The New York Yankees and LA Dodgers meet in Game 2 of the best-of-7 World Series Saturday at Dodger Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s MLB odds around the Yankees vs. Dodgers odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Series: Dodgers lead 1-0
L.A. won a wild one in Game 1 Friday 6-3 as -113 home favorites with the Over (8.5) hitting thanks to 1B Freddie Freeman’s walk-off grand slam in the 10th inning.
The Yankees did everything they could to steal Game 1 on the road, but they didn’t have the pitching to keep the Dodgers’ mighty bats muzzled long enough. DH Giancarlo Stanton hit a 2-run homer 412 feet into the night to give the Yanks a 2-1 lead in the 6th inning. They’d relinquish it and ultimately fold in extras.
Freeman is being heralded alongside Kirk Gibson, who hit a game-winning homer in the 1988 World Series while battling 2 hamstring injuries. Freeman, hobbled by a sprained ankle, hit the first pitch he saw in the 10th inning into the same vicinity as Gibson’s for the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history.
Yankees at Dodgers projected starters
LHP Carlos Rodon vs. RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Rodon went 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 2.9 BB/9 and 10.0 K/9 in 175 innings over 32 regular-season starts. He’s 1-1 with a 4.40 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 0.6 BB/9 and 13.8 K/9 in 14 1/3 postseason innings.
- Last start: No-decision, 4 2/3 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 1 BB, 6 K in 5-2 win in 10 innings at Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of ALCS Oct. 19
- 3 starts vs. LA in 2022: 1-1, 3.71 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 18 K in 17 IP
Yamamoto went 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 2.2 BB/9 and 10.5 K/9 in 90 innings over 18 regular-season starts. He’s 1-0 with a 5.11 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 2.9 BB/9 and 8.0 K/9 in 12 1/3 postseason innings.
- Last start: No-decision, 4 1/3 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 1 BB, 8 K in 10-2 win at New York Mets in Game 4 of NLCS Oct. 17
- 1 career start vs. Yankees: No-decision, 7 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 7 K in 2-1 win in 11 innings June 7 at Yankee Stadium
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Yankees at Dodgers odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list of MLB odds. Lines last updated at 1:16 p.m. ET.
- Moneyline (ML): Yankees +120 (bet $100 to win $120) | Dodgers -140 (bet $140 to win $100)
- Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Yankees +1.5 (-185) | Dodgers -1.5 (+150)
- Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -120 | U: +100)
Yankees at Dodgers picks and predictions
Prediction
Yankees 3, Dodgers 2
Moneyline
BET YANKEES (+120).
Yankees OF Aaron Judge has to get it going, and there are no excuses. He’s hitting between possibly the best hitter in baseball in OF Juan Soto and the ALCS MVP in Stanton. Judge is hitting .167 with 2 homers and 6 RBIs over 36 postseason ABs.
What tilts the pendulum for me, though, is Rodon. Dodgers OF Mookie Betts is just 1-for-19 (.053) against him lifetime. Freeman is just 1-for-7 (.143), OF Teoscar Hernandez is 1-for-9 (.111), and DH Shohei Ohtani and INF Max Muncy are just 1-for-7 combined (.143)
Rodon was great in his last 2 postseason starts with 15 K’s over 10 2/3 innings. The YANKEES (+120) respond.
Run line/Against the spread
Yamamoto made 1 great start at Yankee Stadium this season, and he allowed just 2 hits over 7 shutout frames. Who got him, you ask? Judge hit a double. Again, he has to surface in this game.
Take AARON JUDGE OVER 1.5 H+R+RBI (-135).
Over/Under
The wind was blowing out pretty fairly in Game 1, and it took a heroic moment for that Over to hit. Believe me, I was among the Over bettors sweating it out. The wind is blowing out at a milder, 6-mph pace Saturday. The bats were quiet early, possibly settling in to the big stage.
Keeping in mind, I bet the Over in Game 1, I think that cash was a fluke. Both pitchers have good History against each team, and they’ve performed well in the playoffs.
Take the UNDER 8.5 (+100).
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