New York Yankees at Detroit Tigers odds, picks and predictions

The New York Yankees (72-50) and Detroit Tigers (59-63) clash in a Friday-Sunday series in the Motor City. Friday’s opener at Comerica Park is slated for 6:40 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze FanDuel Sportsbook’s lines around the Yankees vs. Tigers odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

Season series: Yankees lead 3-0

New York is continuing a road trip that opened with the Yankees taking 2 of 3 at the Chicago White Sox. The Yankees swept Detroit in a low-scoring 3-game series at Yankee Stadium May 3-5, and New York is 11-2 across its last 13 games against the Motor City Kitties.

The Tigers have been a mercurial team this season, ebbing and flowing with stretches of win streaks and dominance and losing skids and ineptitude. They head into this set on a 4-game win streak.

Yankees at Tigers projected starters

RHP Gerrit Cole vs. undecided

Cole (3-2, 4.70 ERA) makes his 10th start. He has a 1.41 WHIP, 2.7 BB/9 and 10.2 K/9 in 46 IP.

• Last outing: No-decision, 5 1/3 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 10 K in 9-4 loss vs. Texas Rangers Saturday
• Career vs. Tigers: 9-1, 1.99 ERA (77 IP, 17 ER), 55 H, 21 BB, 98 K in 13 starts
• current Tigers batters own an aggregate .554 OPS against him,mper ESPN

Rookie LHP Brian Hurter is a possibility for the Tigers, either as a starter or in a bullpen role. The 25-year-old has appeared in 2 games out of the Detroit bullpen. He has allowed 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 8 K in 8 IP.

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Yankees at Tigers odds

Provided by FanDuel Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated at 9:03 a.m. ET.

• Moneyline: Yankees -190 (bet $190 to win $100) | Tigers +160 (bet $100 to win $160)
• Run line (RL)/Against the spread (ATS): Yankees -1.5 (-113) | Tigers +1.5 (-106)
• Over/Under (O/U): 8 (O: -115 | U: -105)

Yankees at Tigers picks and predictions

Prediction

Yankees 5, Tigers 4

PASS: Look to leverage a Detroit lean on the run line.

The Tigers are 7-4 over their last 11 games and 7 of those 11 have been 1-run affairs. Detroit pitching owns a tidy 2.42 ERA since Aug. 4, and the Yankees are just 2-5 over their last 7 road-series openers.

Cole is coming off perhaps his finest start in truncated season after a spring training injury. But the veteran hurler has also failed to go more than 6 frames in any start and has gone less than 6 in each of his last 3.

Detroit’s pitching is a wild card for this game, but the Tigers have some staff mojo and in the 2nd half have had the better bullpen.

TAKE THE TIGERS +1.5 (-106).

The Over has cashed in 9 of New York’s last 10 games on the road.

Advanced analytics peg both teams as having expected runs vs. actual pointing to higher scoring games and on both sides of the ball.

While buying into a 22-cent hold is not ideal, the OVER 8 (-115) is the lean.

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