Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees Predictions Today | Best MLB Picks For 7/29/25

Tampa Bay Rays vs New York Yankees Predictions Today | Best MLB Picks For 7/29/25

Andy, guess which team has the fewest number of wins in all of baseball over the last 39 games as here? It is the Yankees with only 15. That is one fewer than both the White Socks and the Rockies during that time. That is how bad things have gotten in the Bronx. And this is crazy. You look back, the Yankees have been a below 500 team now for the last two months. you go to the end of May, uh they’ve lost four of their last five games overall, including four to two, four to two last night here at home to the Rays. In addition to all that I’ve just mentioned, the Yankees also have the fourth worst division record in all of baseball, 11-9. They lose 4 to2 last night, like I said, to the Rays. The only two runs the Yankees scored last night came on a pair of bases loaded walks by Ras in the first inning. There’s no Aaron Judge in this lineup right now. Historically, as one would assume, that has not been good for the pinstripes. Now, you mentioned Max Freed, and let’s bring him into the handicap here. Yankees fans may desperately be pointed to fact, hey, we’ve got our ace on the mount tonight. Well, guess what? Fred’s allowed a total of 10 runs his last two starts. He’s in poor form as well. I think it is absolute madness, Andy Lane, that the Yankees are this big of a favorite tonight. I would take Tampa plus one and a half on the run line. Only minus 125 to get the run and a half head start. And here’s another reason you want to have that one and a half in your back pocket. Since the All-Star break, the Yankees have just two wins by more than one run. They have only six such wins this entire month. And I would say if you’re feeling especially frisky this evening, why not throw a little pizza money on the Rays money line because I think they are absolutely live to win again tonight. I I the the the play I was looking at I I’m I’m with you 100% on this. Um the the Rays team total is three and a half. I mean Max Freed has given up four three three and four just by himself in in his last four starts. So I’m really curious. You’re getting like minus 110 uh on this raise. It feels like we’re giving Freed a lot of credit for things he’s done earlier in the season. And I don’t know if it’s fatigue. I don’t know what is going on with him. But it just feels like when you get one of these pitchers that’s in a slump, you just keep riding him till he proves he’s out of it. Yeah, I believe there is some reoccurring injury lingering with Freed that that that’s what the deal is with him. And and remember, you know, I didn’t talk about bullpens here. You know, it’s not just Freed, the Yankees bullpen. The Rays will always have a chance. The Rays are a team that, you know, they had their big run in early June. They’d gone cold. I don’t disagree with the team. It’s probably going to, you know, to win this game. It’s correlated, right? It’s a correlated bet. Um for the Rays to win here, uh they’re going to probably need four runs. So, lots of different ways. I just think all signs here, Andy, point to uh investing in the road team in this AL East matchup. The Yankees, I see in our comment section, uh somebody’s mentioned plus 500 uh to bet the Yankees to miss the playoffs right now. As crazy as it may seem, that’s not horrible. It’s I think there’s a good chance either the Yankees or the Astros are the team left on the outside looking in when it comes to the AL playoff picture. You’ve got uh what uh basically eight teams competing for the six spots right now. So um who knows stranger things have happened. The Astros another team that is uh really gone in the toilet here the last couple weeks. I do have a rare 5% max bet on the docket for tonight. So uh want to let everyone know about that. I know a lot of people have already jumped on board. However, uh this is this is rare. It’s only the third 5% play we have we’ve had of the Major League Baseball season. hit 68% of these 5% plays all sports across the year. Big reason we’re number two in net profit for 2025 at wager talk off a two and0 sweep last night. 6-2 my last eight on the diamond. And how about a 64 43 and1 all sports run. You go back to May 24th. We are up a whopping 65.4 units. So feeling good, looking good, and we hope to keep it going tonight with this rare 5%

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Tampa Bay Rays (The Rays) @ New York Yankees (The Yanks)

📅 Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025
🕖 First pitch: 7:05 PM ET
📍 Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY

🐬 Teams & Hashtags
Tampa Bay Rays – often called The Rays — follow on Twitter: #RaysUp
New York Yankees – nicknamed The Yanks or Bronx Bombers — follow on Twitter: #Yankees

📺 How to Watch on TV
National broadcast: TBS (MLB national partner)
Local coverage for the Rays: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (FDS‑SN Sun)
Local coverage for the Yankees: YES Network

📡 How to Listen on Radio
Rays Radio Network flagship: WDAE AM/95.3 FM in Tampa/St. Petersburg area (also Spanish via WGES 680)

Yankees Radio: WFAN 660 AM / 101.9 FM (English) and WADO 1280 AM (Spanish)

🌐 Streaming / Online
TBS live stream via MLB.tv or cable provider apps
FDS‑SN Sun streaming for Rays region
YES Network streaming via YES app or authenticated platforms

📊 Betting Lines (as of July 29, 2025)
Moneyline: Rays +160, Yankees –190
Run line (spread): Yankees –1.5 (+105), Rays +1.5 (–125)
Total (Over/Under): 8.5 runs (Over –120 / Under approx –101) or 8.0 per some sources

🔍 Probable Pitching Matchup
Tampa Bay: RHP Joe Boyle (currently 1–0, 1.42 ERA)
New York: LHP Max Fried (11–4, 2.62 ERA)

💡 Interesting Notes & Context
The Rays are temporarily playing home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa because of damage to Tropicana Field—their usual Tampa venue. Steinbrenner Field is traditionally the Yankees’ spring training home.

The Rays have won the last three games of this series and have had the Yanks’ number this season in matchups.

Aaron Judge remains sidelined on the Yankees roster with a 10‑day IL elbow injury; he leads the team in HRs and average.

Tampa Bay promoted Joe Boyle to start; this appears likely to be a bullpen game given he’s made just one longer outing this season.

✅ Quick Summary for Viewers
Watch: TBS (national), YES (Yankees), FDS‑SN Sun (Rays)
Listen: Rays – WDAE AM/95.3 FM; Yankees – WFAN 660 / WADO 1280 AM
Watch online: via MLB.tv, YES app, FDS‑SN Sun app (auth required)
Hashtags to Tweet: #RaysUp and #Yankees

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