{"id":366463,"date":"2025-09-03T10:41:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=366463"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:41:38","slug":"yankees-vs-astros-predictions-september-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/yankees-vs-astros-predictions-september-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees vs. Astros SGP predictions Sept. 3: Bet on New York, Aaron Judge to put up runs at +260"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Yankees look for a third straight series win when they take on the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> New York won yesterday&#8217;s series opener and is now 8-1 in its last nine games while averaging 7.4 runs. The Yankees sit 2.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays in the AL East and are favoured to win again tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See why I like plenty of offence in my Yankees vs. Astros SGP <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">predictions<\/a> for Sept. 3, featuring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/aaron_judge\/batting-stats\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/jeremy_pena\/batting-stats\">Jeremy Pena<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yankees vs. Astros predictions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parlay: Yankees over 4.5 runs | Judge over 1.5 bases | Pena over 0.5 hits (+260)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Yankees over 4.5 runs (-115)<\/a>:<\/strong> New York leads MLB with 5.26 runs per game this season, which is a good place to start. And even better, the Yankees&#8217; offence has gone nuclear in the past 20 games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>6.5 runs per game (2nd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>.541 SLG (2nd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>144 wRC+ (2nd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>280 ISO (1st)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The squad has cleared this total in eight of its last nine games and has a chance to stay hot against a suspect right-hander, Jason Alexander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alexander was acquired by the Astros ahead of the all-star break and put together a solid August on paper (2.17 ERA across five starts). But his underlying metrics are concerning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In those outings, Alexander&#8217;s xBA (.272) far exceeded his actual BA (.204). He also allowed a 49% hard-hit rate. For context, Vladimir Guerrero Jr.&#8217;s 50.9% hard-hit rate ranks in the 88th percentile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the season, Alexander ranks in the 30th percentile or lower in xERA, xBA, K rate, and hard-hit rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"cacheembed:117482\">Embed: #117482<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/baseball\/mlb?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full MLB betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/mlb-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/mlb\/top-players\/hitting\/OPS-on-base_plus_slugging?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>MLB stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MLB SGP legs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\"><strong>Judge over 1.5 bases <\/strong>(-134)<\/a>:<\/strong> Judge took Alexander deep when these teams met in August, and I fully expect him to do more damage tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s not exactly a hot take, considering he leads MLB in batting average (.325) with 43 home runs and an 1.113 OPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Judge went 2-for-5 yesterday and has now cleared this line in three straight games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the season, he ranks first in total bases per game (2.44). As long as the Astros don&#8217;t issue several intentional walks, which they didn&#8217;t yesterday, Judge should have plenty of opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTc4NzU5JnA9MjM3Njk%3D\">Pena over 0.5 hits (-275)<\/a>:<\/strong> Finally, I&#8217;ll turn to Pena to record a hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Stros&#8217; shortstop is batting .304 and has done his best work at home and against right-handers, which is the situation he&#8217;ll be in tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>At home:<\/strong> 341\/.402\/.514 slash line<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>vs. RHPs:<\/strong> .307\/.364\/.477 slash line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York is starting Will Warren (4.30 ERA), who&#8217;s been hit hard since July and owns a 40th-percentile xBA (.255).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warren has some serious command issues, but Pena is a free swinger, with a 12th-percentile chase rate and 28th-percentile walk rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That should make this leg a cinch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Yankees vs. Astros predictions made at 10 a.m. ET on 09\/03\/2025<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar wp-block-paragraph\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees look for a third straight series win when they take on the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on Wednesday. The pregame narrative: New York won yesterday&#8217;s series opener and is now 8-1 in its last nine games while averaging 7.4 runs. The Yankees sit 2.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":366493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-366463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mlb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees vs. Astros predictions: Sept. 3 MLB SGP | NSB<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Yankees vs. Astros predictions for Sept. 3, 2025. 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