Yankees vs. Rays Prediction, Odds, Picks - August 2

Updated Aug. 2, 2023 7:05 p.m. ET

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The New York Yankees will look to Gleyber Torres for continued success at the plate when they take on Yandy Diaz and the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. The Yankees are favored in this one, at -120, while the underdog Rays have +100 odds to play spoiler. New York (-1.5) is the favorite on the run line. The total for the contest is listed at 7.5 runs.

The starting pitchers are Gerrit Cole (9-2) for the New York Yankees, and Shane McClanahan (11-1) for the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Yankees vs. Rays Game Information & Odds

When: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at 7:05 PM ET
Where: Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York
How to Watch on TV: Amazon Prime Video

Favorite	Favorite Moneyline	Underdog Moneyline	Total	Over Total Odds	Under Total Odds	Run Line	Favorite Run Line Odds	Underdog Run Line Odds
Yankees	-120	+100	7.5	-103	-118	-1.5	+172	-207

Yankees vs. Rays Prediction

Score Prediction: Rays 5, Yankees 4
Total Prediction: Over 7.5 runs
Win Probabilities: Yankees 51%, Rays 49%

Yankees vs. Rays Betting Insights

This season, the Yankees have won 40 out of the 69 games, or 58%, in which they've been favored.
New York has entered 55 games this season favored by -120 or more and is 34-21 in those contests.
The oddsmakers' moneyline implies a 54.5% chance of a victory for the Yankees.
The Rays have been victorious in seven, or 36.8%, of the 19 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season.
This season, Tampa Bay has come away with a win three times in 14 chances when named as an underdog of at least +100 or worse on the moneyline.
Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rays have a 50% chance of pulling out a win.

Yankees Recent Betting Performance

The Yankees went 4-1 across the five games they were favored on the moneyline in their last 10 matchups.
Over their last 10 matchups (all had set totals), the Yankees combined with their opponents to hit the over on the total five times.
The Yankees have gone 4-6-0 against the spread over their past 10 games.

Yankees Recent Stats

Stat	Avg/Total
Record	5-5
Runs Per Game	3.8
HR	12
ERA	4.39
K/9	9.2

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Yankees Player Insights

Torres has racked up a team-best batting average of .255 while pacing the Yankees in runs batted in (45).
Torres ranks 55th in home runs and 100th in RBI among all batters in the majors.
Aaron Judge's 20 home runs are a team-high mark.
Anthony Rizzo is batting .244 with 14 doubles, 12 home runs and 35 walks.
Rizzo has at least one base hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .200 with a walk.
Anthony Volpe has 13 doubles, three triples, 13 home runs and 36 walks while batting .208.

Yankees Team Props

	Hits O/U	Total Bases O/U	HR O/U	RBI O/U
Gleyber Torres	0.5 (-208)	1.5 (+145)	0.5 (+500)	0.5 (+190)
Aaron Judge	0.5 (-179)	1.5 (+125)	0.5 (+255)	0.5 (+160)
Kyle Higashioka	0.5 (-120)	0.5 (-120)	0.5 (+550)	0.5 (+230)
DJ LeMahieu	0.5 (-175)	0.5 (-175)	0.5 (+900)	0.5 (+275)
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	0.5 (-222)	0.5 (-222)	0.5 (+1200)	0.5 (+330)

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Rays Recent Betting Performance

Over the past 10 games, the Rays have been underdogs twice and split those games 1-1.
The Rays and their opponents have combined to hit the over four times in their last 10 games with a total.
The Rays have a record of 5-5-0 ATS over their last 10 games.

Rays Recent Stats

Stat	Avg/Total
Record	6-4
Runs Per Game	4.2
HR	15
ERA	4.35
K/9	10

Rays Player Insights

Wander Franco is hitting .267 with 23 doubles, five triples, 13 home runs and 39 walks, while getting on base at a rate of .333.
In all of the big leagues, Franco ranks 95th in homers and 72nd in RBI.
Franco carries a five-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .368 with a triple, two home runs, four walks and two RBI.
Diaz is batting .317 to lead the lineup.
Diaz is currently 66th in homers and 65th in RBI in the major leagues.
Randy Arozarena has a team-best 64 runs batted in.
Isaac Paredes has launched a team-high 21 home runs.

Rays Team Props

	Hits O/U	Total Bases O/U	HR O/U	RBI O/U
Yandy Díaz	0.5 (-270)	1.5 (+125)	0.5 (+550)	0.5 (+235)
Wander Franco	0.5 (-244)	1.5 (+135)	0.5 (+700)	0.5 (+255)
Brandon Lowe	0.5 (-149)	0.5 (-149)	0.5 (+425)	0.5 (+195)
Rene Pinto	0.5 (+100)	0.5 (+100)	0.5 (+800)	0.5 (+310)
Manuel Margot	0.5 (-169)	0.5 (-169)	0.5 (+950)	0.5 (+285)

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