Braves vs Yankees MLB Odds (2024)

Veteran Pitchers Set To Take the Mound In Braves-Yankees Series

The New York Yankees are in danger of falling out of first place in the American League East Division after being on the wrong side of a 17-5 loss in the series finale against the hard-charging Baltimore Orioles.

Now they face an Atlanta Braves team that has won three games in a row. The Braves vs Yankees MLB odds has Friday’s series opener approaching Pick’em status.

The last time the Braves and Yankees met, it was host Atlanta that swept a three-game series in 2023 while outscoring the Yankees 19-3.

The last time the teams met at Yankee Stadium was in 2021 when the Braves and Yankees each won once with both games go under the total. Just two of the last 18 games between the Yankees and the Braves have been decided by one run.

The MLB betting lines has Atlanta priced at -106 to win the series opener with +155 to cover at -1.5 on the run line. The Yankees have -104 odds to win on Friday after losing five of their last seven games. Keep that in mind when it comes to the MLB scores today.

The Yankees are second at +450 in the odds of winning the World Series, while the Braves have fallen to fourth at +900 in the championship odds since losing reigning National League Most Valuable Player Ronald Acuna Jr. to a season-ending knee injury.

Probable Starting Pitchers

• Friday: Chris Sale (Braves); Carlos Rodon (Yankees)
• Saturday: Charlie Morton (Braves); Marcus Stroman (Yankees)
• Sunday: TBA (Braves); Nestor Cortes (Yankees)

Rookie Jitters Should Not Be An Issue

With Atlanta going with Chris Sale and Charlie Morton in the first two MLB games of the weekend series and the Yankees countering with Carlos Rodon and Marcus Stroman, the starting pitchers for the games on Friday and Saturday have a combined total of 1055 regular-season games.

Sale allowed two hits and three runs while recording just two outs the last time he faced the Yankees.
Morton had three consecutive starts against either the Yankees or the Mets in August of 2023.

He allowed nine hits and no runs with 25 strikeouts in 18 innings. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Braves vs Yankees MLB odds.

Rodon hasn’t faced Atlanta since 2022, when he gave up four hits and one run with eight strikeouts in five innings the last time he pitched against the Braves.

Stroman’s final game of the 2023 season saw him allow four hits and four runs in two innings in a 5-3 loss.

Atlanta has seen 14 of its last 20 games against MLB American League teams go under the total.

Ready to Dial Long Distance

The Yankees are third and the Braves are 10th in the majors in home runs during the month of June. That could play a role in the Braves vs Yankees MLB odds.

This is not a new phenomenon. The Braves hit more home runs in June during the 2023 than any other team while the Yankees and Braves were first and second in the majors in home runs in June two seasons ago.

Two of the four MLB players with at least 20 home runs this season will be headliners in this series.

Aaron Judge of the Yankees leads the major leagues with 27 home runs and 50 extra-base hits. Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna has 20 home runs.

Judge avoided serious MLB injury when he was hit by a pitch in the recent series against the rival Baltimore Orioles. He returned on Thursday as he had two hits with a home run in the loss.

Atlanta is 12-6 when Ozuna has at least one home run this season with the Yankees 20-5 in games when Judge hits a homer.

Four of the last five games for the Yankees went over the total.

Who’s Hot

• Aaron Bummer, Atlanta Braves P: Bummer has given up five hits and one run with eight strikeouts in six innings in his last six appearances.
• Nestor Cortes, New York Yankees P: Cortes has allowed 11 hits and two runs with eight strikeouts in 13 innings in his last two starts.
• Aaron Judge, New York Yankees OF: The American League Most Valuable Player Front-Runner is 16-for-40 with 11 runs, six home runs, and 12 RBIs in his last 11 games.
• Austin Riley, Atlanta Braves 3B: Riley is 10-for-19 with seven runs, four doubles, three home runs, and 10 RBIs over his last six games.

Who’s Not

• Orlando Arcia, Atlanta Braves SS: Arcia is 1-for-17 with five strikeouts in his last five games as his batting average dropped to .218.
• Carlos Rodon, New York Yankees P: Rodon allowed seven hits and five runs with three walks in five innings as he threw a season-high 109 pitches in his last start.
• Chris Sale, Atlanta Braves P: Sale has surrendered 19 hits and 12 runs in 18 innings over his last three starts.
• Gleyber Torres, New York Yankees 2B: Torres is 1-for-17 with three strikeouts over his last seven games.

Braves vs Yankees Injury Update

Outfielder Michael Harris joins pitcher Tyler Matzek, A.J. Minter, AJ Smith-Shawvee, Hurston Waldrep, and Huascar Ynoa on the injured list.

Infielder Gleyber Torres is questionable while infielders Jon Berti, and Anthony Rizzo as well as pitchers Clarke Schmidt, Nick Burdi, Scott Effross, and Ian Hamilton are out for the Yankees.

Braves vs Yankees Betting Preview

The injuries suffered by both teams has taken a little bit of a luster off this weekend’s series. However, a quick look at the MLB playoff bracket has the Yankees currently holding down the top spot in the American League playoffs while Atlanta has the best record among the non-division leaders in the National League.

The Yankees’ place in the MLB standings could change this weekend with New York just percentage points ahead of the Baltimore Orioles.

The Yankees and the Braves are a combined 76-47 as favorites this season compared to a 13-8 record as the underdog.
Atlanta is 17-18 against the run line on the road with just 12 of those games going over the total.

The Yankees are 42-18 when facing right-handed starting pitchers this MLB season.

Keep an eye on the weather with a 24% chance of rain for the series opener.

Atlanta has lost five of its last six road games and has just one win in its last six road games against the Yankees.

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