New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Betting Preview | September 25

The New York Yankees (93-58) host the Boston Red Sox (72-79) at 7:08 PM ET on Sunday in a matchup of two of MLB’s most consistent batters. Aaron Judge has a batting average of .314 (fifth in MLB) for the favored Yankees (-178), and Xander Bogaerts is fourth in MLB play hitting .315 this season for the underdog Red Sox (+153). Nestor Cortes starts for New York while Boston will counter with Brayan Bello.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Yankees vs. Red Sox

• Game Day: Sunday, September 25, 2022
• Game Time: 7:08 PM ET
• TV Channel: ESPN
• Location: The Bronx, New York
• Stadium: Yankee Stadium

Yankees Stats & Trends

Yankees Batting

• The New York Yankees average 1.6 home runs per game and have hit a league-high 241 home runs in total.
• The Yankees’ .241 batting average ranks 17th in MLB.
• The Yankees rank fifth in baseball with an on-base percentage of .325.
• The Yankees strike out 8.6 times per game to rank 18th in baseball.
• The Yankees average 1.7 homers per game when playing at home this season (133 total in home contests).
• The Yankees are slugging .443 with 3.1 extra-base hits per game at home.
• The team is batting .241 with 603 hits (7.8 per game) at home this season.

Yankees Key Batters

• Judge has 170 hits and an OBP of .420 to go with a slugging percentage of .696. All three of those stats are tops among New York hitters this season.
• Among qualifying hitters in baseball, Judge ranks fifth in batting average, first in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo is batting .225 with 20 doubles, a triple, 32 home runs and 57 walks.
• Among qualified batters, Rizzo is 122nd in batting average, 47th in on-base percentage and 17th in slugging percentage.
• Gleyber Torres has collected 128 base hits, an OBP of .307 and a slugging percentage of .450 this season.
• Torres has logged a hit or more in two games in a row. During his last five outings he is batting .444 with a double, three home runs, five walks and eight RBI.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa is batting .267 with a .318 OBP and 47 RBI for New York this season.
• Kiner-Falefa enters this matchup on a four-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .211 with a double, a walk and an RBI.

Red Sox Stats & Trends

Red Sox Batting

• The Red Sox have hit 145 homers this season, which ranks 20th in the league.
• The Red Sox’s .258 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking fourth in MLB.
• The Red Sox have an on-base percentage of .321 this season, which ranks sixth in the league.
• The Red Sox rank 20th with an average of 8.6 strikeouts per game.
• They’ve hit 68 homers, an average of 0.9 per game, in 77 road contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .386 in away games this season with 230 extra-base hits.
• In away games this season, they’re batting .248 with 8.6 base hits per contest.

Red Sox Key Batters

• Rafael Devers leads the Red Sox with 152 hits.
• Including all qualifying hitters in MLB, Devers ranks 23rd in batting average, 32nd in on-base percentage and ninth in slugging percentage.
• Bogaerts paces his team with a .384 on-base percentage, and has a club-leading .467 slugging percentage.
• Bogaerts’ batting average is fourth among all qualified players, his on-base percentage is seventh, and he is 33rd in slugging.
• Alex Verdugo is hitting .283 with 37 doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and 40 walks.
• Tommy Pham is hitting .245 with 22 doubles, a triple, 17 home runs and 52 walks.

Yankees vs. Red Sox Probable Pitchers