Yankees vs. Red Sox Prediction Today: 2 MLB Best Bets and Picks (June 25, 2026)

Yankees vs Red Sox Picks in Summary

• Yankees -1.5 (+114)
• Connelly Early Under 5.5 Strikeouts (-110)

Even within a single MLB game, you've got countless betting markets to choose from.

Which bets stand out today as the Yankees take on the Red Sox at 7:11 p.m. ET?

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Red Sox vs Yankees Picks, Best Bets and Prediction

Yankees -1.5 (+114)

This sets up as a good spot for the New York Yankees.

The Yankees have a significant edge on the mound with rookie right-hander Cam Schlittler, who enters tonight with an outstanding 2.93 SIERA, 29.5% strikeout rate and 4.9% walk rate. He has been one of the best arms in the game and is coming off a dominant outing against the Cincinnati Reds in which he struck out 13 batters over six scoreless innings. Schlittler should be able to control a Boston Red Sox lineup that is 25th in wOBA this season.

Boston counters with left-hander Connelly Early, who has pitched reasonably well but nowhere near Schlittler's level and draws a difficult matchup against a Yankees lineup that has been productive against left-handed pitching all season.

In short, New York is the better overall team and has a sizable advantage on the bump as it hands the ball to the guy with the shortest AL Cy Young odds. Give me the Yankees to win by multiple runs.

Connelly Early Under 5.5 Strikeouts (-110)

We covered this bet in our MLB props article. Let's run through it again here.

The Yankees are a tough matchup for the young lefty. New York ranks second in walk rate as well as second in wOBA, so they're accustomed to grinding out at-bats and making life tough on pitchers. In Early's lone matchup with the Yankees this season, he went through exactly that as he struck out four in 5.1 innings -- giving up just three runs but needing 92 pitches to get through 5.1 frames.

On top of the matchup, Early is missing a ton of bats this year, producing a blah 9.5% swinging-strike rate, and he's not as good as his 3.64 ERA may have you believe as his expected ERA (4.39) and FIP (4.87) are much more pedestrian.

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