There’s No Stopping The Yankees
Twins vs Yankees MLB Odds: NY Winning Streak Could Hit Eight
It wasn’t long ago when Yankees fans complained about the roster before Opening Day. We remember fans calling for GM Brian Cashman’s and manager Aaron Boone’s heads. But winning consistently cures everything. The Yankees are 42-19 on the MLB season and will welcome the Minnesota Twins to the Bronx for a three-game series to begin the new week. The Twins vs Yankees MLB odds favor New York to start with a win.
While the starting rotation doesn’t even have Gerrit Cole yet, it’s been one of the strongest rotations in the MLB to begin the season.
The Yankees will roll with Luis Gil in the first game. Gil is currently 7-1 with a 1.99 ERA. That’s what we mean when we point out how good the Yankees’ rotation has been,
- That said, the Yankees are -166 favorites at home, with the total at 7.5. The Over is at -118.
Let’s break down the Twins vs Yankees MLB odds for the series below.
Twins vs Yankees 
Records: Minnesota Twins (33-26), New York Yankees (42-19)
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Location: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY
Streaming: Bally Sports North, YES, TBS
Bye, Bye Edouard Julien
With Royce Lewis’ return, Edouard Julien has been sent back down to Triple-A after posting a .207 average in the first two months of the season.
He’ll join Matt Wallner, who had been sent down from the MLB earlier after beginning his season with 17 strikeouts in his first 25 at-bats. Wallner hasn’t progressed much, hitting .200 in Triple-A.
We’ll see if Julien can turn his play around and help protect Wallner in the Triple-A lineup.
Gerrit Cole’s Inching Closer
Cole hasn’t pitched a single game for the Yankees this season due to nerve inflammation in his right elbow. But he’s in line to make his first minor league start on Tuesday. This will be a huge step in his rehab.
He’s expected to make two outings before being cleared for the Major Leagues.
Twins vs Yankees MLB odds For Game 1:
RL: Yankees -1.5 (+120) ML: Yankees -166, O/U 7.5 -118/-102
âš¾ Game 1 âš¾
- Tuesday, 7:05 pm ET
- Bailey Ober vs Luis Gil
In the first game, the Minnesota Twins will roll with Bailey Ober. Ober has added 25% of strikeouts and has limited walks to 5.2%. However, he’s also allowed a .219 ISO and wOBA of .320 to his first 232 batters this season.
In addition, he’s allowed 32.1% of fly balls and 27.7% of line drives, with only 28.9% of ground balls induced. It hasn’t been the prettiest season for Ober, who currently has a 4.89 ERA.
Meanwhile, the Yankees have many threats against right-handed pitching, including Anthony Volpe, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton, Alex Verdugo, and Jose Trevino. Even Gleybar Torres has put up ok numbers in the last 30 days. Soto is among the MLB stats leaders and is a frontrunner for MVP.
D.J. LeMahieu and Anthony Rizzo are in slumps against righties, but both have only struck out 12.3% of the time or fewer in the last 30 days against righties.
The Yankees will throw Luis Gil in this MLB matchup. He’s struck out nearly 32% of batters and has held teams to a .093 ISO and wOBA of .221. His walks are still high, but they’ve come down over time.
The Twins’ projected lineup has hit a .165 ISO and wOBA of .304 in the last 30 days. However, they’ve also struck out 23% of the time, including four batters who have added 25.4% of strikeouts against righties in that same time frame.
In the Yankees game today, consider the runline (-1.5, +120) wouldn’t even be a bad idea beyond the moneyline.
âš¾ Game 2 âš¾
- Wednesday, 7:05 pm ET
- Chris Paddack vs Carlos Rodon
It’ll be Chris Paddack for the second matchup of this series. Paddack has kept walks down but also has an ERA above 4.50.
He’s struck out only 20.3% of batters and has allowed a .167 ISO and wOBA of .338. Most of the damage comes from righties, but he added more strikeouts against righties.
Paddack will face Carlos Rodon of the Yankees. Rodon is a lefty with a 3.09 ERA on the season. While his ERA looks great, he still struggles against righties. Right-handed batters have hit a .197 ISO and wOBa of .319 with more fly balls than ground balls this season.
But while the Twins have power potential, only Ryan Jeffers, Max Kepler, Carlos Correa, and Byron Buxton have hit a high ISO, and only three of the batters have a wOBA higher than .312 against lefties.
This isn’t the Twins’ ideal spot against Rodon. Therefore, our MLB picks will include the Yankees again in Game 2.
âš¾ Game 3 âš¾
- Thursday, 7:05 pm ET
- Pablo Lopez vs Marcus Stroman
Pablo Lopez was an ace in the making until this year. Lopez has struggled, holding a 4.84 ERA on the season. Like many Minnesota starters, Lopez has added high strikeouts and low walks, but he’s allowed a .195 ISO and wOBA of .319 with 30.9% of fly balls allowed.
That said, Lopez has still held MLB teams to 21.3% of line drives and has added 13% of swinging strikes. He’ll improve in the second half of the season, but facing the Yankees will be difficult.
Lopez will duel it out with Marcus Stroman. Stroman isn’t a high strikeout pitcher, but he’s added 51.5% of ground balls and has allowed only 23.7% of fly balls with 19.2% of line drives.
Ultimately, Stroman has allowed some solid power to lefties, but he’ll more than likely have advantages against the Minnesota lineup that has most MLB players struggling to hit consistently against righties over the last 30 days.
We like the Yankees to finish the sweep at home when the Twins vs Yankees MLB odds are released for Game 3.
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