Red Sox vs Yankees Prediction 4 Best Bets and 4 Best Player Props for MLB Wild Card Game 1

Best Bets & Player Prop Bets in Summary

• New York Yankees Moneyline
• New York Yankees -1.5
• Under 6.5
• Cam Schlittler Over 7.5 Strikeouts
• Cody Bellinger To Record A Hit
• Aaron Judge To Hit A Home Run
• Ben Rice To Hit A Home Run

Red Sox at Yankees opens the Wild Card round, and the market sees a genuinely close pitching matchup — both Payton Tolle and Cam Schlittler carry real strikeout equity, with the site's own popular parlay banking on Willson Contreras and Ben Rice both going deep.

All MLB odds come from FanDuel Sportsbook's MLB betting odds and may change after this article is published.

Best Bets for Red Sox vs Yankees

Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees — Wild Card Game 1 (Tue, 8:01 p.m. ET)

New York Yankees Moneyline (-144)

A modest home favorite in a genuinely close Wild Card opener — Cam Schlittler's own strikeout total (7.5) sits ahead of Payton Tolle's (6.5), a real edge on the mound to open the series.

New York Yankees -1.5 (+164)

Genuine plus-money value on the favorite's run line — a real sign the market still expects a competitive, low-scoring game to open the series.

Under 6.5 (-118)

Both starters carry real alt-strikeout equity well into the game — Tolle at 7+ (-142) and Schlittler at 7+ (-205) — a genuine sign of two real, effective arms limiting the scoring to open the series.

Cam Schlittler Over 7.5 Strikeouts (+116)

Schlittler's own line sits a full point ahead of Tolle's, a real sign the market expects him to have a genuinely dominant strikeout night at home to open the series.

Best Player Prop Bets for Red Sox vs Yankees

Cody Bellinger To Record A Hit (-200)

Bellinger is the shortest hit price on the entire board, a real sign the market expects him to make consistent, quality contact to open the series.

Aaron Judge To Hit A Home Run (+300)

Comfortably the shortest home run price on the entire board — a genuine sign Judge remains New York's clear top power threat to open the series at home.

Ben Rice To Hit A Home Run (+440)

Rice is the second-shortest home run price on this board, and he's a real, genuine piece of the site's own popular parlay alongside Willson Contreras to open the series.