Yankees Vs Rays: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – May 28, 2022

The Tampa Bay Rays (26-19) will look to Manuel Margot, who is on a 14-game hitting streak, when they face the New York Yankees (33-13) at 4:10 PM ET on Saturday at Tropicana Field. New York’s (-150 to win) Gerrit Cole gets the start against Tampa Bay’s (+127) Corey Kluber.

The insights in the article below use the latest odds as of May 28, 2022 at 3:25 PM ET.

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Yankees vs Rays Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Yankees Probable Starter Gerrit Cole

• Cole makes the start for the Yankees, his 10th of the season. He is 4-1 with a 3.31 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 51 2/3 innings pitched.
• In his most recent time out on Monday, the righty went 8 2/3 innings against the Baltimore Orioles, allowing five earned runs while surrendering seven hits.
• In nine games this season, the 31-year-old has a 3.31 ERA and 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Cole has recorded five quality starts this season.
• He will face a Rays squad that is batting .235 as a unit (16th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .384 (16th in MLB) with 46 total home runs (12th in MLB).
• This season, the 31-year-old ranks 28th in ERA (3.31), 19th in WHIP (1.045), and fifth in K/9 (10.8) among pitchers who qualify.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 28, 2022 at 3:25 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Rays Stats vs Cole

Rays Probable Starter Corey Kluber

• Kluber (1-2) will take to the mound for the Rays and make his ninth start of the season.
• The right-hander last pitched on Sunday, when he gave up two earned runs and allowed five hits in 3 2/3 innings against the Baltimore Orioles.
• The 36-year-old has an ERA of 4.42, a 4.625 strikeout to walk ratio and a WHIP of 1.293 in eight games this season.
• He has three quality starts in eight chances this season.
• The Yankees are batting .237 this season, 13th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .409 (fifth in the league) with 65 home runs.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of May 28, 2022 at 3:25 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Yankees Stats vs Kluber

Yankees Betting Trends

• The Yankees have gone 30-13 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 69.8% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -150 or shorter, New York has gone 24-11 (68.6%).
• The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Yankees a 60% chance to win.
• In the 46 games oddsmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 21 times (21-25-0).
• The Yankees have a 24-22-0 record ATS this season (covering 52.2% of the time).

Rays Betting Trends

• This season, the Rays have won five out of the 11 games, or 45.5%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• Tampa Bay has not been a bigger underdog this season than the +127 moneyline set for this game.
• The Rays have a 44.1% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
• Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 22 of their 45 chances.
• The Rays are 20-25-0 against the spread in their 45 chances this season.

Yankees Players to Watch

• Aaron Judge has racked up an on-base percentage of .376, a slugging percentage of .665, and has 51 hits, all club-bests for the Yankees. He’s hitting .305 with nine doubles, 17 home runs and 20 walks.
• Among the qualifying hitters in MLB, Judge ranks 17th in batting average, 20th in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo is hitting .221 with nine doubles, a triple, 11 home runs and 23 walks.
• Rizzo’s batting average ranks 135th among qualified players, his on-base percentage ranks 60th, and he is 24th in the league in slugging.
• DJ LeMahieu is batting .257 with nine doubles, three home runs and 14 walks.
• Gleyber Torres has six doubles, a triple, eight home runs and eight walks while batting .234.

Yankees Batting Stats (2022)

Rays Players to Watch

• Wander Franco leads Tampa Bay in slugging percentage (.405) and total hits (43) this season.
• Among all the qualified batters in the big leagues, Franco ranks 68th in batting average, 141st in on-base percentage, and 83rd in slugging percentage.
• Yandy Diaz has 33 hits this season and a team-best OBP of .384.
• Diaz is 61st in batting average, 19th in on-base percentage and 128th in slugging percentage in the majors.
• Margot is batting .353 with a .510 slugging percentage and 22 RBI this year.
• Randy Arozarena has four home runs, 18 RBI and a batting average of .247 this season.

Rays Batting Stats (2022)

Yankees vs Rays Player Props

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