21 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .277 to his opponents.
Littell is trying to collect his third quality start of the season in this game.
Littell will aim to go five or more innings for his sixth straight appearance. He’s averaging 2.5 frames per outing.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in seven of his 21 outings this season.
He meets a Yankees offense that ranks 23rd in the league with 544 runs while batting .229 as a unit. It has a collective .401 slugging percentage (19th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 178 home runs (sixth in MLB).

Rays Batting Stats

The Rays rank third in Major League Baseball with 190 home runs.
Fueled by 431 extra-base hits, Tampa Bay ranks fourth in MLB with a .448 slugging percentage this season.
The Rays’ .260 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking fourth in MLB.
Tampa Bay is among the highest-scoring teams in the majors, ranking fourth with 697 total runs this season.
The Rays have an on-base percentage of .331 this season, which ranks fourth in the league.
Tampa Bay ranks 19th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.7 whiffs per contest.

Yankees Stats and Trends

Yankees Betting Records

The Yankees have come away with 18 wins in the 48 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
This year, New York has won 14 of 38 games when listed as at least +103 or worse on the moneyline.
The Yankees have an implied victory probability of 49.3% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
New York and its opponents have gone over in 60 of its 128 games with a total set by sportsbooks this season.
The Yankees are 59-69-0 against the spread in their 128 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Carlos Rodón (Yankees Probable Starter)

The Yankees will send Rodon (1-4) to make his eighth start of the season. He is 1-4 with a 6.27 ERA and 26 strikeouts over 33 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent time out on Tuesday, the left-hander threw six innings against the Washington Nationals, allowing one earned run while surrendering six hits.
Over seven games this season, the 30-year-old has put up a 6.27 ERA and 7.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while giving up a batting average of .238 to his opponents.
Rodon is looking to record his second quality start of the season in this outing.
Rodon heads into the game with four outings of five or more innings pitched this season.
He has not had an outing yet in 2023 that he did not give up at least one earned run.
He meets a Rays offense that ranks fourth in the league with 697 total runs scored while batting .260 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .448 slugging percentage (fourth in MLB play) and has hit a total of 190 home runs (third in the league).
Rodon has a 9.00 ERA and a 2.000 WHIP against the Rays this season in four innings pitched, allowing a .267 batting average over one appearance.

Yankees Batting Stats

The Yankees are sixth in baseball with 178 total home runs.
So far this season, New York is 19th in the majors with a .401 slugging percentage.
The Yankees have the second-worst batting average in the league (.229).
The offense for New York is the No. 23 offense in MLB, scoring 4.2 runs per game (544 total runs).
The Yankees’ .304 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in baseball.

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