Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees Betting Preview

Phillies Visit New York for Three-Game Series

April 3, 2023 141 3 minutes readMLB Picks & Parlays

Yankees look to dominate Game 2

The Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees betting preview begins Monday, as one of the Interleague games on the MLB schedule. Nestor Cortes and the Yankees are -174 over Taijuan Walker and the Phillies. The total on the game is 8-under (-115). Philadelphia is -140 on the run line at +1.5 runs, with the Yankees -1.5 runs at -120.

Walker managed to revive his career last season with the Mets, who were 16-13 in the games he started. The Mets were just 3-7 when he was an underdog. Last year’s Phillies squad was a good one against left-handed starters. Philadelphia was 30-21 when facing a southpaw and 8-9 as an underdog.

The Phillies weren’t a very good team at bouncing back from a loss, going just 37-43 following a setback. That’s not the ideal situation following Sunday night’s defeat at the hands of Texas. Philadelphia looks to be following the same pattern in 2023, dropping all three games.

The Yankees were 20-11 with Cortes on the hill and 13-5 when he started at home. The Yankees were favored in all 18 of his home starts. New York was 41-22 at home against right-handed starters a season ago. The Yankees were 64-35 after a win a year ago.

The Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees betting preview shows the line a bit on the high side, but Cortes is more of a proven commodity than Walker. He’s definitely more consistent than Walker, who was a bit up and down last season.

Yankees look to dominate Game 2 of Phillies series with German expected to start against Strahm

Game 2

The Yankees haven’t named their Game 2 and Game 3 starters. But you have to expect Domingo German to get the start Tuesday against lefty Matt Strahm. The Yankees are going to be prohibitive favorites in this one.

Strahm was used in relief last season and already has one appearance from the bullpen this season. While he’s technically the starter, don’t expect much more than three innings out of him in this one. In three spring training starts, he never made it through three complete innings.

The Phillies were 59-56 against right-handed starters last season. You’d expect a little better than that with Bryce Harper in the line-up, but he’ll be out for quite a while. Philadelphia was 12-17 as an away underdog last year.

German had a forgettable season for the Yankees. He missed the first three-and-a-half months with shoulder issues. He didn’t pitch badly but didn’t get a lot of support. The Yankees averaged 4.98 runs per game last year, but just 3.97 with German on the mound. New York was 6-8 in German’s 14 starts last season.

The Yankees were beasts against left-handers at home last season. New York was 16-2 after winning its first 15 attempts. Tampa Bay defeated the Yankees on consecutive days in August with a left-handed starter. The Yankees averaged 5.56 runs at home against left-handers.

For Game 2 of the Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees betting preview, the Yankees are the play provided the line doesn’t climb above -180.

Game 3

The best pitching matchup of the three games is expected to take place Wednesday. The Philadelphia Phillies vs New York Yankees betting preview shows Aaron Nola and Gerrit Cole as the likely starters. Nola was a bit of a hard-luck pitcher in 2022. He sported an 11-13 record despite a 3.25 ERA. The Phillies were 15-17 when he started and dropped eight of his first nine starts. Nola was roughed up by the Rangers in his first start of the season. The right-hander allowed five runs in 3 2/3 innings.

The Yankees were 21-12 with Cole on the mound last season. But he was such a prohibitive favorite, New York was a losing proposition when he started. The average price on Cole was -214.7. It was even worse when he pitched at home. The Yankees were 9-7 at an average price of -234.7. The Yankees did win his first start of the year, beating San Francisco 5-0.

Nola has been one of the worst pitchers as an underdog in MLB over the past few seasons. Since the start of the 2020 season, the Phillies are 2-14 when Nola is an underdog, losing by an average of 3.18 runs per game. That makes it tough to back Philadelphia even with Cole being overpriced in most starts.

New York will be strong favorites in all three games, making the MLB series odds on this one extremely high. It would be a shock if the Phillies were to come away with more than one win in the three games.