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Major League Baseball's best team aims to keep things rolling on Sunday. The New York Yankees face the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium, with New York aiming to continue an active, five-game winning streak. The Yankees are 38-15 overall, the best record in baseball, after back-to-back wins over Detroit. The Tigers are looking to avoid a road sweep and improve on their 21-32 overall record.

Caesars Sportsbook lists the Yankees as -310 money line favorites, and first pitch is scheduled for 11:35 a.m. ET. The total number of runs Vegas thinks will be scored, or the Over-Under, is eight in the latest Yankees vs. Tigers odds. Before you make any MLB predictions with the Tigers vs. Yankees match-up, you need to see the MLB predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's advanced computer simulation model.

The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every MLB game 10,000 times and it is off to a strong start to the 2022 season. It's on a 48-31 roll on top-rated MLB money-line picks through eight weeks, returning over $1,100 for $100 players. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.

Now, the model has set its sights on Tigers vs. Yankees, and just locked in its picks and MLB predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model's picks. Now, here are several MLB odds and betting lines for Yankees vs. Tigers:

  • Tigers vs. Yankees money line: Yankees -310, Tigers +255 
  • Tigers vs. Yankees over-under: eight runs 
  • Tigers vs. Yankees run line: Yankees -1.5 (-140)
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  • DET: The Tigers are 6-17 in road games 
  • NYY: The Yankees are 22-7 in home games

Why you should back the Tigers

Detroit's pitching staff is quite strong. The Tigers will deploy Rony Garcia as the starting pitcher on Sunday, and he has impressive metrics this season. Garcia has 11.3 strikeouts and 2.3 walks per nine innings in 2022, and opponents are producing only a .641 OPS against him. That includes a dismal .570 OPS by left-handed hitters and, prior to a shaky outing in his last start, Garcia held a 3.00 ERA in his first nine appearances of the 2022 season. 

Detroit's bullpen is excellent, ranking No. 2 in the American League with a 2.93 ERA. The Tigers rank in the top four of the league in bullpen WAR, and Detroit's bullpen induces a 47.1 percent ground ball rate with only 0.65 home runs allowed per nine innings.

Why you should back the Yankees

The Yankees have a powerful and dynamic offense, with sluggers up and down the lineup. In addition, New York deploys arguably the best bullpen in the American League, and that is just the beginning of a complete and talented roster. The Yankees will send Jordan Montgomery to the hill to begin Sunday's game, and the left-hander has a 3.04 ERA this season. Montgomery has an impressive 1.01 WHIP in 2022, issuing only 1.5 walks per nine innings. He threw seven innings of one-run ball in his most recent start, and Montgomery has allowed three runs or fewer in each 2022 start.

Left-handed hitters are particularly powerless against Montgomery with a hideous .433 OPS this season, and Montgomery has 22 strikeouts and only two walks in outings at Yankee Stadium this season. From there, Detroit's offense ranks in the bottom tier of the league in runs scored, home runs, doubles, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, total bases, and slugging percentage this season.

How to make Tigers vs. Yankees picks

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So who wins Yankees vs. Tigers? And which side of the betting line has all the value? Visit SportsLine now to see which side of Tigers vs. Yankees you need to jump on Sunday, all from the model that has crushed its MLB picks, and find out.