Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 05/05/26

The Texas Rangers face the New York Yankees on Tuesday to open a 3-game set. The Yankees are running white hot right now, just completing a sweep of the Orioles in which they scored 39 runs in 4 games. The Rangers had Monday off, but just dropped 2 of 3 to Detroit. Prior to those series, though, the Rangers and Yankees played each other. The Yankees won 2 of 3, but the highest scoring game was 6 runs. I am looking for a similar result on Tuesday and am taking the game total under 8.5.

Both Jacob deGrom and Elmer Rodriguez threw in the previous series. You know about deGrom, and he did what he always does. In fact, he has not allowed more than 1 run in a start since opening weekend. Rodriguez is making his second start of the season. He only went 4 innings in his first start, but he threw well, allowing only 2 runs to the Rangers. Once the starters leave, the Rangers have the best bullpen ERA in baseball, and the Yankees are #6. Playing an under with the hot New York offense is scary, but it feels like the right play in this game.

Rangers vs Yankees Prediction: Under 8.5 (-115) available at the time of publishing. Playable at that number.