New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Betting Preview | September 23

Aaron Judge leads the New York Yankees (91-58) into a matchup against Xander Bogaerts and the Boston Red Sox (72-77) on Friday at 7:05 PM ET at Yankee Stadium. Judge is batting .316, the third-best batting average in MLB, for the favored Yankees (-213), and Bogaerts is fourth in MLB play with a .314 batting average this season for the underdog Red Sox (+179). New York’s Gerrit Cole and Boston’s Rich Hill will start this matchup.

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Game Info, Betting Lines for Yankees vs. Red Sox

• Game Day: Friday, September 23, 2022
• Game Time: 7:05 PM ET
• 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-best 237 home runs in total.
• The Yankees rank 17th in the majors with a .241 batting average.
• The Yankees’ .324 on-base percentage ranks fifth-best in the league.
• The Yankees strike out 8.5 times per game to rank 15th in baseball.
• The Yankees average 1.7 homers per game when playing at home this season (129 total in home contests).
• The Yankees are slugging .442 with 3.1 extra-base hits per game at home.
• The club averages 7.8 hits per game and is batting .240 at home this season.

Yankees Key Batters

• Judge leads New York with 169 hits and an OBP of .422, plus a team-best slugging percentage of .703.
• Among qualifying hitters in the majors, Judge is third in batting average, first in on-base percentage, and first in slugging.
• Anthony Rizzo is hitting .224 with 20 doubles, a triple, 31 home runs and 56 walks.
• Rizzo is 122nd in batting average, 51st in on-base percentage and 17th in slugging in MLB.
• Gleyber Torres is batting .250 with a .442 slugging percentage and 67 RBI this year.
• Isiah Kiner-Falefa has three home runs, 46 RBI and a batting average of .267 this season.
• Kiner-Falefa has safely hit in two straight games. During his last five outings he is batting .200 with a double, a walk and an RBI.

Red Sox Stats & Trends

Red Sox Batting

• The Red Sox’s 141 home runs rank 21st in Major League Baseball.
• The Red Sox’s .259 batting average is among the best in baseball, ranking third in MLB.
• The Red Sox have an OBP of .321 this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.
• The Red Sox rank 18th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.6 whiffs per contest.
• They’ve hit 64 homers, an average of 0.9 per game, in 75 road contests this season.
• They have a team slugging percentage of .384 in away games this season with 223 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 paces the Red Sox with 151 hits.
• Including all the qualifying players in the majors, Devers’ batting average is 20th, his on-base percentage is 31st, and he is ninth in slugging.
• Bogaerts leads his team with a .382 on-base percentage, and has a club-best .467 slugging percentage.
• Including all qualified hitters, Bogaerts ranks fourth in batting average, eighth in on-base percentage and 31st in slugging percentage.
• Alex Verdugo is batting .279 with 35 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 39 walks.
• Tommy Pham is batting .247 with 22 doubles, a triple, 16 home runs and 52 walks.

Yankees vs. Red Sox Probable Pitchers