Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees 9/4/22 MLB Picks, Predictions, Odds

The New York Yankees and the Tampa Bay Rays meet in an AL East division matchup in MLB action from Tropicana Field on Sunday afternoon.

The New York Yankees will look to salvage something from the series after their 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Saturday. Aaron Judge leads the Yankees with 52 home runs and 114 RBIs along with 141 hits and a .296 batting average in addition to 20 doubles while Gleyber Torres has 22 doubles and DJ LeMahieu has 18 doubles of his own. Anthony Rizzo also has 19 doubles so far this season, in addition to logging 30 home runs and 71 RBIs. Frankie Montas will start here and is 4-11 with a 3.94 ERA and 129 strikeouts this season.

The Tampa Bay Rays will try to complete the sweep after their win over the Yankees on Saturday. Randy Arozarena has a team-high 128 hits, 70 RBIs, 18 home runs and 31 doubles and Isaac Paredes also has 18 home runs and 40 RBIs. Manuel Margot has 36 RBIs and a .300 batting average of his own and Kevin Kiermaier has 7 home runs of his own while Yandy Diaz has 120 hits and a .288 batting average as well on the year. Ji-Man Choi also has 48 RBIs up to this point. Shawn Armstrong will start here and is 2-1 with a 4.72 ERA and 52 strikeouts this season.

New York is 1-6 in their last 7 games overall and 1-6 in their last 7 road games while the under is 11-3 in their last 14 games overall. Tampa Bay is 5-0 in their last 5 games overall and 5-0 in their last 5 home games.

The Yankees were 15.5 games up in the division back on July 8^th, but now, the lead is down to 4 games and the Rays smell blood in the water. Aaron Boone’s been ticked off with his team, but it clearly hasn’t helped as the Yankees continue to fall apart down the stretch. This is clearly the time of year where the Rays show up and go to work and they’re giving the Yankees the business over the course of the series so far. I think Sunday is no different as the Rays tee off on Frankie Montas here, so give me Tampa Bay.