The New York Yankees host the Kansas City Royals for Game 2 of the ALDS on Monday at 7:38 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees lead the series 1-0.
The Royals (+129 underdog moneyline odds) are away versus the Yankees (-153). The Yankees are set to send out Carlos Rodon (16-9, 3.96 ERA) versus the Royals and Cole Ragans (11-9, 3.14 ERA).
These squads meet again following the Yankees’ 6-5 victory over the Royals Saturday. Clay Holmes (1.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K) earned the win for the Yankees. Gleyber Torres went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI to lead the team on offense. Michael Lorenzen (1.1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 K) took the loss on the mound for the Royals.
Here is everything you need to prepare for this playoff contest between the Yankees and Royals, including viewing options.
New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals odds and betting lines
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Sunday at 9:16 p.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
- Favorite: Yankees (-153, bet $153 to win $100)
- Underdog: Royals (+129, bet $100 to win $129)
- Over/under: 7.5
Yankees vs. Royals: Live streaming info & game time
- Game Day: Monday, October 7, 2024
- Game Time: 7:38 p.m. ET
- Stadium: Yankee Stadium
- TV Channel: MLB.tv
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Yankees stats and trends
Yankees betting records
- The Yankees have entered the game as favorites 131 times this season and won 75, or 57.3%, of those games.
- New York has a record of 45-29 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -153 on the moneyline.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Yankees have a 60.5% chance to win.
- New York and its opponents have hit the over in 86 of its 161 games with a total this season.
- The Yankees are 80-80-0 against the spread this season.
Carlos Rodón (Yankees probable starter)
- The Yankees are sending Rodon (16-9) to make his 33rd start of the season. He is 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA and 195 strikeouts in 175 2/3 innings pitched.
- His most recent appearance was on Friday, Sept. 27 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when the left-hander went 5 1/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while giving up four hits.
- The 31-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.96, with 10 strikeouts per nine innings, in 32 games this season. Opponents are hitting .235 against him.
- Rodon is looking to collect his 17th quality start of the season.
- Rodon will look to continue an eight-game streak of going five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.5 frames per appearance).
- In five of his appearances this season he did not give up an earned run.
- The opposing Royals offense has a collective .248 batting average, and is 14th in the league with 1343 total hits and 13th in MLB play with 735 runs scored. It has the 12th-ranked slugging percentage (.403) and ranks 20th in home runs (170) in all of MLB.
- Rodon has a 2.08 ERA and a 0.846 WHIP against the Royals this season in 13 innings pitched, allowing a .204 batting average over two appearances.
- Among qualifying pitchers in MLB action this season, the 31-year-old’s 3.96 ERA ranks 40th, 1.223 WHIP ranks 37th, and 10 K/9 ranks 11th.
Yankees batting stats
- The Yankees lead Major League Baseball in home runs with 237.
- Hitters for New York rank fourth in the majors with a combined .429 team slugging percentage.
- The Yankees rank eighth in MLB with a .248 team batting average.
- New York has scored the third-most runs in the majors this season with 815.
- The Yankees have an OBP of .333 this season, which ranks third in MLB.
- New York ranks 11th with an average of 8.2 strikeouts per game.
Royals stats and trends
Royals betting records
- The Royals have been chosen as underdogs in 84 games this year and have walked away with the win 37 times (44%) in those games.
- Kansas City has a mark of 8-19 in contests where sportsbooks favor it by +129 or worse on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Royals have a 43.7% chance of pulling out a win.
- Contests with Kansas City has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 70 of 165 chances this season.
- The Royals have an against the spread mark of 90-75-0 in 165 games with a line this season.
Cole Ragans (Royals probable starter)
- The Royals will send Ragans (11-9) to make his 33rd start of the season. He is 11-9 with a 3.14 ERA and 223 strikeouts over 186 1/3 innings pitched.
- The lefty’s most recent appearance came on Tuesday against the Baltimore Orioles, when he went six scoreless innings while allowing four hits.
- In 32 games this season, the 26-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.14, with 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .213 against him.
- Ragans is looking to claim his sixth quality start in a row in this game.
- Ragans is trying for his seventh straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 5.8 frames per start.
- He will try for his third straight outing without giving up an earned run.
- He will match up with a Yankees offense that is batting .248 as a unit (eighth in the MLB). They are also slugging a collective .429 (fourth in the league) with 237 total home runs (first in MLB play).
- Head-to-head against the Yankees this season, Ragans has thrown six innings, giving up two earned runs on three hits while striking out seven.
- The 26-year-old’s 3.14 ERA ranks 12th, 1.143 WHIP ranks 22nd, and 10.8 K/9 ranks third among qualifying pitchers this season.
Royals batting stats
- The Royals average 1.0 home run per game to rank 20th in baseball with 170 total home runs.
- This season, Kansas City ranks 12th in the majors with a .403 slugging percentage.
- The Royals have the eighth-best batting average in the majors (.248).
- Kansas City scores the 13th-most runs in baseball (735 total, 4.5 per game).
- The Royals rank 19th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .306.
