The New York Yankees (81-60) are -142 favorites when they play the Chicago Cubs (72-69) on Saturday at 2:20 p.m. ET. Juan Soto has 98 RBI on the season and will hope to hit his milestone 100th once the game begins at Wrigley Field, live on YES.
New York’s Clarke Schmidt gets the start, and he’ll go against Chicago’s Javier Assad.
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The Yankees have won 54.9% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (62-51).
New York has a 41-34 record (winning 54.7% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -142 or shorter.
This season, the Cubs have won 33 out of the 69 games, or 47.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Chicago has entered 21 games this season as the underdog by +120 or more and is 12-9 in those contests.
In the 141 games in which bookmakers have set an over/under for the Yankees, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 78 times (78-59-4).
The Cubs and their opponents have hit the over in 65 of their 141 games with a total this season.
Yankees Stats & Insights
The Yankees score the second-most runs in baseball (717 total, 5.1 per game).
The New York Yankees have hit an MLB-leading 213 home runs, averaging 1.5 per game.
The Yankees rank eighth in the majors with a .252 batting average.
New York strikes out eight times per game to rank ninth in MLB.
The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Yankees pitching staff ranks eighth in the majors.
New York has the ninth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.86).
Cubs Stats & Insights
The Cubs rank 13th in the majors with 641 total runs scored this season.
Chicago’s 149 home runs rank 19th in Major League Baseball.
The Cubs have a team batting average of .240 this season, which ranks 18th among MLB teams.
Chicago ranks 16th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.6 Ks per contest.
The Cubs strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 11th in MLB.
Chicago has the seventh-best ERA (3.78) in the majors this season.
Yankees Key Players to Watch
Schmidt (5-3 with a 2.52 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 60 2/3 innings pitched) gets the start for the Yankees, his 12th of the season.
Aaron Judge leads New York in batting average (.323), home runs (51) and runs batted in (125) this season.
Soto has 150 hits and an OBP of .422 to go with a slugging percentage of .589 this season.
Jazz Chisholm is slashing .264/.330/.451 this season for the Yankees.
Anthony Volpe has 145 hits and an OBP of .302 to go with a slugging percentage of .383 this season.
Cubs Key Players to Watch
The Cubs’ Assad (7-4) will make his 26th start of the season.
Ian Happ has a team-high 23 home runs and 81 runs batted in.
Nico Hoerner has 30 doubles, a triple, five home runs and 41 walks while hitting .259.
Isaac Paredes has 23 doubles, a triple, 19 home runs and 67 walks while batting .225.
Cody Bellinger is batting .268 with 23 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 39 walks.
Yankees and Cubs Injuries
Yankees: Cody Poteet: 60 Day IL (Tricep), Lou Trivino: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Jon Berti: 60 Day IL (Calf), Jonathan Loaisiga: 60 Day IL (Elbow), JT Brubaker: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Cubs: Julian Merryweather: 15 Day IL (Knee), Hayden Wesneski: 15 Day IL (Forearm), Jorge Lรยณpez: 15 Day IL (Groin), Justin Steele: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Luke Little: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Yency Almonte: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Colten Brewer: 60 Day IL (Hand), Ben Brown: 60 Day IL (Neck), Nick Madrigal: 60 Day IL (Finger), Adbert Alzolay: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
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