New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox MLB Predictions Today & MLB Odds 09/12

The Red Sox went 2-1 against the Orioles in their recent series, which included a thrilling 12-13 defeat on Saturday before registering the first win in a 7-3 victory at Fenway Park.

In fact, only a match against the Tampa Bay Rays has seen a Red Sox game produce under 9.5 runs in the past 10 games they have played. The Yankees have produced lower scorelines during this period and conceded 33 runs in the past five games since last Thursday.

• The Red Sox have won 35 out of the 67 games (52.2%) where they have been the favorite this season.
• The Red Sox have hit 169 home runs this season - this ranks 15th in the league.
• 54 games this season has seen the Yankees come in as the underdog, winning only 23 of those (42.6%).
• Clarke Schmidt has had five appearances this season where he did not give an earned run.
• Kutter Crawford is 6-7 with a 4.28 ERA and 107 strikeouts in 107 1/3 innings pitched from his 19 starts.

The New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox betting trends follow a game where both teams are expected to rack up a few runs in a close encounter. 

Despite being the underdog, the Yankees rank fifth with 203 home runs, averaging 1.4 per game. At the same time, however, Clarke Schmidt faces a Red Sox offense who are third in MLB with 1302 total hits. Boston also hits a collective .437 (sixth in the league) alongside its 169 home runs.

With this in mind, consider some of the New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox predictions like Aaron Judge over 0.5 home runs (+170) at Draftkings, as he has four in his past five games for the Yankees, including two against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Other MLB player props also see him at +440 to hit the first home run.

As for Crawford and Boston, he is  and other best MLB bets today for him sees a +210 bet for Boston to win and 6+ strikeouts with Fanduel. In the past five games, Crawford has produced 20 strikeouts, while he also had five in the last game against the Yankees back in August.

Crawford did have an earned run average of 4.36 in his Sunday match against the Rays, but prior to this, none of the pitcher's previous nine games had a higher ERA than 4.08. Crawford also has 107 strikeouts for the season.

From the best online betting sites, we’ve put together our MLB picks for the Yankees vs. Red Sox game, including at least one pick from the MLB player props.

Best MLB Bet #1 at DraftKings: Aaron Judge over 0.5 home runs (+170) 

Judge has four home runs in his past five games for the Yankees and has managed to hit two in his past three games against the Red Sox. His team also got three homers in the 4-3 loss against the Brewers on Sunday.

Best MLB Bet #2 at FanDuel: Kutter Crawford 6+ Strikeouts/Red Sox to win (+210) 

As mentioned, Crawford will start again for Boston and after putting together 20 strikeouts that includes five in the last game against the Yankees, he is likely to have another impressive outing.

Best MLB Bet #3 at Caesars: Red Sox to win by 4 or more runs (+320)

Pushing the odds a little higher for our final New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox picks, we pick Boston to win by four or more. 

Back in August, the Red Sox defeated the Yankees by five points in game one before putting together a seven-point win advantage in the following game against them.

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