Yankees Vs Twins: MLB Betting Odds, Trends & Stats – June 7, 2022

The New York Yankees (39-15) and Minnesota Twins (32-24) square off on Tuesday to begin a three-game series, with the first pitch at 7:40 PM ET at Target Field. Jameson Taillon gets the starting nod for New York (-168 to win), and Cole Sands is Minnesota’s (+143) choice to start.

The betting facts in what follows reference odds valid as of June 7, 2022 at 7:25 PM ET.

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Yankees vs Twins Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Yankees Probable Starter Jameson Taillon

• The Yankees will send Taillon (5-1) to the mound for his 11th start of the season. He is 5-1 with a 2.30 ERA and 44 strikeouts through 58 2/3 innings pitched.
• The righty last pitched on Thursday against the Los Angeles Angels, when he went 8 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while giving up two hits.
• In 10 games this season, the 30-year-old has a 2.30 ERA and 6.7 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .218 to opposing hitters.
• Taillon is looking to continue a third-game quality start streak in this matchup.
• He will face a Twins offense that is batting .248 as a unit (seventh in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .400 (12th in MLB) with 61 total home runs (12th in MLB).
• The 30-year-old’s 2.30 ERA ranks 11th, .903 WHIP ranks fourth, and 6.7 K/9 ranks 55th among qualifying pitchers this season.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 7, 2022 at 7:25 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Twins Stats vs Taillon

Twins Probable Starter Cole Sands

• Sands heads to the mound for the Twins to make his second start of the season, seeking his first win.
• The right-hander’s last appearance was on Tuesday, May 31, when he threw 4 2/3 innings, giving up four earned runs while allowing five hits against the Detroit Tigers.
• He has an ERA of 7.88, a batting average against of .273 and 11.3 strikeouts per nine innings in three games this season.
• The Yankees rank sixth in MLB with 258 runs scored this season. They have a .244 batting average this campaign with 80 home runs (first in the league).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 7, 2022 at 7:25 PM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Yankees Stats vs Sands

Yankees Betting Trends

• The Yankees have won 72% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (36-14).
• New York has gone 25-8 in games it has played as a moneyline favorite with odds of -168 or shorter (75.8%).
• The Yankees have a 62.7% chance to win this contest based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• New York has had an over/under set by bookmakers 54 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 24 of those games (24-30-0).
• The Yankees have put together a 28-26-0 record against the spread this season (covering 51.9% of the time).

Twins Betting Trends

• This season, the Twins have been the underdog 20 times and won nine, or 45%, of those games.
• This season, Minnesota has won three of its five games when they’re the underdog by at least +143 on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 41.2% chance of a victory for the Twins.
• Minnesota and its opponents have hit the over in 27 of their 56 games with a total this season.
• The Twins are 25-31-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees Players to Watch

• Aaron Judge has accumulated 62 hits with a .382 on-base percentage and a .677 slugging percentage, all club-highs for the Yankees. He is hitting .313 with nine doubles, 21 home runs and 24 walks.
• Among qualifying hitters in MLB action, Judge’s batting average ranks 12th, his on-base percentage ranks 16th, and he is first in the league in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo has 10 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 23 walks while hitting .215.
• Among qualifying hitters, Rizzo’s batting average ranks 140th, his on-base percentage ranks 91st, and he is 25th in the league in slugging.
• DJ LeMahieu is batting .253 with 12 doubles, four home runs and 19 walks.
• Gleyber Torres is batting .247 with seven doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and nine walks.

Yankees Batting Stats (2022)

Twins Players to Watch

• Luis Arraez leads Minnesota with an OBP of .447, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .407.
• Of all the qualifying batters in MLB, Arraez is first in batting average, first in on-base percentage and 87th in slugging percentage.
• Max Kepler has 39 hits, which is tops among Minnesota batters this season. He’s batting .253 with 14 extra-base hits.
• Kepler is currently 80th in batting average, 37th in on-base percentage and 64th in slugging percentage among all qualified players.
• Jorge Polanco has 44 hits this season and has a slash line of .226/.320/.359.
• Gio Urshela has five home runs, 23 RBI and a batting average of .268 this season.

Twins Batting Stats (2022)

Yankees vs Twins Player Props

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