New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles Prediction, 5/1/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles

Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Location: Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: New York (-116) Baltimore (-102)

Oriole Park at Camden Yards is where the Baltimore Orioles (18-10) will compete against the New York Yankees (19-11) on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has New York at -116 and Baltimore is sitting at -102. The betting total is set at 9. The expected starting pitchers will be Luis Gil and Corbin Burnes.

New York has a slugging percentage of .404 and have been called out on strikes 230 times, while drawing a walk on 131 occasions. They have tallied 138 RBI's as well as 253 base knocks for the season, while their average at the plate sits at .251. The Yankees have tallied 41 two-baggers as a squad and have knocked 37 baseballs out of the stadium. They have notched a total of 148 runs while holding a team OBP of .339. As a unit, the New York Yankees are earning 4.9 runs per game, which puts them at 9th in baseball.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.34 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.20. Yankees pitchers have surrendered 27 home runs in addition to 107 runs in total (6th in the league). New York has conceded 217 base knocks (7.2 per 9 innings) as well as 91 earned runs. The Yankees have compiled a team earned run average of 3.02 on the season (2nd in the league), and their staff has rung up 255 hitters. They have walked 109 players from the other team and their FIP comes in at 3.96 as a unit on the season.

Yankees bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on base 37 times in addition to having 40 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have accumulated 15 holds for the season (20th in the league). The Yankees relievers have earned a save percentage of 72.2% and has entered the game in 33 save situations. They have tallied 13 saves for the year and have blown 5 of 18 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 48 runners so far this year with 43.8% of those runners crossed home plate. The Yankees have sent 94 relievers to the hill on the year.

The Yankees have converted 72.0% of balls in play into outs in their 2,439 innings on the diamond, which ranks them 5th in baseball. The New York Yankees are sitting with 813 putouts this year, as well as 264 assists and 21 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .981 which has them ranked 24th in pro baseball, and they have turned 23 double plays.

Gil has taken the ball for 429 innings and is sitting with 445 strikeouts during his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.79 (181 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.154. He has allowed 370 base knocks (7.8 hits per nine innings) and has 126 free passes. Gil (25-13 win-loss record in his career) has a FIP of 4.17 and he has faced 1,767 hitters in the majors.

Baltimore has a total of 45 home runs over the course of the season to go along with 148 runs batted in. They have put up 47 two-baggers, while getting a free base 74 times and putting up 153 runs. The Baltimore Orioles have accumulated an on-base percentage of .312 as well as a batting average of .254 over the course of the season. The Orioles have a team SLG% of .453 and they have an average of 5.46 runs per game (2nd in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 229 occasions (22nd in the league) and have accounted for 247 base knocks.

The Baltimore pitching staff have allowed 117 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 3.74 (105 earned runs yielded). They have surrendered 32 home runs and they concede 4.16 runs per 9 innings (10th in baseball). The Orioles hold a team WHIP of 1.174 and have a FIP of 3.79 as a pitching staff for the year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 8.90 (250 strikeouts against 72 free passes). They are currently ranked 12th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits surrendered with 225.

Sitting with 36 save situations, the Orioles have tallied 21 holds in addition to 7 blown saves. Baltimore has called on relievers to take the mound in 15 save opportunities and they have tallied 8 saves. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 34 times in high leverage situations in addition to 35 occasions with base runners. Baltimore bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 29.3% of 41 inherited base runners. They are ranked 23rd in the league with a save rate of 53.3%, and they have dispatched 101 bullpen pitchers to the hill so far this season.

The Baltimore Orioles have gotten 16 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .987 (6th in pro baseball). The Orioles have 260 assists, 13 errors and are sitting with 759 putouts for the year. In their 2,277 innings on the diamond, the Orioles have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (9th in baseball).

So far in his career, Burnes has given up 395 hits while he has earned 340 K's in 397 innings. Burnes (23-22 career win-loss mark) holds a 4.37 ERA and has surrendered 8.9 hits per 9 innings. He has conceded a total of 193 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.325 and a FIP of 4.6. His strikeout to walk ratio is 2.58 and he has faced 1,689 opposing hitters so far in his MLB career.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take New York (-116)

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