The New York Yankees will travel to Oakland on Tuesday to take on the Oakland Athletics in what could be one of the more lopsided MLB games of the day. Despite the Yankees not necessarily playing too well throughout the past few weeks due to some of their injuries, the Athletics have been one of the worst teams in baseball and the Yankees need to take advantage of that.
In terms of the MLB standings, the Yankees come in 9.5 games behind the first-place Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East, while the Athletics come in 28 games behind the first-place Texas Rangers in the American League West.
Continue reading below for our Yankees vs Athletics betting picks.
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Odds
When looking at the MLB odds coming into this game, the Yankees are clearly going to be coming in as a favorite to win this ball game. The Yankees are currently -135, which is incredible value for a team that is clearly better than Oakland. The reason for them having odds of only -135 is that they’re going to be throwing Jhony Brito.
The Oakland Athletics games are only going to get tougher throughout the week and luckily for them, they have a chance to win the first one. With Paul Blackburn getting the start, Oakland comes in at +115 on the moneyline and -140 on the run line.
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Information
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics
Location of the game: Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, CA.
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 27. 9:40 PM ET.
How to watch: MLB.TV
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Analysis
Oakland Athletics Performance Recap and Analysis
With the recent season that the Oakland Athletics have had, it’s tough to ever put money on them in our Yankees vs Athletics betting picks. They’ve been one of the worst MLB teams all year. This is going to be one of the tougher games on their MLB schedule and if they can find a way to start playing better baseball, perhaps it can give them some confidence heading into the All-Star break.
However, that doesn’t look like it’s going to be the case anytime soon and that’s unfortunate for a fan base that deserves much more than they’re currently getting. The A’s haven’t played well recently, winning just one out of their last 10 games. In their most recent game against the Toronto Blue Jays, they lost 12-1 as they couldn’t get anything going again on the mound, and that derailed the rest of their offense.
Key Injuries
Despite not playing well this season, Oakland hasn’t had many injuries that have been a major issue. That doesn’t necessarily reflect some of their MLB standings, but Oakland hasn’t been great and that’s not because of injuries.
Betting Trends to Know
- On the season, 39 games have gone over for Oakland, they’ve gone 36-44 against the spread, and her 20-60 straight up.
New York Yankees Performance Recap and Analysis
While the New York Yankees have played much better baseball than the Oakland A’s this season, they’re also not finding themselves in a good position. If New York doesn’t figure it out sometime soon, they’re going to have a rough time making the playoffs this season in any sort of capacity.
The New York Yankees today game is going to be huge for them as they need to take advantage of teams that are much worse than them and that’s the case right now with Oakland.
Although they’re not going to have one of their aces on the mound, Brito has still shown the ability to have above-average stuff when he’s at his best and has decent MLB stats. In his most recent outing against the Seattle Mariners, he threw 5.2 innings and only allowed two hits with 0 earned runs.
Key Injuries
The Yankees have dealt with some tough injuries throughout the past few weeks and that doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon. Aaron Judge is currently out for the foreseeable future with an injury.
Betting Trends to Know
- On the season, the Yankees are 42-36 against the spread and the total has gone over 33 times in their games.
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Picks
Moneyline: Our favorite Yankees vs Athletic betting picks are going to be back in the Yankees on the moneyline. Given that we can still get them at great odds, that’s certainly the play of the day.
Over/Under: The best over/under bet for this game is going to be taking the over. With the Yankees not throwing one of their top arms and Oakland giving up too many runs this season, eight runs seem just a few too low.
Spread: One of the best MLB picks for today is going to be backing the Yankees on the run line. Considering we can get that at +120 odds, it almost seems like a no-brainer to add that as well.
New York Yankees vs Oakland Athletics Prediction
For our Yankees vs Athletics betting picks, the best bet is going to be backing the Yankees on the moneyline at -135.
- MLB Pick: Yankees ML (-135)
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