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NY Yankees -1½ +140 over Boston

Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY

7:15 PM ET. The rivalry. The stakes. The crowd. Everything about this game screams urgency, emotion, and playoff implications and it’s Boston that comes in with all the weight.

The Red Sox have won five straight against New York. They’re neck-and-neck with Seattle for the final playoff spot and have two teams — Cleveland and Kansas City — breathing down their necks. This is the make-or-break stretch, and the market has noticed. Boston is priced like the season depends on it. And that’s the problem.

See, desperation doesn’t equal value. Boston’s been handled by the likes of Baltimore and Miami recently. A series loss here might knock them off the pace completely. Meanwhile, the Yankees hold the top Wild Card spot and are in control of their own fate with games in hand. The Bronx Bombers don’t just want this series — they can step on Boston’s throat.

Yet the line is modest. That’s because the market is clinging to Boston’s recent form in this rivalry and baking in the must-win angle. But this is also a team that’s just 27-34 on the road. Yankee Stadium is a different beast. The crowd gets louder. The lights get hotter. And the Yankees have the arms, the bats, and the swagger to blow the doors off this one.

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