Yankees vs. Astros prediction, odds: Picks for Verlander and Severino showdown

If it weren’t for the Yankees, the Astros could be the discuss of the American League this yr.

After an exhilarating walk-off single by Aaron Decide to finish the comeback by the Yankees in opposition to the Astros Thursday night time, the 2 sides will meet once more Friday night for the second sport of their four-game collection. 

With a pair of aces able to toe the rubber for his or her respective golf equipment, there's loads of worth to be present in betting this matchup of playoff contenders. Let’s dive in.

Yankees vs. Astros prediction, picks (7:05 PM ET, YES Community)

Underneath 7.5 runs (-110 BetMGM)

With Justin Verlander and Luis Severino on the hill, don’t count on there to be a ton of scoring. Though Verlander is coming off his worst outing of the yr, giving up 4 earned runs and 9 hits in solely 3 2/3 innings of labor in opposition to the White Sox final week, he has been in any other case dominant this season. 

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Verlander is eighth in Main League Baseball with a 2.30 ERA, and is fourth in WHIP at a glowing 0.89. Including to the combination, Houston has a heavily-slanted O/U report this season, checking in at 23-42-4. The Yankees, who're the most effective crew in baseball, additionally sport an O/U report that leans in direction of the below, at 32-36-2.

Sure, I’m conscious that the Yankees are the most effective crew in baseball and are on a historic tempo, however I nonetheless wouldn’t count on an offensive explosion within the Bronx tonight. 

Yordan Alvarez OVER 0.5 residence runs (+265 FanDuel)

Yordan Alvarez is excellent at hitting baseballs a good distance. He’s behind solely Decide for probably the most residence runs in baseball with 22 of them, and is within the midst of a real breakout season at 25 years previous.

Yordan Alvarez home run.
Yordan Alvarez celebrates a three-run residence run.
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Alvarez completed final yr with a .277 batting common. Thus far on the 2022 season, he has cranked that as much as .317 with a hefty 1.071 OPS, all whereas hanging out solely 15.7% of the time. He has the third-most exhausting hit balls (exit velocity over 95 MPH) within the league, and is tied with Giancarlo Stanton for the very best common exit velocity in baseball at 96.1 MPH. 

Alvarez can rake, and Severino poses a juicy matchup for him. 

Severino has been robust in opposition to right-handed bats this yr, holding them to a .191 batting common and 4 residence runs in 160 batters confronted. Towards lefties, nevertheless, Severino has surrendered a .235 common (nonetheless robust, however not as robust), and 6 residence runs in 108 batters confronted. 

Because the begin of June, Alvarez has been completely insane on the plate. His common exit velocity over that point is 97.8 MPH, he’s hitting .439 with a 1.407 OPS, his strikeout fee is a paltry 10.3%, and his wRC+ is a staggering 294. He could be the AL MVP frontrunner proper now if it wasn’t for Decide, and he’s price a glance to go yard with the hitter-friendly proper discipline of Yankee Stadium in entrance of him.

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Yankees -1.5 (+155 BetMGM)

Whereas I don’t anticipate a ton of runs, I nonetheless count on the Yankees to win, as a result of that’s simply what they do that yr.

At a strong 52-18 report, there are many causes to lean in direction of the Yankees. The chances are somewhat wonky, although – oddsmakers have the Yankees as favorites at -130 odds, however have their probabilities of successful by two or extra runs set at +155. Primarily, they’re telling you that they count on this to be a good, evenly-matched sport, with the sting going to New York. Whereas I don’t disagree with that, needing to win by two runs at residence doesn’t appear far-fetched in any respect. 

The Yankees boast a 30-7 residence report, and have gained all of their final 10 residence video games. At residence this season, New York has a +86.0 run differential.

If I can get plus cash backing the most effective crew in baseball with the most effective residence report and the most effective residence run differential to attain two extra runs than the opposite guys, I’m doing it. 

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