New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles 7/24/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

AL East Division foes will square off on Sunday afternoon, when the New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles wrap up their series from Camden Yards. The Yankees (65-31) have dropped six of their last ten games and own a comfortable 12-game lead for first place. Last night, All-Star OF Aaron Judge collected four hits and drove in a pair of runs during a 6-3 defeat.

All-Star lefty Nestor Cortes (7-3 2.63 ERA) will head to the hill for the Yankees in this contest. Through 95 plus frames, Cortes has fanned 99 batters and ranks 14th in the league with a 1.00 WHIP.

The Baltimore Orioles are eight games above .500 at home and are just 4.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race. On Saturday, 3B Ramon Urias had three hits and put Baltimore ahead by the final margin with a two-run, eighth inning blast. OF Cedric Mullins added two hits and plated two runs for the Orioles, who evened their record at 47-47 on the year.

The Orioles will give the nod to talented right-hander Dean Kremer (3-1 2.59 ERA) on Saturday. In his last start, Kremer gave up three runs in four innings during a 6-4 road victory against Tampa Bay in 11 innings.