Houston Astros vs New York Yankees Prediction, 5/9/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Houston Astros vs New York Yankees

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

The Houston Astros (12-23) are en route to Yankee Stadium on Thursday where they will go up against the New York Yankees (24-13). The men taking the mound will be Ronel Blanco and Marcus Stroman.

Houston has a slugging rate of .403 and have been called out on strikes 225 times, while being walked on 113 occasions. They have earned 147 runs batted in in addition to 308 hits so far this season, and their team batting average is .255. The Astros have tallied 53 doubles as a unit and have hit 40 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 154 runs while holding a team OBP of .324. As a squad, the Houston Astros are notching 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 17th in MLB.

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Their K/BB ratio is 1.96 and their pitching staff holds a WHIP of 1.47. Astros pitchers have yielded 39 long balls in addition to 181 total runs (24th in baseball). Houston has conceded 308 hits (9.0 per 9 innings) and also 169 earned runs. The Astros hold a team earned run average of 4.92 so far this season (27th in the league), and the staff has rung up 288 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 147 players from the other team and their FIP is 4.54 as a unit on the campaign.

The Astros have dispatched 120 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 41 runners on the season with 24.4% of them ended up scoring. They have compiled 3 saves for the season and have blown 8 of their 11 save opportunities. The Astros relievers have accumulated a save rate of 27.3% and stepped onto the hill in 25 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 14 holds on the year (27th in MLB). Astros relief pitchers have come into the game with runners on 26 times in addition to having 35 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Astros have transformed 67.9% of balls in play into outs out of their 2,781 innings, which ranks them 26th in the majors. The Houston Astros have a total of 927 putouts so far this season, in addition to 295 assists and 17 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .986 which is 9th in pro baseball, and have a total of 35 double plays.

Blanco (5-1 career mark) has a FIP of 5.13 and he has gone up against 410 opposing hitters in the majors. He has allowed 78 base knocks (7.2 hits per nine innings) and has had 48 walks. His ERA is 3.71 (40 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.299. Blanco has thrown 97 frames and has accumulated 95 punch outs during his pro baseball career.

New York has accounted for 46 HRs so far this season to go along with 166 RBIs. They have recorded 47 doubles, while taking a walk 154 times as well as racking up 176 runs. The New York Yankees hold a team on-base percentage of .336 in addition to a batting average of .249 so far this year. The Yankees have a team slugging % of .403 and they average 4.76 runs per contest (10th in the league). They have struck out on 290 instances (21st in the league) and have totaled 305 base hits.

The Yankees have a team WHIP of 1.169 with a FIP of 3.86 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (316 strikeouts vs 129 bases on balls). They sit at 3rd in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 258. They have conceded 32 homers and they surrender 3.45 runs per 9 innings (2nd in baseball). The New York pitching staff have conceded 127 runs so far this season while holding an ERA of 2.94 (108 earned runs yielded).

New York relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 37.5% out of 64 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 48 times in high leverage situations and on 46 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 41 save situations, the Yankees have compiled 19 holds and also 6 blown saves. They are ranked 5th in baseball holding a save rate of 72.7%, and they have dispatched 111 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond over the course of the season. New York has called on relievers to take the mound in 22 save chances and they have recorded 16 saves.

The New York Yankees have turned 28 double plays and have a fielding rate of .982 (25th in baseball). The Yankees have 315 assists, 24 errors and have accumulated 993 putouts so far this season. In their 2,979 innings played, the Yankees are sitting with a efficiency on defense of 72.5% (4th in MLB).

Stroman (79-77 career record) has a 3.65 earned run average while allowing 8.7 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.84 and he has gone up against 5,584 opposing batters during his MLB career. He has conceded a total of 543 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.258 and being the owner of a FIP of 3.7. So far in his MLB career, Stroman has surrendered 1,290 base hits and he has 1,126 K's in 1,340 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take New York

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