Yankees vs. Blue Jays picks and odds: New York should stay hot in series opener

Aaron Judge is chasing the AL home run record. The Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees begin their final three-game series of 2022.

Yankees and Blue Jays meet in the first game of a three-game series. Toronto is still alive in AL East division race, but a sweep of New York would be necessary to clinch a wild card berth.

Yankees are chasing a division crown and their winning streak is seven games. Luis Severino made his return from injury last Wednesday against the Pirates. He had a bad start against Blue Jays this year. Yankees are +105 favourites to win the game.

Severino and Gausman have exactly 142 plate appearances each against Monday's respective lineups. Yankees have won four of six games at Rogers Centre this year.

Yankees only scored two runs in their game against the Blue Jays yesterday. They had scored four-plus runs eight of their previous nine games.

Gausman has only allowed one first-inning run in three of his past 16 starts. Severino has a 2.12 ERA in the first inning this season.