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Much has changed in the 7.5 months since the last time that the New York Yankees and Milwaukee Brewers played with three of the six starting pitchers from that series not on the roster of the two teams with two others on the MLB injured list.
Only Colin Rea is set to start in this series among the hurlers who started in the 2023 series. The Yankees vs Brewers preview has the visiting Yankees favored in the series opener.
Milwaukee has won eight of the last 11 games against the Yankees as well as four of the last five at home. The last time the Yankees won a series from the Brewers was in 2011.
The MLB betting line has the Yankees priced at -120 to win the series opener on Friday with +140 odds to cover at -1.5 on the run line for the MLB games today.
The Yankees are third at +800 in the odds of winning the World Series with Milwaukee at +5000 in the championship odds.
Yankees vs Brewers 
Records: New York Yankees (17-9), Milwaukee Brewers (16-8)
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Location: American Family Field, Milwaukee, WI
Streaming: YES, Bally Sports
Yankees vs Brewers Probable Pitching Matchups
- Friday: Luis Gil (Yankees) vs Colin Rea (Brewers)
- Saturday: Carlos Rodon (Yankees) vs Joe Ross (Brewers)
- Sunday: Marcus Stroman (Yankees) vs Tobias Myers (Brewers)
All or Nothing for the Yankees
If not for an early home run by catcher Jose Trevino in Thursday’s series finale against the Oakland Athletics, the Yankees would have been shut out for the fifth time in April. As it was, New York was 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and managed just one run in the 3-1 loss to Oakland.
In April, the Yankees have averaged 6.3 runs in the 12 MLB games they have won compared to 1.8 runs in the eight losses.
Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton are both hitting under .200 on the road this season and that is something to keep an eye on when looking at the Yankees vs Brewers preview.
The total has gone under in five of the last seven games played by the Yankees.
Brewers Heading Home
Milwaukee looks to make up for lost time as the Brewers have played the fewest number of home games in the majors heading into the weekend.
Milwaukee goes into this MLB season 4-4 at home and just won five times in a seven-game road trip.
The Brewers have hit 11 home runs in the eight home games led by Jackson Chourio’s three home runs. William Contreras is hitting .379 at home with a slugging percentage of .621. Keep that in mind when it comes to the Yankees vs Brewers preview.
The total went over in five of Milwaukee’s last seven home games.
Who’s Hot
- William Contreras, Milwaukee Brewers C: Contreras is 11-for-29 with five runs scored and five RBIs over his last seven games.
- Bryan Hudson, Milwaukee Brewers P: Hudson has allowed two hits and no runs with eight strikeouts in seven innings in his last five appearances.
- Anthony Rizzo, New York Yankees 1B: Rizzo is 4-for-11 with two home runs, two runs and three RBIs in his last three games.
- Luke Weaver, New York Yankees P: Weaver hasn’t allowed a hit or a run in four innings over his last three outings.
Who’s Not
- Jackson Chourio, Milwaukee Brewers OF: Chourio is 1-for-12 with eight strikeouts over his last five games.
- Marcus Stroman, New York Yankees P: Stroman has given up 17 hits, four home runs, and nine runs in 15.2 innings over his last three starts.
- Gleyber Torres, New York Yankees 2B: Torres is 2-for-18 with eight strikeouts over his last six games.
- Thyago Vieira, Milwaukee Brewers P: Vieria has walked at least one batter in each of his six games.
Yankees vs Brewers Injury Update
Outfielder Jasson Dominguez, infielders DJ LeMahieu and Oswald Peraza join pitchers Gerrit Cole, Nick Burdi, Scott Effross, Tommy Kahnle, Jonathan Loaisiga, and Lou Trivinio on the injured list.
Pitchers J.B. Bukauskas, Taylor Clarke, DL Hall, Jakob Junis, Wade Miley, Devin Williams, and Brandon Woodruff are out for the Brewers as is outfielder Garrett Mitchell.
Yankees vs Brewers Betting Preview
It was looking like this weekend’s series would be a showdown of division leaders before the Yankees were stymied by Alex Wood and four relief pitchers to fall percentage points behind the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East standings. Nestor Cortes suffered his first home loss since 2022 as the Yankees were just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
A quick peek at the MLB team stats shows that Milwaukee is fourth in the majors with a .421 slugging percentage while the Yankees are just 19th at .377.
When considering the best MLB bets today, it is fair to point out that the probable Brewers starting pitcher in the series opener is Colin Rea. The last time he faced the Yankees, he surrendered three hits and two runs with six strikeouts in 4.2 innings.
The total has gone over in eight of the last 12 games between the Yankees and the Brewers. At least 10 runs have been scored in four of the last six meetings between the teams.
Six of the last seven times that the Yankees came to Milwaukee, the game landed over the total. Each team scored 19 runs in three games in the most recent series between the Yankees and the Brewers in Milwaukee.
The Brewers are 16-4 in their last 20 games against American League teams while the Yankees have won five of the last seven matchups with National League teams.
The total went under in four of Milwaukee’s last five games with the total set at 8.5 runs for Friday’s series opener.
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