The New York Yankees (50-17) and Tampa Bay Rays (36-31) continue their 3-game AL East series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., with a Tuesday game at 7:10 p.m. ET first pitch. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Yankees vs. Rays odds with MLB picks and predictions.
Season series: New York leads 6-2.
The surging Yankees won Monday’s opener 4-2. New York headed into this series ranked 1st in MLB in runs (5.15 per game) and runs allowed (2.98).
The Rays are 2-8 in their last 10. They have 5 losses by 1 run in that stretch and have been hampered by injuries and a faltering offense (.609 OPS since May 26).
Yankees at Rays projected starters
LHP Nestor Cortes vs. LHP Josh Fleming
Cortes (6-2, 1.94 ERA) is tabbed for his 13th start. He has a 0.93 WHIP, 2.2 BB/9 and 9.7 K/9 in 69 2/3 IP.
- Has allowed more than 1 run just once in his last 4 starts.
- Owns a 1.96 ERA across four 2021-22 starts against Tampa.
Fleming (2-3, 6.38 ERA) has appeared in 6 games (2 starts). He has a 1.96 WHIP, 4.4 BB/9 and 8.4 K/9 in 18 1/3 IP.
- Expected to be called up from AAA to make what marks his first MLB action since May 6.
- Gets a lot of ground balls (60.6% rate) and holds hard contact in check, but has been undone by a .391 batting average on balls in play.
Yankees at Rays odds and lines
Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated 12:42 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Yankees -180 (bet $100 to win $180) | Rays +145 (bet $145 to win $100)
- Run line (RL): Yankees -1.5 (+100) | Rays +1.5 (-120)
- Over/Under (O/U): 7.5 (O: +100 | U: -125)
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Yankees at Rays picks and predictions
Prediction
Yankees 5, Rays 4
Money line
PASS. A Tampa lean is washed out by the juice here.
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Run line/Against the spread
The Rays have played a lot of close games of late, and Cortes and a due-for-some-normalized performance Yankees pen look to be overpriced.
Consider a partial-unit play on TAMPA BAY +1.5 (-120).
Over/Under
Both lineups are at their best against left-handed pitching. New York’s bullpen could run into some back-end fatigue. And Cortes is a fine pitcher but one who is operating downwind with a .246 BABIP and some hard-to-repeat high-leverage numbers.
TAKE THE OVER 7.5 (+100).
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