Tampa Bay Rays vs. New York Yankees MLB Betting Preview | September 3

Corey Kluber’s Tampa Bay Rays (73-57) are favored (-130) against the New York Yankees (79-53), who are at +109, on Saturday as he looks to earn his 10th win of the season. The matchup starts at 6:10 PM ET. Kluber starts for Tampa Bay, and Clarke Schmidt is New York’s pick to start.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Rays vs. Yankees

• Game Day: Saturday, September 3, 2022
• Game Time: 6:10 PM ET
• Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
• Stadium: Tropicana Field

Rays Stats & Trends

Rays Batting

• The Rays are 21st in MLB action with 119 total home runs.
• The Rays’ .242 batting average ranks 17th in MLB.
• The Rays’ .311 on-base percentage is 19th in the league.
• The Rays’ 8.7 strikeouts per game rank 20th in baseball.
• The Rays have hit 62 homers at home this season (0.9 per game).
• The Rays have a .390 slugging percentage and are averaging 2.8 extra-base hits per game at home.
• The team is batting .241 with 513 hits (7.8 per game) at home this season.

Rays Key Batters

• Yandy Diaz leads Tampa Bay with an OBP of .395 this season while batting .286 with 70 walks and 63 runs scored.
• Among the qualifying hitters in the majors, Diaz’s batting average ranks 26th, his on-base percentage ranks fifth, and he is 75th in slugging.
• Randy Arozarena leads Tampa Bay with 128 hits and a team-best slugging percentage of .455.
• Among all qualifying batters, Arozarena is 50th in batting average, 60th in on-base percentage and 43rd in slugging percentage.
• Arozarena enters this matchup looking to extend his five-game hit streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .478 with three doubles, a home run and four RBI.
• Harold Ramirez has collected 102 base hits, an OBP of .370 and a slugging percentage of .446 this season.
• Ramirez heads into this game with four games in a row with at least one hit. In his last five games he is batting .360 with two doubles and three RBI.
• Isaac Paredes is batting .222 with a .305 OBP and 40 RBI for Tampa Bay this season.

Yankees Stats & Trends

Yankees Batting

• The Yankees have hit 205 homers to lead Major League Baseball this season.
• The Yankees rank 20th in MLB with a .239 team batting average.
• The Yankees have an OBP of .323 this season, which ranks fifth in MLB.
• The Yankees rank 16th in strikeouts per game (8.5) among MLB offenses.
• In 67 games on the road this season, they’ve hit 96 homers, an average of 1.4 per contest.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .415 in away games this season with 201 extra-base hits.
• They are averaging 8.4 base hits per game and batting .243 on the road this season.

Yankees Key Batters

• Aaron Judge has an on-base percentage of .398, a slugging percentage of .661, and has 139 hits, all club-bests for the Yankees.
• Including all the qualified hitters in the big leagues, Judge’s batting average ranks 14th, his on-base percentage ranks third, and he is first in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo has 19 doubles, a triple, 30 home runs and 55 walks while batting .225.
• Including all qualifying players, Rizzo ranks 128th in batting average, 55th in on-base percentage and 16th in slugging percentage.
• DJ LeMahieu has 18 doubles, 12 home runs and 65 walks while batting .267.
• Andrew Benintendi’s .397 slugging percentage paces his team.

Rays vs. Yankees Probable Pitchers