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Two of the league’s top power hitters will meet Sunday when the New York Yankees (22-13) and Detroit Tigers (18-15) take the field at 1:35 PM ET, live on YES. Juan Soto has eight home runs for the Yankees (-133 favorites on the moneyline) while Riley Greene has eight homers this season for the Tigers (+111).
Nestor Cortes Jr. will get the ball for New York while Detroit will counter with Tarik Skubal.
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Yankees and Tigers Betting Trends
The Yankees have been the moneyline favorite 23 total times this season. They’ve finished 15-8 in those games.
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -133 or shorter, New York has a record of 10-5 (66.7%).
The Tigers have been underdogs in 17 games this season and won nine (52.9%) of those contests.
Detroit has entered seven games this season as the underdog by +111 or more and is 4-3 in those contests.
In the 35 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Yankees, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 13 times (13-20-2).
So far this season, the Tigers and their opponents have hit the over in 14 of their 33 games with a total.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees have the No. 10 offense in baseball scoring 4.6 runs per game (161 total runs).
New York averages 1.2 home runs per game to rank fourth in baseball with 42 total home runs.
The Yankees’ .244 batting average ranks 11th in the majors.
New York strikes out 7.8 times per game, the No. 12 mark in the majors.
The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 15th in the majors.
New York has the third-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.02).
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers have scored 131 runs (four per game) this season, which ranks 20th in MLB.
Detroit’s 29 home runs rank 22nd in Major League Baseball.
The Tigers rank 22nd in MLB with a .226 team batting average.
Detroit ranks 22nd in strikeouts per game (nine) among MLB offenses.
The Tigers average 8.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, eighth-most in the big leagues.
Detroit has the fourth-best ERA (3.17) in the majors this season.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Cortes makes the start for the Yankees, his eighth of the season. He is 1-3 with a 3.86 ERA and 37 strikeouts through 42 2/3 innings pitched.
Soto leads New York in batting average (.318), home runs (eight) and runs batted in (25) this season.
Alex Verdugo has collected 30 hits this season and has an OBP of .364. He’s slugging .432 on the year.
Anthony Volpe is slashing .258/.347/.379 this season for the Yankees.
Anthony Rizzo has 35 hits and an OBP of .329 to go with a slugging percentage of .429 this season.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers’ Skubal (4-0) will make his seventh start of the season.
Greene has put up a team-high batting average of .276, while pacing the Tigers in home runs (eight) and runs batted in (16).
Mark Canha has totaled 16 runs batted in to lead his team.
Kerry Carpenter has five doubles, two triples, three home runs and seven walks while hitting .260.
Matthew Vierling has three doubles, two triples, three home runs and three walks while batting .289.
Yankees and Tigers Injuries
Yankees: DJ LeMahieu: 10 Day IL (Foot), Oswald Peraza: 10 Day IL (Shoulder), Nick Burdi: 15 Day IL (Hip), Tommy Kahnle: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Gerrit Cole: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jasson DomÃnguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Scott Effross: 60 Day IL (Back)
Tigers: Gio Urshela: 10 Day IL (Hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
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