The New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers meet Saturday in MLB action from Comerica Park. Here’s a Detroit Tigers vs NY Yankees Prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best Tigers vs Yankees pick.
New York Yankees Betting Preview
In their last set the Yankees played the Chicago White Sox. Following a 12-2 loss in the opener New York took wins in the next pair to take the series. In the Friday opener versus the Tigers, the Yankees powered out a 3-0 shutout victory. Starter Gerrit Cole finished with 6.0 innings, four hits and two walks.
In the starter role for the Yankees on Saturday will be Carlos Rodon. This year Rodon is 13-7 with a 4.18 ERA in 24 starts. Rodon is 72-61 with a 3.87 ERA in 190 career games (185 starts).
Detroit Tigers Betting Preview
Over on the Tigers’ side, they were able to bag a sweep over the Seattle Mariners this week with wins 15-1, 3-2 and 2-1. On Friday Detroit only gave up five hits—but had just five hits themselves as well. Brant Hurter did most of the pitching on 6.0 innings and two earned runs.
Starter for Saturday will be the Tigers’ Keider Montero. So far Montero is 3-5 with a 5.76 ERA in the first 10 games (nine starts) of his career.
Total Runs Facts
- Eight of the Yankees’ last nine road games after playing the previous day have gone OVER the total runs line.
- Seven of the Tigers’ last eight day games against AL East opponents have gone OVER the total runs line.
- The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the last three games between the Yankees and Tigers.
Detroit Tigers Player Prop Facts
- Gio Urshela has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances against AL East opponents.
- Riley Greene has recorded at least one Single in each of his last five appearances against AL East opponents.
- Matt Vierling has scored at least one run in seven of his last eight appearances against AL East opponents.
- Javier Baez has hit a home run in each of his last two appearances against AL opponents that held a winning record.
- Spencer Torkelson has recorded a Double in three of his last four appearances with the Tigers as home underdogs against AL opponents.
- Gio Urshela has recorded at least one total base in each of his last nine appearances against AL East opponents.
- Spencer Torkelson has recorded an RBI in three of his last four appearances in day games against AL East teams that held a winning record.
New York Yankees Player Prop Facts
- Aaron Judge has recorded at least one hit in each of his last nine appearances against AL Central opponents that held a losing record.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one Single in each of his last nine appearances in day games against AL teams that held a losing record.
- Alex Verdugo has scored at least one run in each of his last 11 appearances after playing the previous day.
- Giancarlo Stanton has hit at least one home run in each of his last six Saturday appearances against teams that held a losing record.
- Jose Trevino has recorded at least one Double in three of his last four appearances with the Yankees as favorites against AL opponents.
- Gleyber Torres has recorded at least one total base in each of his last nine appearances in day games against AL teams that held a losing record.
- Carlos Rodon has recorded a win in each of his last four appearances.
- Giancarlo Stanton has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last six Saturday appearances against teams that held a losing record.
Detroit Tigers vs NY Yankees Prediction
I’ll probably still lean toward the Yankees here. Rodon is pitching pretty well lately. Over his last three starts, Rodon is 3-0 with just five earned in 17.1 innings of work. As for Montero, he’s 2-1 with nine earned runs in 18.0 innings over his last three starts.
On Friday, the Yankees got a great pitching effort across the board. The bullpen only gave up one hit and no walks, capping a nice performance from Cole. I think New York will keep rolling on the mound Saturday, but it’d be nice to get the bats going.