The Blue Jays have started the season on the backfoot and have lost four of their opening seven games, while the New York Yankees top the American league East with a 6-1 record.
The opening game of a three-match series leans heavily in favor of the hosts, with some of their big-name players looking red-hot. Anthony Volpe has a season .409 batting average, while Juan Soto has a double, a home run and five walks to average .345.
The Blue Jays will look to the likes of batters Justin Turner and George Springer to light up Yankee stadium in friendly batting conditions with a strong breeze downwind of the hitters.
The Yankees are looking like World Series contenders and are recently off series wins over the Diamondbacks and the Houston Astros.
Divisional rivals Toronto is fourth in the conference and looking potential wooden spoon contenders, alongside the Rays.
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Breakdown: A Tale of Two Teams
Team Yankees Blue Jays Record 6-1 3-4 O/U Record 1-3-1 3-1-1 Spread Record -1.5 (-172) +265 (+142) Injuries Eloy Jimenez None Key players to watch Marcus Stroman Yusei Kikuchi Time: 1:05 p.m. ET
- Venue: Yankee Stadium, New York
- Live Stream: MLB Network, YES Network, FUBO
The head-to-head clashes between the Yankees and the Blue Jays is 59 wins-55 in favor of the hosts and there is every reason the Yankees will extend that record tonight.
The Blue Jays can be had at +125, while the Yankees are -155 (bet $155 to win $100).
New York have started the new season with a bang and based on early form could be World Series contenders, while it could be a long season for the Blue Jays, who are 3-4.
The Yankees is 3-1 over Toronto in their previous four games and are fresh off a 6-5 away win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in their last outing. They beat Arizona 2-1 in their mini-series while also dispatching of the Houston Astros. Conversely the Blue jays last their last game 8-0 against the Astros, while in game 2 of their series defeated Houston 2-1 which was preceded by a 10-0 loss to Houston. That is 19 runs conceded in their previous three games.
The Yankees have not been prolific in conceding runs and went for 14 in their previous three game stretch.
Our Picks:
Yankees vs Blue Jays – Yankees to
The Yankies
Yankies ATS: Yankees -1.5 (+125) – The Yankees start as favorites and have twice won when they have started in this position this season.
Blue Jays ATS: Blue Jays +1.5 (-155) – The Blue jays have a win probability of 28%.
Pick 1: Back the Over 8.5
The breeze will be blowing hard tonight, in the direction that best suits the batters, so at -115, it is almost a cert that there will be plenty of runs in this game.
Pick 2: Back the Yankees on a partial unit play
With the New York Yankees such overwhelming favorites it is hard to see a decent return on investment with a MoneyLine pick, so perhaps go for backing New York -155 on a partial play unit.
