Win Or Go Home: Why The Yankees Are -125 Tonight In Fenway

Name A Better Wild Card Matchup

The MLB couldn’t have scripted it any better if they tried. Red Sox-Yankees. October baseball. Win or go home. And to add to the intrigue, according to Vegas, this Wild Card showdown is truly anyone’s ballgame

• Yankees win: -125 (bet $125, win $100)

• Red Sox win: +105

• Both teams finished the regular season with identical 92-70 records

• Boston will host the matchup due a narrow 10-9 head-to-head advantage

Walk Down Memory Lane

In the colored history of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, they’ve only met in a sudden death postseason scenario twice

• New York won Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS in thrilling fashion, scoring three runs in the 8th inning to tie the game and set up current Yankee manager Aaron Boone’s iconic walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th

• Boston got its revenge in Game 7 of the ALCS the following year, cruising to a 10-3 victory after famously erasing a 3-0 series deficit

Ace Up Their Sleeve

Fenway Park, already one of the toughest road environments in the league, will surely be rocking for the rivalry game. The fact the Yankees are still slight favorites says a lot about Gerrit Cole

• The Yanks’ ace has again been one of baseball’s best this season, currently checking in with the second-best odds to bring home the AL Cy Young Award (+390)

• Over his last eight playoff starts, Cole is 6-1 with a 2.13 ERA and a 12.6 K/9

Nathan Eovaldi, taking the hill for Boston, is certainly no slouch, with a 3.75 ERA and 195 strikeouts of his own. But the Yankees certainly have the advantage on the mound

Don’t Forget About The Sluggers

Of course, the both teams can change the game in the blink of an eye with their bats. Suiting up will be some of the MLB’s biggest boppers

• Six players (Judge, Devers, Gallo, Stanton, Schwarber, Renfroe) had at least 30 homers this season

• Judge paces the group with 39 long balls, good for a fourth-place tie in the AL

• Rafael Devers is right behind him with a Sox-leading 38 dingers, good for fifth-place tie with Joey Gallo

For My Parlay Gurus

Stanton and Devers have been the two most clutch hitters as of lately, so you know we had to throw them into our parlay of the day

• Stanton to hit a HR: +230

• Devers to record 2+ total bases: -150

• Over 8 total runs scored: -115

Betting all three of these bets to hit would win you $928. Throw in one team moneyline and you’re looking at a $1700-$2K payout. But good luck picking that one right 😉