Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees Prediction, 5/25/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees

Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Location: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, NY

TV: YES

Odds/Point Spread: Baltimore (+130) New York (-150)

The New York Yankees (29-13) will try to defeat the Baltimore Orioles (18-25) at Yankee Stadium on Wednesday. The moneyline on this game has the Orioles at +130 while the Yankees are priced at -150. The over/under comes in at 9. The pitchers expected to start will be Tyler Wells and JP Sears.

As a squad, the Baltimore Orioles are notching 3.6 runs/g, which is 27th in the league. They have racked up 153 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .298. The Orioles have accrued 67 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 33 baseballs out of the park. They have 145 runs batted in as well as 332 base knocks for the season, and their team batting average is sitting at .228. Baltimore is slugging .349 and have struck out 393 times, while drawing a walk on 124 occasions.

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The Orioles have a team ERA of 3.86 for the year (16th in the league), and the staff has struck out 323 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 133 batters and their FIP sits at 4.11 as a squad for the season. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.43 and the pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.29. Orioles pitchers have conceded 44 home runs and also 187 runs (22nd in MLB).

Orioles relief pitchers have entered the game with runners on 55 times as well as having 52 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have recorded 19 holds over the course of the season (22nd in MLB). The Orioles relievers have accumulated a save percentage of 72.7% and stepped onto the hill in 30 save situations. They have accumulated 8 saves for the season and have blown 3 out of their 11 chances to get a save. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 82 base runners for the year with 30.5% of those runners crossed home plate. The Orioles have dispatched 151 relievers to the hill on the campaign.

The Baltimore Orioles have accounted for 1,146 putouts this year, as well as 430 assists and 33 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .979 which ranks 26th in baseball, and have a total of 53 double plays. The Orioles have turned 69.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of 3,438 innings, which has them ranked 22nd in baseball.

Wells has taken the ball for 89 innings and has totaled 88 strikeouts so far in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 4.22 (42 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.015. He has given up 73 base knocks (7.3 hits per 9 innings) and has 18 walks. Wells (3-6 career mark) sits with a FIP of 3.88 while he has gone up against 359 opposing hitters in the major leagues.

The New York Yankees hold a team OBP of .322 and a team batting average of .241 over the course of the season. They have struck out on 345 occasions (17th in the league) and have recorded 333 base knocks. New York is sitting with 59 home runs so far this season as well as 187 RBIs. The Yankees have a team slugging % of .414 and they are earning 4.74 runs per outing (5th in MLB). They have recorded 58 doubles, while taking a walk 157 times and putting up 199 runs.

The Yankees are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.125 in addition to having a FIP of 3.15 as a unit for the year. Their K/BB ratio is 3.71 (393 strikeouts against 106 free passes). They come in at 12th in the league as a staff in total hits relinquished with 317. They have conceded 33 long balls and they yield 3.21 runs per 9 innings (2nd in MLB). The New York pitching staff have given up 134 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 3.04 (127 earned runs conceded).

Sitting with 55 save situations, the Yankees have earned 32 holds and also 6 blown saves. New York has had relief pitchers step onto the hill in 21 save chances and they have come away with 15 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 56 times in high leverage situations in addition to 47 occasions with runners on. New York relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 25.7% out of their 70 inherited runners. They are ranked 11th in the league with a save percentage of 71.4%, and they have sent 138 relievers onto the diamond for the season.

In 3,387 innings on the diamond, the Yankees have earned a efficiency on defense of 70.3% (16th in the majors). The New York Yankees have gotten 29 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .988 (7th in pro baseball). The Yankees have accrued 392 assists, 18 errors and have accounted for 1,129 putouts this season.

Sears (1-0 career mark) has a 0.00 earned run average and has surrendered 9.0 hits per 9 innings. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.00 and he has faced 9 hitters during his pro baseball career. He has surrendered 0 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.500 and a FIP of 2.6. During his MLB career, Sears has conceded 2 hits while he has tallied 2 strikeouts in 2 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Baltimore (+130)

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