Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees 8/16/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 08/15/2022 at 10:36 PM ET
On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays play the second game of a three-game series on the road against American League East rival the New York Yankees. Tampa Bay is 60-53 following its 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. Tampa starter Drew Rasmussen had a perfect game that was broken up in the 9th inning. Tampa Bay is third in the AL East, 11 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.
Third baseman Yandy Diaz is batting .271 to lead Tampa Bay and has a team-high .385 on-base percentage. Left fielder Randy Arozarena is the leader in home runs with 15, RBIs with 58 and hits with 107. On Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Rays will send Jeffrey Springs to the mound. The left-hander is 4-3 with a 2.56 ERA, 91 Ks and 18 BBs.
The New York Yankees are 72-43 following a 3-0 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday. New York was defeated in two out of three games by their American League East arch-rival Boston. New York has lost four out of the last 5 but the Yankees hold a comfortable 10 game lead over the second-place Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East.
Right fielder Aaron Judge is batting .300 with 46 home runs, 100 RBIs, 125 hits and an on-base percentage of .398 to lead New York in each category. First baseman Anthony Rizzo has 27 home runs and 67 RBIs which are both second. On Tuesday, the New York Yankees will send Nestor Cortes to the mound. The left-hander is 9-3 with a 2.67 ERA, 125 Ks and 29 BBs.
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New York will pick up a victory at home on Tuesday against Tampa Bay, but the play here is UNDER. The UNDER has cashed in four of New York's last five as well as in each of the last four that the Yankees have played against an opponent from the American League East. The UNDER has cashed in each of the last four starts for Tampa Bay’s Jeffrey Springs and in four of New York starting pitcher Nestor Cortes’ last five starts. Final Score Prediction, New York Yankees win but our best play is UNDER 4-2.
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