Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees Prediction: Yankees to prove the strongest team in National League

One of the most interesting series in the MLB in the coming days will be another confrontation between the Tampa Bay Rays and the New York Yankees in the AL East division. Let's pick a few options to bet on the first game at once.

Leading up to the series with the New York Yankees, Kevin Cash's team took on the Miami Marlins twice in a row, 4-0 and 5-4 on their home field. The Rays, 26-17, are tied for second place in the American League East Division, trailing the Yankees for the lead, but ahead of Toronto. Moreover, the Canadian team's chances of success in this championship were quoted higher than Tampa Bay's.

As with all seasons under manager Cash, Tampa Bay has featured great teamwork. Particularly at bat. By the end of the first quarter of the 2022 regular season, at least 15 Rays players had hit at least one home run. That's amazing and very telling.

Ryan Yarbrough will pitch for Tampa Bay in the upcoming game with a 4.20 ERA in four games, only three of which the pitcher has played in the starting lineup.

Aaron Boone's team travels to Tropicana Field from home, where they successfully ended their series with Baltimore, 4-6, 7-6, 2-0. The Yankees once again confirmed their top class and now lead the American League with a 31-13 balance. In addition, the Yankees became the first team in MLB 2022 at all to reach the 30-win mark. Also very telling.

The first quarter of the 2022 championship may inspire optimism in the organization's fans. After all, the team, with excellent batting lineup, is not only great at bat (4.79 earned run average per game), but also good on defense at 3.26. Only the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers miss less than the Yankees.

The Yankees' starting pitcher for the upcoming game is Nestor Cortes, who is 3-1 and has a 1.80 ERA in eight starts.

The rivals have not yet met in the 2022 championship.

Tampa Bay were 11-8 stronger in the 2021 regular season. The Yankees have won five of their nine games at Tropicana Field.

Kevin Cash's Tampa Bay, lacking opportunities comparable to most top MLB teams, are very dangerous. It is for a reason that they are high up in 5th place in the American League standings. In this upcoming matchup, however, the Rays don't seem to have much of a chance to succeed. The New York Yankees, for whom Nestor Cortes, one of the best pitchers of the first quarter of the season, is also pitching, are as good as it comes now.

Prediction: a win for the New York Yankees.

Betting options

• Yankees To Win for 1.83;
• Handicap Yankees (-1.5) for 2.415;
• Yankees To Win + Total Under (7.5) for 3.00.

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