Yankees Vs Rays: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – June 22, 2022

The New York Yankees (50-18) and Tampa Bay Rays (37-31) play a rubber match on Wednesday at 7:10 PM ET with the series tied 1-1. Jordan Montgomery starts for New York (-161 to win), and Shane Baz is Tampa Bay’s (+136) choice to start.

The betting insights in this article use the latest odds as of June 22, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET.

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Yankees vs Rays Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Yankees Probable Starter Jordan Montgomery

• Montgomery (3-1) takes the mound for the Yankees in his 14th start of the season. He has a 2.72 ERA in 72 2/3 innings pitched, with 56 strikeouts.
• In his most recent time out on Friday, the lefty tossed 6 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing two earned runs while surrendering three hits.
• The 29-year-old has put up a 2.72 ERA and 6.9 strikeouts per nine innings across 13 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .216 to opposing hitters.
• Montgomery is looking to build upon a fifth-game quality start streak in this outing.
• He will take the mound against a Rays team that is batting .232 as a unit (24th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .373 (26th in MLB) with 64 total home runs (20th in MLB).
• This season, the 29-year-old ranks 17th in ERA (2.72), 10th in WHIP (.950), and 48th in K/9 (6.9) among qualifying pitchers.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 22, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Rays Stats vs Montgomery

Rays Probable Starter Shane Baz

• The Rays will send Baz to the mound for his third start of the season.
• The right-hander’s last appearance was on Friday, when he threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing two hits against the Baltimore Orioles.
• He has an ERA of 5.40, a batting average against of .172 and 9.7 strikeouts per nine innings in two games this season.
• He has started two games this season, earning a quality start (6 or more IP, 3 or fewer ER) in one of them.
• The Yankees are batting .246 this season, 13th in MLB. They have a team slugging percentage of .441 (second in the league) with 112 home runs.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 22, 2022 at 5:24 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Yankees Stats vs Baz

Yankees Betting Trends

• The Yankees have been favored on the moneyline 63 total times this season. They’ve finished 46-17 in those games.
• New York is 32-13 (winning 71.1% of its games) when it has played as a moneyline favorite of -161 or shorter.
• The Yankees have an implied moneyline win probability of 61.7% in this game.
• New York has combined with opponents to go over the total 31 times this season for a 31-36-1 record against the over/under.
• The Yankees have gone 36-32-0 against the spread this season.

Rays Betting Trends

• The Rays have been underdogs in 20 games this season and won seven (35%) of those contests.
• Tampa Bay has a record of 1-2 when they’re set as an underdog of +136 or more by bookmakers this season.
• The sportsbooks’ moneyline implies a 42.4% chance of a victory for the Rays.
• Tampa Bay’s games have gone over the total in 31 of their 68 chances.
• The Rays are 31-37-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees Players to Watch

• Aaron Judge has racked up a team-high OBP (.378) and slugging percentage (.644), and leads the Yankees in hits (75). He’s hitting .300 with 11 doubles, 25 home runs and 34 walks.
• Among the qualified batters, Judge ranks 18th in batting average, while his on-base percentage ranks 21st and he is first in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo is hitting .230 with 10 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 29 walks.
• Rizzo’s batting average ranks 118th among qualified players, his on-base percentage ranks 65th, and he is 19th in the league in slugging.
• DJ LeMahieu is hitting .259 with 13 doubles, six home runs and 25 walks.
• Gleyber Torres has 13 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 14 walks while hitting .263.

Yankees Batting Stats (2022)

Rays Players to Watch

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay in OBP (.390) this season, fueled by 54 hits.
• Of all the qualifying hitters in MLB, Diaz ranks 48th in batting average, 11th in on-base percentage and 140th in slugging percentage.
• Randy Arozarena has 63 hits to go with a slugging percentage of .403, both of which are best among Tampa Bay hitters this season.
• Arozarena’s batting average ranks 89th among all qualified players, his on-base percentage places him 117th, and he is 92nd in slugging.
• Ji-Man Choi has collected 44 base hits, an OBP of .381 and a slugging percentage of .481 this season.
• Harold Ramirez has been key for Tampa Bay with 49 hits, an OBP of .339 plus a slugging percentage of .411.

Rays Batting Stats (2022)

Yankees vs Rays Player Props

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