Yankees vs. Red Sox Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups August 22, 2025

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Brayan Bello’s Boston Red Sox (69-59) are underdogs (+140) against the New York Yankees (69-58), who are at -167, on Friday as he attempts to collect his 10th victory of the season. The outing begins at 7:05 p.m. ET. Max Fried takes the mound first for New York, and Bello is Boston’s choice to start.

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Yankees to win vs Red Sox -167

Bet $20, Payout $31.98

Yankees vs. Red Sox betting lines

  • Favorite: Yankees (-167)
  • Underdog: Red Sox (+140)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Yankees betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Yankees betting info

  • The Yankees have a 59-47 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 55.7% of those games).
  • New York has a record of 29-15 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -167 or shorter (65.9% winning percentage).
  • The implied moneyline probablility for this matchup gives the Yankees a 62.5% chance to win.
  • New York has combined with opponents to go over the total 60 times this season for a 60-61-5 record against the over/under.
  • The Yankees have a 55-71-0 record against the spread this season (covering 43.7% of the time).

Yankees hitting info

  • Aaron Judge leads the Yankees in home runs (40), runs batted in (92) and has racked up a team-high batting average of .329.
  • Among hitters in MLB play, Judge ranks fourth in homers and fifth in RBI.
  • Cody Bellinger is batting .272 with 20 doubles, five triples, 24 home runs and 38 walks.
  • Among all MLB hitters, Bellinger ranks 29th in home runs and 23rd in RBI.
  • Bellinger brings a four-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .318 with two home runs, a walk and six RBIs.
  • Trent Grisham has nine doubles, a triple, 23 home runs and 58 walks while batting .246.
  • Ben Rice is hitting .243 with 21 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs and 43 walks.
  • Rice takes a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is hitting .389 with a double, a triple, three home runs, five walks and nine RBIs.

Yankees pitching rankings

  • The nine strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Yankees pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
  • New York’s 4.00 team ERA ranks 14th across all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Pitchers for the Yankees combine for the 12th-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.259).
  • The Yankees allow the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (142 total, 1.1 per game).
  • New York lost to the Red Sox 6-3 in its last game with five strikeouts while allowing 10 hits.

Red Sox betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Red Sox betting info

  • The Red Sox have entered the game as underdogs 48 times this season and won 23, or 47.9%, of those games.
  • Boston has entered 11 games this season as the underdog by +140 or more and is 6-5 in those contests.
  • The implied probability of a win by the Red Sox, based on the moneyline, is 41.7%.
  • Boston and its opponents have gone over the total this season in 63 of its 127 opportunities.
  • In 127 games with a spread this season, the Red Sox are 67-60-0 ATS.

Red Sox hitting info

  • Jarren Duran leads Boston in batting average (.261) this season while adding 12 home runs and 69 RBI.
  • Among all hitters in the big leagues, Duran’s home run total is 139th, and his RBI total is 39th.
  • Trevor Story is a key run producer for Boston with a .259 average, 19 homers and 79 RBI.
  • Story currently ranks 55th in homers and 18th in RBI in the big leagues.
  • Story brings a three-game hitting streak into this game. In his last five games he is batting .300 with a double, a home run, two walks and three RBIs.
  • Ceddanne Rafaela has 106 hits this season and a slash line of .250/.295/.422.
  • Alex Bregman has 93 hits and an OBP of .389 to go with a slugging percentage of .537 this season.

Red Sox pitching rankings

  • The Red Sox have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in the big leagues.
  • Boston has pitched to a 3.75 ERA this season, which ranks fifth in baseball.
  • The Red Sox have a combined WHIP of 1.301 as a pitching staff, which ranks 20th in MLB.
  • With just 130 homers allowed, the Red Sox rank seventh in the league at preventing long balls.
  • Boston pitchers struck out six Yankees batters while allowing eight hits in a 6-3 win last time out.
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