The Oakland Athletics (44-27) and New York Yankees (36-33) continue a three-game series Saturday with a 1:05 p.m. ET first pitch at Yankee Stadium. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook‘s lines around the Athletics vs. Yankees odds with MLB picks and predictions.
RHP Chris Bassitt is the projected starting pitcher for the Athletics. He is 7-2 with a 3.43 ERA, 1.04 WHIP, 9.5 K/9 and 2.2 BB/9 over 86 2/3 IP spanning 14 starts.
Bassitt has done well to limit hard contact this season, but he’s been a ball-in-play beneficiary in posting a 2.70 ERA over his last 5 starts.
RHP Domingo German is the projected starter for the Yankees. German is 4-4 with a 3.88 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 7.9 K/9 and 1.8 BB/9 across 65 IP over 12 starts.
German yielded 7 runs on 10 hits in 4 1/3 IP in his last start (Sunday at the Philadelphia Phillies). Prior to that contest, he had allowed just 9 runs over 35 2/3 IP and 6 starts from May 9-June 6.
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Athletics at Yankees odds, lines, picks and prediction
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 10:10 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Athletics +110 (bet $100 to win $110) | Yankees -135 (bet $135 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Athletics +1.5 (-175) | Yankees -1.5 (+145)
- Over/Under: 9 (O: -120 | U: +100)
Prediction
Yankees 6, Athletics 4
Money line (ML)
Oakland took Friday’s opener 5-3 and is 13-2 in its last 15 games. Over that stretch, the Athletics have averaged a robust 6.1 runs per game. The Athletics offense has been cranked up on the road all season. The A’s are second in MLB with a .770 team road OPS.
New York has experienced unexpected batting woes this season, and Yankee Stadium has done the team no favors. The Yankees are 27th with a .672 team OPS at home.
German will be up against an Oakland nine which has tallied 5.2 RPG on a .788 OPS over its last 27 games, but the Athletics are just a few clicks north of average against RHPs.
Bassitt is coming off a 104-pitch effort. The bullpen is not an Oakland strength, and A’s relievers are at a platoon disadvantage against right-handed bats, of which New York has many.
Peg NEW YORK (-135) as a moderate-confidence play.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
PASS on the run-line play which involves more juice and requires more faith in the shaky offense of the Yankees.
Over/Under (O/U)
Statcast’s quality-of-contact numbers indicate the Yankees as being somewhat unlucky thus far. New York has come on lately with a .797 OPS over its last 10 games.
On a wind-out-to-center, warm afternoon in the Bronx, back the OVER 9 (-120).
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