{"id":287628,"date":"2025-09-02T14:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/287628\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T14:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T14:58:12","slug":"best-mlb-bets-today-yankees-vs-astros-prediction-picks-props-for-september-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/287628\/","title":{"rendered":"Best MLB bets today: Yankees vs. Astros prediction, picks, props for September 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two of the best teams in the American League begin a three-game series on Tuesday when Aaron Judge<\/a> and the New York Yankees<\/a> visit Jose Altuve<\/a> and the Houston Astros<\/a>. New York is 2.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays<\/a> and holds the top wild card spot, while Houston leads the AL West by three games over the Seattle Mariners<\/a>. First pitch is scheduled for 8:10 p.m. ET, and the game will be shown nationally on TBS.<\/p>\n

Those interested in\u00a0MLB betting<\/a>\u00a0at the\u00a0top sportsbooks<\/a>\u00a0can get the latest Yankees vs. Astros odds, predictions and player props from the SportsLine Projection Model<\/a>, which simulates every game 10,000 times.<\/p>\n

Southpaw Max Fried<\/a> (14-5, 3.06 ERA) gets the start for New York. After a bump in the road, Fried has settled back in as his usual dominant self over his last two starts. At his best, the veteran has been a more than capable replacement for the injured Gerrit Cole<\/a>. Houston counters with Framber Valdez<\/a> (12-7, 3.18), who got his first win in more than a month in his last start. It could be a long night for the Yankees if the best version of Valdez shows up, but his recent form has been questionable.<\/p>\n

Both Fried and Valdez are set at over\/under 5.5 strikeouts at FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>. Fried’s Over is +104 and his Under -140. Valdez’s Over is -150 and his Under is +120. The SportsLine Projection Model rates Fried’s Over 4 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

Judge is the favorite to hit a home run on the FanDuel odds board at +240. He’s followed by Giancarlo Stanton<\/a> (+300), Yordan Alvarez<\/a> (+430), Christian Walker<\/a> (+520), Paul Goldschmidt<\/a> (+520), Cody Bellinger<\/a> (+600), Jazz Chisholm<\/a> (+600) and Austin Wells<\/a> (+600).\u00a0<\/p>\n

Here are the SportsLine Projection Model’s picks for Yankees vs. Astros on Tuesday:<\/p>\n

NEW YORK YANKEES at HOUSTON ASTROS\u00a0| 9\/2\u00a0| 8:10 PM ET<\/p>\n

Money line
Pick: Astros +100
Houston wins in 49% of simulations, bringing value at these odds<\/p>\n

Run line
Pick: Astros +1.5 (-174)
Houston covers in 65% of simulations, bringing value at these odds<\/p>\n

Over\/Under
Pick: Over 8 (-105)
The Over hits in 64.1% of simulations<\/p>\n

Projected score: Yankees 4.7, Astros 4.4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two of the best teams in the American League begin a three-game series on Tuesday when Aaron Judge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2389],"tags":[106,42,44152,44153,1217,5,7990,684,100,1365,79,44154,2281,310,139,54,3211,1824,817,108,35502,4,163,222,7234,164,27387,29804,62,118,65,70,44150,44155,44151,35500,35504,2264],"class_list":{"0":"post-287628","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-astros","8":"tag-aaron-judge","9":"tag-astros","10":"tag-astros-odds","11":"tag-astros-props","12":"tag-austin-wells","13":"tag-baseball","14":"tag-baseball-betting","15":"tag-betting","16":"tag-christian-walker","17":"tag-cody-bellinger","18":"tag-framber-valdez","19":"tag-framber-valdez-props","20":"tag-gerrit-cole","21":"tag-giancarlo-stanton","22":"tag-houston","23":"tag-houston-astros","24":"tag-houstonastros","25":"tag-jazz-chisholm","26":"tag-jose-altuve","27":"tag-max-fried","28":"tag-max-fried-props","29":"tag-mlb","30":"tag-mlb-best-bets","31":"tag-mlb-bets","32":"tag-mlb-odds","33":"tag-mlb-picks","34":"tag-mlb-player-props","35":"tag-mlb-predictions","36":"tag-new-york-yankees","37":"tag-paul-goldschmidt","38":"tag-seattle-mariners","39":"tag-toronto-blue-jays","40":"tag-yankees-astros-picks","41":"tag-yankees-astros-prediction","42":"tag-yankees-astros-props","43":"tag-yankees-odds","44":"tag-yankees-props","45":"tag-yordan-alvarez"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}