Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees 7/18/19 - MLB Betting Picks & Odds
Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees
MLB: 7:05 PM EST
Jul. 18, 2019
TV: YES
Latest Odds : NYY -125 Total 9.5
The Rays have not figured out how to take care of the Yankees on the year and that is proving to be a difficult pill for the Rays to swallow. The Yankees actually lead the season series by a record of 10-5 and with the way the Yankees have been dominating lately it will be difficult for the Rays to make up any of the ground they have lost to the Yankees in the season standings.
Brandon Lowe is the leading power hitter and run producer for the Rays with 16 homers and 49 runs brought home. Austin Meadows is the leading hitter when it comes to average at a clip of .291 this year. Gary Sanchez is the power hitter for the Yankees with 24 homers. DJ LeMahieu is the leading hitter when it comes to average and bringing the runners home with an average of .331 and has managed to bring home 65 runners this year.
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Charlie Morton is the pitcher the Rays are going to put on the mound to start the game in hopes of slowing down the Yankees. Morton has posted a 11-2 record and a 2.35 ERA. He has thrown 118.2 innings on the season with 148 strikeouts, but only allowed 86 hits all year and walked 37 batters.
J.A. Happ is the pitcher the Yankees will look to for starting this game off. Happ has been able to post a 7-5 record and a 4.93 ERA. He has thrown 95 innings, but struck out only 76 batters and walked 23, but a telling stat is the 97 hits he has allowed.
Recent Betting Trends:
Rays are 5-2 in their last 7 road games.
Yankees are 24-8 in their last 32 vs. a team with a winning record.
Over is 4-1-1 in Mortons last 6 starts overall.
Under is 5-1-1 in Yankees last 7 overall.
Free Betting Pick: Tampa Bay Rays +105
The Yankees are doing great against the Rays this season and that dominance would likely continue if the Rays were not starting Morton. Morton is a workhorse and does not give up a ton of hits like Happ does. Look for that to be the difference in this game as Happ gets hit on quite a bit by the Rays hitters who give Morton just enough in run support. Final Score, Tampa Bay Rays win 3-1.