The New York Yankees (79-58) and Texas Rangers (65-72) open a 3-game series at Globe Life Field on Monday at 8:05 p.m. ET. Let’s look at BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Yankees vs Rangers Opportunities and place your best bets with our expert MLB tips and predictions.

Season series: Yankees lead 2-1

The Yanks lost 2 of 3 games against the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend. Sunday’s game was a real blast, as they were crushed 14-7. Aaron Richter went 1-for-12 with 7 Ks in the series. The Yanks cling to a half-game lead over the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East.

The Rangers have won 5 of 6 games and are mathematically in the race, but have 9 1/2 wild-card qualifying games left and 10 division games left. On Sunday, they defeated the Oakland A’s 6-4 in 10 innings.

Expected Yankees starters at Rangers

RHP Gerrit Cole against RHP Jack Leiter

Cole (5-3, 3.86 ERA) makes his 13th start. He has a WHIP of 1.33, 3.1 BB/9 and 9.9 K/9 in 63 IP.

• Last start: Loss, 5 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 7 K Tuesday against Washington Nationals
• Last 5 regular season starts against Texas: 1-1, 2.79 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 44 K in 29 IP

Leiter (0-1, 12.83 ERA) makes his 5th start. He has a 2.40 WHIP, 5.4 BB/9 and 7.4 K/9 in 13 1/3 IP.

• Last start: No decision, 4 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 4 K Wednesday against Chicago White Sox
• Has never played against the Yankees
• Uses 4-seam fastball (96 mph average speed), slider, curveball, changeup and cutter

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Yankees vs Rangers odds

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• Moneyline (ML): Yankees -185 (bet $185 to win $100) | Rangers +150 (bet $100 to win $150)
• Running Line (RL)/Against the Spread (ATS): Yankees -1.5 (-115) | Rangers +1.5 (-105)
• Over/Under (O/U): 8.5 (O: -120 | U: +100)

Tips and predictions for the Yankees at the Rangers

forecast

Yankees 7, Rangers 5

Money line

Leiter, the son of former New York Mets star Al Leiter, has not performed well in his young MLB career, posting 19 ER in 13 1/3 IP so far. The Yankees are clearly the best team here, but the price isn’t right.

So, let us SGP YANKEES ML + JUAN SOTO OVER 0.5 HITS (+105). Soto has hit three times in a row and was 4-for-14 (.286) on the weekend.

Running Line/Against the Spread

We’re betting that the Americans will cover the RL, but I don’t like taking a RL with negative odds.

HAPPEN.

Over/Under

My favorite bet on this matchup is over. It’s supposed to be 28 degrees and a 13 km/h wind is blowing straight into center. We have a rookie pitcher who isn’t getting any outs and Cole hasn’t been himself since his injury.

Take the OVER 8.5 (-120).

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