For the second straight week and what feels like the 10th time already this season, the New York Yankees are featured on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. This time, it’s arguably the most classic rivalry in all of sport - a series finale with the Boston Red Sox. With such a historic matchup on deck, we’ve got our best Red Sox vs. Yankees predictions for tonight.

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Red Sox vs. Yankees Predictions For Sunday Night Baseball

Although fan bases of other teams will be quick to dispute it, saying that a Red Sox vs. Yankees rivalry is the biggest in all of sports is more than reasonable. The history speaks for itself, this weekend included, so let’s focus on the matchup ahead of us.

It’s quite the interesting one seeing as Boston isn’t exactly taking the approach we so often see when it comes to these prime time, nationally televised games. That’s because the Sox are thrusting a rookie onto the mound - Hunter Dobbins. Sunday Night Baseball is already a huge stage, let alone facing Aaron Judge and the Yankees lineup.

We have the complete opposite end of the spectrum for New York, as they’ll have lefty veteran Carlos Rodon toeing the rubber. In fact, he was the target of our best bet on Tuesday against the Cleveland Guardians and hit over his 7.5 strikeouts prop.

So, surely he’s the target of our Red Sox vs. Yankees predictions for Sunday Night Baseball, right? Let’s share some storylines for each team so that we can transition to tonight’s best bet!

 

 

 

Boston Red Sox: Hunter Dobbins Debut And “Demotion”

When it comes to storylines in Boston, it’s always fun to highlight studs like Rafael Devers, but with rookie Hunter Dobbins getting the call for Sunday Night Baseball, he has to be the focus of tonight’s. That’s especially true given the roller coaster both he and the Red Sox have been on since his debut.

It began quite admirably with the Texas native beginning his career with back-to-back wins, recording 11 strikeouts in the process. However, they have been his only two wins, and speaking of back-to-backs, his last two appearances have each been in relief. Therefore, this may be a classic “bullpen game” where we see a starter-by-committee.

 

 

 

New York Yankees: Carlos Rodon Racking Up K’s

As mentioned, Rodon came through for us against the Guardians in his most recent start with eight strikeouts. We locked in that best bet thanks to the fact that Cleveland’s lineup has struggled against lefties not only this season, but the past few seasons now. Even without that, Carlos Rodon has been racking up the K’s.

It made it three straight with 8+ strikeouts and in two of his last five starts, he’s had 10 K’s. With his 98 strikeouts over 13 starts this year, he’s averaging nearly exactly 7.5 per game, right on par with his prop line. However, we’ll share a bit more about why we’re going to focus on the New York lineup for our Red Sox vs. Yankees predictions picks instead.

 

 

 

How To Watch Red Sox vs. Yankees Sunday Night Baseball Today

We’ve got a featured matchup in prime time on national TV at a historic ballpark, and you can see how to watch Red Sox vs. Yankees tonight below:

  • Where: Yankee Stadium in Bronx, Boston
  • When: 7:10 PM ET on 6/8
  • Watch on TV: ESPN
  • Where to stream: ESPN+

 

 

 

Red Sox vs. Yankees Odds, Spreads, Total & Betting Lines

As you’d expect with New York at home and facing a rookie starter, they’re clear favorites tonight, and you can see the latest Red Sox vs. Yankees odds for Sunday Night Baseball at DraftKings Sportsbook below:

 

 

 

Red Sox vs. Yankees Best Bet: Aaron Judge Over 1.5 Total Bases (-135 At DraftKings Sportsbook)

Again, Carlos Rodon could be the focus of your Red Sox vs. Yankees predictions, but here’s why we see more value elsewhere. Generally speaking, Boston hasn’t loved facing lefties either, but Rodon’s strikeout total has decreased with each start against them as a Yankee.

While he may very well still hit over 7.5 K’s, we’re going to target a different New York superstar - Aaron Judge. We don’t often see value with the Bronx Bomber, and while we’re not getting the plus-money odds some players provide for total bases props, this is still better than sweating out over 2.5 total bases that someone like Judge warrants.

Having the reigning AL MVP facing a rookie starter is reason enough to love this play, but that’s just surface level. Firstly, Judge has been easily the Yankees best hitter against right-handed pitching this season, smashing them to the tune of a .383 average and even more importantly for our Red Sox vs. Yankees picks, a .691 slugging percentage.

Additionally, he was New York’s best hitter against the Red Sox last year outside of the currently injured Giancarlo Stanton. On top of all that, his 2.82 total bases per game is the most in all of baseball, and yes, even better than Shohei Ohtani! 

It all adds up to Aaron Judge over 1.5 total bases (-135 at DraftKings Sportsbook) as the best bet from our Red Sox vs. Yankees predictions.

 

 

 

Red Sox vs. Yankees Injury Report & Starting Pitchers

We just noted the Giancarlo Stanton injury, and he’s just one household name on the Yankees out right now. Ace Gerrit Cole is still recovering from his offseason surgery, but apart from the long-standing Red Sox vs. Yankees injury news, there are still a few others.

New York also has starter Marcus Stroman banged up, while Boston has starter Kutter Crawford, Alex Bregman and Justin Slaten as their primary concerns. On the flip side, we WILL see the guys below, as they’re the expected Red Sox vs. Yankees starters for tonight: 

 

 

 

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