Yankees vs. Pirates odds, tips and betting trends

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15 September 2023

Yankees vs. Pirates odds, tips and betting trends

A series opener between the Pittsburgh Pirates (69-78) and New York Yankees (74-73) is on deck Friday at 6:35 PM ET, at PNC Park.

The Pirates are an underdog (+140 moneyline odds to win) when they take on the Yankees (-165). The New York Yankees will give the start to Gerrit Cole (13-4, 2.79 ERA), who is looking for win No. 14 on the season, and the Pirates will turn to Johan Oviedo (8-14, 4.34 ERA).

The Yankees were vicotrious 8-5 over the Red Sox yesterday in their most recent game. Aaron Judge finished 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI to lead them offensively while Wandy Peralta was picked up the victory after throwing one inning without giving up an earned run on one hit.

Yesterday, the Pirates defeated the Nationals 2-0. Mitch Keller was the winning pitcher after throwing eight innings without giving up an earned run on two hits, while striking out seven. Jack Suwinski paced the Pirates’ offense, going 2-for-3 with a home run and an RBI.

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New York Yankees vs. Pittsburgh Pirates Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Yankees (-165, bet $165 to win $100)
Underdog: Pirates (+140, bet $100 to win $140)
Over/under: 8

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Yankees Stats and Trends

Yankees Betting Records

The Yankees have been favorites in 89 games this season and won 48 (53.9%) of those contests.
New York has a record of 22-7, a 75.9% win rate, when favored by -165 or more by oddsmakers this season.
The oddsmakers’ moneyline implies a 62.3% chance of a victory for the Yankees.
New York and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 66 of 146 opportunities.
In 146 games with a spread this season, the Yankees are 69-77-0 ATS.

Gerrit Cole (Yankees Probable Starter)

Cole makes the start for the Yankees, his 31st of the season. He is 13-4 with a 2.79 ERA and 204 strikeouts in 187 2/3 innings pitched.
In his last time out on Sunday, the right-hander threw seven scoreless innings against the Milwaukee Brewers while surrendering three hits.
The 33-year-old has an ERA of 2.79, with 9.8 strikeouts per nine innings, in 30 games this season. Opponents are hitting .214 against him.
Cole is trying to extend a fourth-game quality start streak in this matchup.
Cole will try to continue a five-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 6.2 innings per appearance).
In six of his 30 total appearances this season he has not given up an earned run.
The opposing Pirates offense has a collective .237 batting average, and is 26th in the league with 1155 total hits and 23rd in MLB play with 617 runs scored. It has the 25th-ranked slugging percentage (.390) and ranks 27th in home runs (144) in all of MLB.
Among pitchers who qualify in MLB play this season, the 33-year-old ranks second in ERA (2.79), first in WHIP (1.027), and 13th in K/9 (9.8).

Yankees Batting Stats

The Yankees’ 205 home runs rank seventh in Major League Baseball.
Hitters for New York have combined for a team rank of 21st in the majors with a .398 team slugging percentage.
The Yankees rank 29th in MLB with a team batting average of just .225.
New York ranks 23rd in the majors with 617 total runs scored this season.
The Yankees have an on-base percentage of .302 this season, which ranks 26th in the league.
New York ranks 17th with an average of 8.7 strikeouts per game.

Pirates Stats and Trends

Pirates Betting Records

The Pirates have been chosen as underdogs in 116 games this year and have walked away with the win 50 times (43.1%) in those games.
This season, Pittsburgh has been victorious 20 times in 45 chances when named as an underdog of at least +140 or worse on the moneyline.
The Pirates have an implied victory probability of 41.7% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
Pittsburgh and its opponents have hit the over in 79 of its 147 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
The Pirates have posted a record of 74-73-0 against the spread this season.

Johan Oviedo (Pirates Probable Starter)

Oviedo gets the start for the Pirates, his 30th of the season. He is 8-14 with a 4.34 ERA and 140 strikeouts in 161 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent outing on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves, the right-hander threw 3 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering nine hits.
The 25-year-old has a 4.34 ERA and 7.8 strikeouts per nine innings over 29 games this season, while allowing a batting average of .237 to opposing batters.
Oviedo has recorded 13 quality starts this year.
Oviedo enters this game with 21 outings of five or more innings pitched this season.
He has held his opponents without an earned run in three of his 29 appearances this season.
He meets a Yankees offense that ranks 23rd in the league with 617 total runs scored while batting .225 as a unit. His opponent has a collective .398 slugging percentage (21st in MLB play) and has hit a total of 205 home runs (seventh in the league).
The 25-year-old’s 4.34 ERA ranks 37th, 1.342 WHIP ranks 42nd, and 7.8 K/9 ranks 36th among qualifying pitchers this season.

Pirates Batting Stats

The Pirates have hit 144 home runs this season, the fourth-lowest total in MLB action.
So far this year, Pittsburgh is 25th in baseball, slugging .390.
The Pirates have the fourth-worst batting average in the majors (.237).
Averaging 4.2 runs per game (617 total), Pittsburgh is the 23rd-highest scoring team in baseball.
The Pirates rank 22nd in baseball with an on-base percentage of .313.

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