AL Wildcard Betting Preview
After 162 games, our two wild card teams in the American League, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox, one of the greatest rivalries in all of baseball, will play a single game to see who advances.
These two teams played 19 regular-season games against each other, with the Red Sox holding a single game advantage 10-9.
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Betting Odds & Betting Lines
According to BetUs, New York Yankees are coming into the match as favorites, priced at -125 to win the match, while Boston Red Sox are +115 to take the W. BetOnline have pretty similar betting odds, with Yankees being priced at -124 and Red Sox at +114.
The betting spread at BetUs is set at 1.5 runs, with Yankees priced +130 to cover and with Red Sox at -150 to keep the game close. Once again, BetOnline have almost identical odds, +130 for Yankees to cover and -152 for Red Sox to keep it close.
As for those interested in totals betting, the line is set at 8.00 runs at both sportsbooks.
New York Yankees are Back
It has been a wild ride for Yankees fans this MLB season. A season where there seemed to be inconsistency just about every week out of this lineup, they have managed to turn their year around and find themselves in the postseason. While they were never able to catch up to the Tampa Bay Rays, they have a shot, and that’s all they can ask for.
The team has rallied around their All-Star right fielder Aaron Judge. Clutch hitting as of late has gotten the Yankees into this spot, with Judge getting hits in 15 of 28 games and eight of those being multi-hit games. Coming into their final games of the season, the Yankees lost two of the last three games to the Rays, but that single win solidified their spot in the playoffs.
Taking the mound for the Yankees will be the big righty, Gerrit Cole. The flamethrowing starter has recorded 243 strikeouts in 182 innings. Cole has pitched in four games against the Red Sox this season and has a 2-2 record. His most recent start against the Red Sox was also at Fenway, and the Yankees wound up losing that game.
Red Sox Stay Hot
Coming to the singular playoff game gives your team an immediate advantage if you have some momentum. The Red Sox sweeping the Washington Nationals is exactly what the team needed. The Red Sox have dealt with a series of injuries all season, but it seems like everyone is coming back healthier than ever and ready to go.
The thing this Red Sox team does have is the leadership needed to be successful. Their most successful guys, J.D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts, and Rafael Devers, all of whom have been to the playoffs and know the pressure. The newcomers to the team, Kyle Schwarber and Alex Verdugo have joined and fit right in, batting .266 for Schwarber and .289 for Verdugo.
Taking the mound for Boston tonight will be Nathan Eovaldi. Coming into this game, Eovaldi has a record of 11-9 and a 3.75 ERA. Eovaldi has also been racking up the strikeouts this season, recording 195 in 182 innings. Eovaldi made six starts against the Yankees this season and walked away with a 2-2 record.
MLB Betting Picks
The last time these two teams played was September 24th-26th, a three-game series in Boston. The Yankees walked in and swept them, beating them by a combined 19-9. The matchup in game one of this series was Eovaldi against Cole.
In total, these two teams played ten games at Fenway Park this season. In those ten games, the teams combined to score eight or more runs on eight separate occasions. In the two games that did not go over eight runs, Eovaldi started on the mound for the Red Sox.
Take the New York Yankees -125 and the under eight.
