New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays Free Pick and Betting Lines. The 19-16 Tampa Bay Rays play host to the 21-14 New York Yankees tonight in MLB action on the turf of Tropicana Field, May 14, 2015. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10PM EST.

Wagering Odds
Moneyline: Yankees -121/Rays +111
O/U Total: 7.4

Pitching Matchup
Chase Whitley (R) W/L 1-1 WHIP 1.19 ERA 3.06
Erasmo Ramirez (R) W/L 0-1 WHIP 1.55 ERA 8.38

Tampa Bay eked out a 3-2 victory over New York last night. The Rays are 4-3 on their current homestand and 6-4 in their last 10 games overall. The Yankees are 1-2 on their current road trip and 5-4 in their last 9 games. They are 12-7 on the road in 2015.

NY has a 6-3 edge on the season series and a 7-3 lead in the past 10 games between these AL East rivals.

Whitley had his first bad outing of the year last week in a 6-2 loss to Baltimore. He allowed 5 runs in 5.2 innings. In his first 2 starts he threw a combined 12 innings, allowing 1 ER and striking out 11.

Ramirez has been used mostly in long relief this season. He has had two terrible outings which have elevated his numbers. He surrendered 8 runs in 3.1 innings and 7 runs in 2 innings.

Only 4 Rays’ hitters have managed a hit off of Whitley in their careers and he has faced 10 of them. The young right-hander hasn’t allowed a HR or SB to any of these hitters.

No one on the Yankees has more than 9 ABs vs. Ramirez. OF Jacoby Ellsbury is 2-2 with a HR and 2 RBIs while 1B Mark Teixeira is 1-2 with a homer and 2 RBIs. The trio of IF Stephen Drew, 3B Chase Headley and OF Carlos Beltran are a collective 0-20 off the right-hander.

New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Betting Trends

The Yankees are 2-4 straight up in their last 6 road games.
New York is 5-2 straight up in their last 7 games on the road in Tampa Bay.
The game total has gone under in 7 of New York’s last 10 games on the road.
Tampa Bay is 9-3 straight up in their last 12 games at home.
The Rays are 2-5 straight up in their last 5 games against the Yankees.

Injury Report

NEW YORK YANKEES
Chris Capuano P 15-Day Disabled List
Chris Martin P 15-Day Disabled List
Ivan Nova P 60-Day Disabled List
Gregorio Petit 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Brendan Ryan SS 15-Day Disabled List
Masahiro Tanaka P 15-Day Disabled List

TAMPA BAY RAYS
Jeff Beliveau P 60-Day Disabled List
Ryan Brett 2B 15-Day Disabled List
Alex Cobb P 60-Day Disabled List
Nick Franklin 2B 15-Day Disabled List
John Jaso DH 60-Day Disabled List
Desmond Jennings 15-Day Disabled List
Jake McGee P 15-Day Disabled List
Matt Moore P 60-Day Disabled List
C.J. Riefenhauser 15-Day Disabled List
Burch Smith P 60-Day Disabled List
Drew Smyly P 60-Day Disabled List
Kirby Yates P 15-Day Disabled List

Consensus Picks (Public Money line Bets)
New York Mets: 67%
Tampa Bay Rays: 33%

Free MLB Pick

We’re not sold on either starter tonight. Yankee starter Chase Whitley got hit hard in his latest (3 HRs) by the Orioles and Erasmo Ramirez struggles to get past the 5th. However, Ramirez has been pitching well out of the bullpen and in limited work versus New York (33 Abs) he has shone with the Yankees hitters hitting just .121.

Take the Tampa Bay Rays +110‏