Rays vs. Yankees Prediction: Yankees Offense Will Carry the Load and Top Wild Card Spot
By Thomas Snodgrass
The Tampa Bay Rays have clinched the AL East and the New York Yankees sit atop the AL Wild Card, two games above the Boston Red Sox and Seattle Mariners. Can the Yankees strengthen their hold on the AL Wild Card, or can the Rays pull off the win and send the Yankees into a Wild Card limbo?
Shane McClanahan (10-6, 3.44 ERA) is on the mound for Tampa Bay. McClanahan has posted a 2.72 ERA in his last seven outings, but has allowed seven earned runs in 9 ⅓ innings against New York this season.
Nestor Cortes (2-2, 2.85 ERA) will take the hill for the Yankees. Cortes started the season as a reliever but has stretched out into a starter and has taken on a swingman role for the New York’s pitching staff. The Rays have batted just .167 (3-for-18) against Cortes this season.
Here are the odds for the AL East matchup, courtesy of WynnBET Sportsbook.
Rays vs. Yankees Odds
Moneyline:
Rays +110
Yankees -120
Run Line:
Rays +1.5 (-175)
Yankees -1.5 (+155)
Total:
8.5 (Over -115/Under -105)
Rays vs. Yankees Prediction
McClanahan has been a solid pitcher for Tampa Bay, but it appears that he has issues against New York’s lineup and all of their right-handed thunder. Last appearance at Yankee stadium, McClanahan couldn’t make it through the fourth inning.
The Yankees bats are heating up at the right time. In the last fifteen games, Gleyber Torres is batting .345, Aaron Judge has hit six home runs and fifteen RBI, and Giancarlo Stanton is batting .385, with four home runs and 13 RBI.
McClanahan will rue the day he pitched to this New York lineup.
Get it? McClanahan will rue? Rue McClanahan was the actress from the Golden Girls? She played Blanche Devereaux?
Alright, I’m done.
I’m taking the Bronx Bombers tonight at -120 on the moneyline.
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