New York Yankees vs Atlanta Braves Predictions, Betting Odds, Picks

• Two hottest teams in baseball collide
• Big boppers, pitching match two story lines to eye
• X-factors to watch

Yankees vs Braves Odds

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It’s hard to choose between a team that’s white-hot and one that’s even whiter hot, but that’s what’s happening with the Braves and Yankees. Both teams are playing their best baseball at the perfect time, but in this one Atlanta seems to have the edge.

Not only are they at home (although the Braves are better on the road) but Charlie Morton is without question the more reliable starter.

Garcia’s 2021 record: (48-45-2)

Pick:

Braves money line

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Trends to Watch (As of 8.23)

• Yankees are 6-0 in their last 6 interleague games.
• Yankees are 5-0 in their last 5 vs. a team with a winning record
• Yankees are 6-1 in their last 7 road games vs. a right-handed starter
• Yankees are 5-1 in their last 6 games as an underdog
• Yankees are 21-5 in their last 26 overall
• Yankees are 4-1 in their last 5 games as a road underdog
• Yankees are 7-2 in their last 9 road games
• Under is 12-1 in Yankees last 13 interleague road games vs. team w/ winning record
• Yankees are 14-6 in the last 20 head-to-head meetings
• Yankees are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings in Atlanta
• Braves are 5-0 in their last 5 Tuesday games
• Braves are 20-6 in their last 26 overall
• Braves are 1-9 in their last 10 interleague home games
• Braves are 5-2 in their last 7 home games vs. a left-handed starter
• Over is 6-0 in Braves last 6 interleague games vs. a team with a winning record.
• Over is 5-1 in Braves last 6 home games vs. a left-handed starter
• Under is 4-1 in Braves last 5 overall
• Over is 7-2 in Braves last 9 games vs. a left-handed starter

How to Watch Yankees vs Braves

Hard to Say Which Resurgence Is Better, Yankees or Braves

Both teams were lost for dead in the middle of July. Or so their fan bases would have told you.

The sky was falling for two teams that entered the season with World Series expectations, but for some reason or another — may it be an injury, Covid, bad luck or underperforming — both were pointed in the direction of missing the playoffs.

Then the calendar turned to August (or right around that time) and it’s been an entirely different world for both of these squads.

New York is 17-4 this month and 26-9 in the second half overall. The Braves, meanwhile, came in 16-3 in August and now hold a five-game lead over the Phillies in the NL East — keep in mind they were below .500 on August 3rd.

On Monday, the teams met in Game 1 of the series and each came in with a 9+ game win streak before the Yankees finished the job 5-1. It was the first time in 120 years that two teams met while on winning streaks of 9+ games.

That said, things are getting harder for Atlanta. The Braves swept their last nine games against sub-.500 teams. Their next eight are against the Yankees, Giants and Dodgers, so it’s time to see how real this second half surge is.

Voit, Freeman Leading the Charge

During this winning streak of 9+ games for both sides, they’ve enjoyed some impressive hitting streaks from their respective first basemen.

Freddie Freeman is hitting .421 with a .789 slugging percentage and seven extra-base hits during this winning streak for Atlanta while Luke Voit has finally turned a corner after a brutal first half of the season.

Since coming off the IL two weeks ago, Voit is hitting .320 and over the last week he’s hitting .476 (10-of-21) with two home runs, a team-high 11 RBIs and an insane 1.427 OPS.

The pitching matchup is interesting as well, with veteran Charlie Morton facing Andrew Heaney who’s been up and down for New York.

With Morton, you kind of know what you’re going to get — a consistent, solid outing. The 37-year-old is 12-4 on the year with a 3.47 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 164 strikeouts in 140 innings. Morton has 12 quality starts in his last 17 outings and has gone six or more innings in 10 of his past 12 starts.

Heaney has struggled much of the season — 8-8 record, 5.51 ERA and 1.26 WHIP — but does come off his best outing of the year. He picked up a win against the Red Sox last week, throwing seven innings of one run ball, giving up a season-low two hits.

A big key in this game is which Heaney shows up

X-Factors to Watch

It has to be Giancarlo Stanton for the Yankees after the night he had yesterday. Stanton went 2-for-3 with a home run, double and three RBIs in the win. He’s now scored a run in a season-high six straight games.

For Atlanta, we’re going to watch Adam Duvall to see if he can pick things up. The slugger is hitting just .182 the past week (4-of-22) before this series, but did reach base two times last night, so maybe that will get the slugger going again.

Overall, nobody is worried about the big man, who has 27 home runs and 86 RBIs this year.