It’s Thursday, August 22, and the New York Yankees (74-53) and Cleveland Guardians (73-53) take the field at Yankee Stadium for the finale of their 3-game series.
New York jumped on Joey Cantillo early and never looked back last night. Juan Soto homered in the first and drove in 5 for the game and Aaron Judge continued his assault on opposing pitchers hitting his 46th and 47th bombs of the season as the Yankees rolled to an 8-1 victory.
As a result, the Yankees regained 1st place in the AL East and the best record overall in the American League. Cleveland’s lead in the AL Central Division is down to 2½ games due to their loss and Kansas City’s win.
We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch first-pitch, projected pitching matchup, lineup cards, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.
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Game details & how to watch Guardians vs. Yankees - live today
● Date: Thursday, August 22, 2024
● Time: 1:05PM EST
● Site: Yankee Stadium
● City: New York, NY
● TV/Streaming: BSGL, YES
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Game odds for Guardians vs. Yankees
The latest odds as of Thursday morning:
● Money Line: Guardians +140, Yankees -165
● Spread: Guardians +1.5 (-150), Yankees -1.5 (+125)
● Over/Under: 8 runs
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Recent team stats for Guardians vs. Yankees
● The Yankees are 5-5 in their last 10 games. They are 33-28 at Yankee Stadium. Their overall run differential for the season is now +119.
● Cleveland is 6-4 in their last 10. They are 35-33 away from Progressive Field. Their overall run differential for the season is +75.
● Who’s Hot? Acknowledging that Aaron Judge is playing on another level than everyone else in baseball, we focus today on his running mate. Juan Soto went 3-8 in the series against Cleveland with 2 HRs and 1 2B accounting for his three hits. He now has a career high 36 HRs this season…with over a month remaining on the season.
● Who’s Not! Alex Verdugo is hitless in his last 15 ABs (4 games) and has gone just 2-27 (.074) over his last 7 games.
Probable starting pitchers for Cleveland vs. New York
● Today’s pitching matchup (August 22): Gavin Williams vs. Gerrit Cole
○ Yankees: Cole (4-2, 4.15 ERA) has allowed 24 earned runs and 55 hits while striking out 60 over 52 innings
○ Guardians: Williams (2-5, 5.02 ERA) has allowed 24 earned runs and 46 hits while striking out 47 over 43 innings
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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Guardians vs. Yankees on August 22, 2024
● The Guardians are 2-5 to the OVER in their last 7 games
● After 3 straight games hitting the UNDER on the Total, the Yankees eclipsed the OVER of 8.5
● Nestor Cortes threw 7 scoreless innings last night. He has not allowed an earned run in his last 2 starts (14 innings)
● Jose Ramirez is 9-22 (.409) with 2 HRs in his career against Gerrit Cole
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Expert picks & predictions for Thursday’s Guardians vs. Yankees game
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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.
Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.
Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Guardians vs. Yankees today:
- Moneyline: NBC Sports is leaning towards a play on the Yankees on the Moneyline
- Spread: NBC Sports is recommending a play on the Yankees on the Run Line
- Total Runs: NBC Sports is recommending a play on the Total OVER 8 runs
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