The Tampa Bay Rays (78-58) and New York Yankees (83-56) meet Saturday at 1:05 p.m. ET to continue a 3-game AL East series at Yankee Stadium. Let’s analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Rays vs. Yankees odds with MLB picks and predictions.
Season series: New York leads 9-8
Tampa Bay won Friday’s series opener 4-2. The Rays have won 4 straight games and 9 of their last 10. Over that stretch, they have outscored foes 50-19.
The Yankees — who now lead the Rays by just 3 1/2 games in the AL East standings — have lost back-to-back games after winning 4 in a row from Sunday-Wednesday.
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Rays at Yankees projected starters
RHP Corey Kluber vs. RHP Jameson Taillon
Kluber (10-7, 4.00 ERA) is tabbed for his 27th start. He has a 1.12 WHIP, 1.1 BB/9 and 7.8 K/9 through 141 2/3 IP.
- Owns a 4.78 ERA over his last 6 road starts
- Facing the Yankees for a 2nd straight turn: tossed 7 scoreless frames against New York Sunday
Taillon (12-4, 3.95 ERA) has made 27 starts this season. He has a 1.14 WHIP, 1.6 BB/9 and 7.4 K/9 through 145 2/3 IP.
- Tossed 8 scoreless innings when he last faced the Rays (May 27)
- Current Tampa Bay batters own an aggregate .552 OPS against him
Rays at Yankees odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:23 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Rays -108 (bet $108 to win $100) | Yankees -112 (bet $112 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Rays -1.5 (+155) | Yankees +1.5 (-190)
- Over/Under (O/U): 7.5 (O: -115 | U: -107)
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Rays at Yankees picks and predictions
Prediction
Yankees 4, Rays 3
Money line
The Yankees are a walking wounded of late, with big names missing games left and right and up and down the lineup. However, New York’s offensive woes have been underpinned by support numbers that bring a lot of bad luck and timing into the picture.
NEW YORK (-112) is a sliver of a lean Saturday. Consider a partial-unit play.
Run line/Against the spread
Avoid the extra juice here. STEER CLEAR.
Over/Under
The UNDER (-107) is the strongest play in Saturday’s Rays-Yanks game. Both teams are grinding for the AL East flag, both have starters with overall numbers pointing to some ill fortune at times and both have bullpens in good shape at the back end where innings get dealt with more efficiently.
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