Yankees Vs Astros: MLB Betting Odds & Trends – 6/24/2022

Two of the league’s best sluggers go head-to-head when the New York Yankees (52-18) and the Houston Astros (43-26) meet at 7:05 PM ET on Friday at Yankee Stadium. Aaron Judge has 27 home runs (first in the league) for the Yankees, and Yordan Alvarez ranks second in MLB play with 22 long balls this season for the Astros. Luis Severino gets the starting nod for New York (-123 to win), and Justin Verlander is Houston’s (+104) choice to start.

The betting trends in the article below reference odds valid as of June 24, 2022 at 1:26 AM ET.

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Yankees vs Astros Betting Odds

Pitching Matchup

Yankees Probable Starter Luis Severino

• Severino (4-1 with a 3.27 ERA and 80 strikeouts in 66 innings pitched) makes the start for the Yankees, his 13th of the season.
• His last time out was on Sunday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when the right-hander went 5 2/3 innings, surrendering five earned runs while giving up three hits.
• The 28-year-old has an ERA of 3.27, with 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings, in 12 games this season. Opposing hitters have a .209 batting average against him.
• Severino has registered four quality starts this year.
• He will take the mound against an Astros team that is batting .240 as a unit (18th in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .420 (fifth in MLB) with 95 total home runs (third in MLB).

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 24, 2022 at 1:26 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Astros Stats vs Severino

Astros Probable Starter Justin Verlander

• Verlander (8-3) will take the mound for the Astros, his 14th start of the season.
• The right-hander’s last start was on Saturday, when he tossed 3 2/3 innings while giving up four earned runs on nine hits in a matchup with the Chicago White Sox.
• The 39-year-old has pitched in 13 games this season with an ERA of 2.30 and 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings, with an opponent batting average of .194.
• In 13 starts this season, he’s earned a quality start in nine of them.
• The Yankees have scored 360 runs this season, which ranks first in MLB. They have 570 hits, 15th in baseball, with 117 home runs (first in the league).
• Among qualified Major League pitchers this season, the 39-year-old’s 2.30 ERA ranks eighth, .887 WHIP ranks fourth, and 8.9 K/9 ranks 28th.

Starting pitcher projections reflect team information as of June 24, 2022 at 1:26 AM ET and may change up to the start of game.

Yankees Stats vs Verlander

Yankees Betting Trends

• The Yankees have compiled a 48-17 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 73.8% of those games).
• When playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -123 or shorter, New York has a 44-16 record (winning 73.3% of its games).
• The Yankees have a 55.2% chance to win this game based on the moneyline’s implied probability.
• New York has had an over/under set by oddsmakers 70 times, and has combined with opponents to go over the total in 33 of those games (33-36-1).
• The Yankees have covered 51.4% of their games this season, going 36-34-0 ATS.

Astros Betting Trends

• The Astros have been underdogs in 11 games this season and won four (36.4%) of those contests.
• Houston has a record of 3-5 when they’re set as an underdog of +104 or more by sportsbooks this season.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Astros have a 49% chance to win.
• Games involving Houston have gone over the total set by sportsbooks in 23 of 69 chances this season.
• The Astros are 34-35-0 against the spread this season.

Yankees Players to Watch

• Judge has accumulated a team-best OBP (.379) and slugging percentage (.658), and paces the Yankees in hits (79). He’s batting .304 with 11 doubles, 27 home runs and 34 walks.
• Among the qualifying batters in MLB action, Judge ranks 15th in batting average, 18th in on-base percentage, and second in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo is batting .224 with 10 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 31 walks.
• Among qualifying hitters, Rizzo ranks 126th in batting average, 75th in on-base percentage, and 19th in slugging.
• DJ LeMahieu is batting .257 with 13 doubles, six home runs and 29 walks.
• Gleyber Torres has 13 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 15 walks while batting .257.

Yankees Batting Stats (2022)

Astros Players to Watch

• Alvarez leads Houston in OBP (.406), slugging percentage (.665) and total hits (71) this season.
• Among all qualified batters in the majors, Alvarez’s batting average is 10th, his on-base percentage is third, and he is first in slugging percentatge.
• Kyle Tucker is slugging .489 while driving in 45 runs and batting .262 this season.
• Among all qualifying players, Tucker is 62nd in batting average, 38th in on-base percentage and 26th in slugging percentage.
• Alex Bregman is batting .234 with a .409 slugging percentage and 35 RBI this year.
• Michael Brantley has five home runs, 26 RBI and a batting average of .296 this season.

Astros Batting Stats (2022)

Yankees vs Astros Player Props

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