Yankees vs. Rays Games Odds on Thursday through Sunday!

With a small payroll, smaller fan support, and in a division of filthy rich heavyweights such as the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox the Tampa Bay Rays have been a perennial playoff contender and one of the better values on the MLB betting board. The New York Yankees were decimated by injuries last year but are expected to make a playoff run in Derrick Jeter’s farewell season. The penny wise Rays led the American League East in the early going while the Yankees were trying to climb above the .500 mark. The Tampa Bay Rays will host the New York Yankees in a 4 game weekend series from the American League East Division at Tropicana Field. Game time is 7:10 PM ET for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, with Sunday’s game set for 1:40 PM ET.

Rays of Hope through Pitching

The Tampa Bay Rays won 7 out of their first 12 games with the MLB Lines as their pitching staff ranked 4th in Major League Baseball for earned run average and offset an offense that ranked 25th so far for run production. The Yankees were sloppy early on and ranked 21st in MLB for run production and 22nd for ERA.

The Matchup and Pick!

Despite the massive disparity of payroll between the two teams the small budget Tampa Bay Rays have impressive results against the blank check of the New York Yankees. The Tampa Bay Rays have won 12 out of their last 20 games with the New York Yankees as just 9 out of the last 20 meetings between the Rays and Yankees have gone over the total. The Tampa Bay Rays have dominated the New York Yankees at Tropicana Field with 14 payouts in their last 20 home games against the Bronx Bombers as just 8 out of the last 20 games at Tampa Bay between the Yankees and Rays have gone over the total. Based on their head to head series domination at home against the Yankees we’ll call for the Tampa Bay Rays and under the total in this series.