Aaron Judge leads the New York Yankees (48-38) into a matchup with Alejandro Kirk and the Toronto Blue Jays (48-38) on Thursday at 7:07 p.m. ET at Rogers Centre. Judge is hitting .363, the best batting average in the majors, for the favored Yankees (-125), while Kirk is seventh in MLB play with a .306 batting average this season for the underdog Blue Jays (+105). New York’s Clarke Schmidt and Toronto’s Chris Bassitt will start this matchup.

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Yankees vs. Blue Jays betting lines

• Favorite: Yankees (-125)
• Underdog: Blue Jays (+105)
• Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

• The Yankees have won 58.4% of the games this season when they were favored on the moneyline (45-32).
• New York has gone 42-29 (winning 59.2% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -125 or shorter.
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Yankees a 55.6% chance to win.
• In the 85 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for New York, it has combined with opponents to go over the total 34 times (34-48-3).
• The Yankees have covered 43.5% of their games this season, going 37-48-0 ATS.

Yankees hitting info

• Judge has accumulated a team-best batting average of .363, while pacing the Yankees in home runs (31) and runs batted in (70).
• In baseball, Judge ranks second in home runs and third in RBI.
• Judge heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .467 with two doubles, three home runs, eight walks and seven RBIs.
• Cody Bellinger is batting .267 with 15 doubles, three triples, 12 home runs and 28 walks.
• Bellinger ranks 57th in home runs and 55th in RBI among hitters in MLB.
• Bellinger heads into this game on an eight-game hitting streak. In his last 10 games he is hitting .311 with three doubles, two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
• Paul Goldschmidt is batting .286 with 18 doubles, a triple, eight home runs and 27 walks.
• Goldschmidt heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is batting .263 with three doubles and three walks.
• Anthony Volpe is hitting .224 with 21 doubles, three triples, nine home runs and 34 walks.

Yankees pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Yankees has a collective 9.3 K/9, the second-best in MLB.
• New York has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.67).
• Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the No. 6-ranked WHIP in MLB (1.201).
• Yankees pitchers combine to give up 86 home runs (one per game), the sixth-fewest in MLB.
• New York struck out eight Blue Jays batters while allowing 13 hits in an 11-9 loss in its last game.

Blue Jays betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Blue Jays betting info

• This season, the Blue Jays have won 28 out of the 51 games, or 54.9%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
• This season, Toronto has won 18 of its 31 games, or 58.1%, when it’s the underdog by at least +105 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Blue Jays have a 48.8% chance to win.
• Toronto’s games have gone over the total in 46 of its 85 chances.
• The Blue Jays are 52-33-0 against the spread in their 85 chances this season.

Blue Jays hitting info

• Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has been key for Toronto with 12 home runs, 44 RBI and a batting average of .278 this season.
• Guerrero is 57th in home runs and 55th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
• George Springer’s 13 home runs are most among Toronto batters. He’s driven in 47 runs this season while slugging .487.
• Springer ranks 46th among batters in the majors in homers, and 40th in RBI.
• Springer brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .375 with two home runs, four walks and seven RBIs.
• Bo Bichette leads Toronto in RBI with 49 while batting .272 with 11 home runs.
• Bichette brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .208 with a double and an RBI.
• Ernie Clement has 83 hits and an OBP of .343 to go with a slugging percentage of .404 this season.
• Clement enters this game on a three-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is batting .238 with two walks and three RBIs.

Blue Jays pitching rankings

• The Blue Jays have a nine K/9 this season as a pitching staff, fifth-best in baseball.
• Toronto has pitched to a 4.26 ERA this season, which ranks 23rd in baseball.
• The Blue Jays rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.271 WHIP this season.
• The Blue Jays have allowed the fourth-most home runs this season with 115, or 1.3 per game.
• Toronto pitchers struck out seven Yankees batters while allowing 15 hits in an 11-9 win last time out.