Monday's New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays AL Division Series Game 2 is to me exactly what the MLB playoffs are all about: Two rivals starting excellent pitchers in what should be low-scoring, station-to-station baseball. It's lock AL Cy Young winner Cam Schlittler for the visitors and big trade acquisition Freddy Peralta for the hosts as they look for a 2-0 series lead before it shifts to the Bronx. Bet $5+ on any of today's MLB games to get $150 in bonus bets at DraftKings Sportsbook: It's an 8 p.m.
ET scheduled start from Tropicana Field, which will likely be about half-full of Yankees fans, and obviously no weather concerns in that awful dome. At -130 on DraftKings, New York is taking 84% of handle and 78% of bets while also taking similar at -1.5. On the total of 6.5, 70% of money and 56% of wagers is on the Over.
In all best-of-five postseason series, teams taking a 1-0 lead have gone on to win the series 116 of 160 times (73%). In Division Series in the current 2-2-1 format, teams taking a 1-0 lead at home have won the series 42 of 56 times (75%). Tampa Bay is -190 on the series line and New York +160.
Whichever team wins tonight takes the series, in my opinion. Fans can try MLB betting on the best sports betting apps and get bonuses. The SportsLine Projection Model also has picks on games like Yankees-Rays from its 10,000 simulations, and our experts also offer insights on games every day.
FanDuel SGP price: +103 (subject to change) Normally, I'd say expect both these pitchers to go at least six innings strong, and if this were a couple of decades ago, maybe seven, eight or even a full nine innings. But that is simply not how modern-day baseball works, and you can somewhat blame the Rays as they essentially invented using an opener. And there's also the fact this series was dark on Sunday and will be again Tuesday.
So, every reliever is at the disposal of managers Aaron Boone and Kevin Cash, so that could mean a bit quicker hook for Schlittler or Peralta than would be the case in the regular season. To that end, Schlittler's Over/Under outs total at DK is set at 17.5 and Peralta's 14.5. Peralta is a +445 longshot to earn a win because the various sportsbooks aren't sure if he will even go the full five to qualify.
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