Yankees Vs Blue Jays: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – May 4, 2022

The New York Yankees (18-6) have a 2-0 series lead and will try to sweep the Toronto Blue Jays (15-10) on Wednesday at Rogers Centre, beginning at 7:07 PM ET. Nestor Cortes starts for New York (-145 to win) while Toronto (+123) will counter with Yusei Kikuchi.

The betting insights in the article below are based off odds valid as of May 4, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET.

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Yankees vs Blue Jays Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Yankees Probable Starter Nestor Cortes

• Nestor Cortes Jr. (1-0) takes the mound for the Yankees in his fifth start of the season. He has a 1.31 ERA in 20 2/3 innings pitched, with 28 strikeouts.
• The left-hander last appeared on Saturday against the Kansas City Royals, when he went 5 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up seven hits.
• The 27-year-old has a 1.31 ERA and 12.2 strikeouts per nine innings across four games this season.
• He will take the hill against a Blue Jays offense that ranks third in MLB with 202 total hits (on a .245 batting average). The squad also slugs a collective .407 (fifth in MLB) with 31 total home runs (second in MLB).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 4, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Blue Jays Stats vs Cortes

Blue Jays Probable Starter Yusei Kikuchi

• The Blue Jays will hand the ball to Kikuchi (0-1) for his fifth start of the season.
• The left-hander gave up four earned runs and allowed four hits in 2 2/3 innings pitched against the Houston Astros on Friday.
• The 30-year-old has an ERA of 5.52, a 1 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.909 in four games this season.
• The Yankees are batting .248 this season, fourth in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .426 (first in the league) with 34 home runs.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 4, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Yankees Stats vs Kikuchi

Yankees Betting Trends

• The Yankees have put together a 17-6 record in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 73.9% of those games).
• New York is 14-4 (winning 77.8% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -145 or shorter.
• Based on this contest’s moneyline, the Yankees’ implied win probability is 59.2%.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 24 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 10 of those games (10-14-0).
• The Yankees have collected a 15-9-0 record ATS this season (covering 62.5% of the time).

Blue Jays Betting Trends

• The Blue Jays have entered the game as underdogs eight times this season and won three of those games.
• Toronto has played as an underdog of +123 or more twice this season and won both games.
• Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 44.8% chance to win.
• So far this season, Toronto and its opponents have hit the over in eight of their 25 games with a total.
• In 25 games with a spread this season, the Blue Jays are 10-15-0 ATS.

Yankees Players to Watch

• Anthony Rizzo a has .369 on-base percentage to pace the Yankees, while batting .253 with four doubles, nine home runs and 11 walks.
• Among the qualified hitters in MLB action, Rizzo’s batting average ranks 69th, his on-base percentage ranks 30th, and he is eighth in the league in slugging.
• Aaron Judge has collected 27 hits while slugging .674. Both are team-highs. Overall, he has six doubles, nine home runs and eight walks while batting .303.
• Among qualified hitters, Judge ranks 22nd in batting average, 38th in on-base percentage, and fifth in slugging.
• Judge heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. During his last 10 outings he is hitting .357 with two doubles, eight home runs, two walks and 17 RBI.
• DJ LeMahieu has five doubles, two home runs and seven walks while batting .296.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa has six doubles and five walks while batting .297.

Yankees Batting Stats (2022)

Blue Jays Players to Watch

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads Toronto with an OBP of .354 this season while batting .287 with 10 walks and 12 runs scored.
• Of all the qualified hitters in MLB, Guerrero is 36th in batting average, 45th in on-base percentage and 17th in slugging percentage.
• George Springer leads Toronto in OBP (.354), slugging percentage (.551) and total hits (26) this season.
• Springer is currently 32nd in batting average, 45th in on-base percentage and 14th in slugging percentage among all qualifying hitters.
• Lourdes Gurriel Jr. has collected 25 base hits, an OBP of .313 and a slugging percentage of .407 this season.
• Santiago Espinal has two home runs, 11 RBI and a batting average of .253 this season.

Blue Jays Batting Stats (2022)

Yankees vs Blue Jays Player Props

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