The Tampa Bay Rays are one game above the .500 mark entering play on Tuesday, July 29. They are 2.5 games out of nabbing one of three American League Wild Card spots, but Tampa Bay needs help.

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The Tampa Bay Rays (54-53) and New York Yankees (57-49) meet Tuesday for Game 2 of a 4-game series. The contest at Yankee Stadium is tabbed with a 7:05 p.m. ET (TBS) start time. Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Rays vs. Yankees odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

In their last 10 games, the Tampa Bay Rays have gone 4-6 and watched the Toronto Blue Jays overtake the New York Yankees atop the American League East Division. While the Rays would love to be in the Blue Jays' position,

The New York Yankees are staring at a five-game deficit to the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East and are barely clinging on to the top wild card spot. New York is 3.5 games ahead of the Tampa Bay Rays in the wild card standings,

The southpaw was sidelined in spring training with an oblique strain and was later slowed by a bone fragment in his elbow, but finally made his 2025 debut before the MLB All-Star break. He’s been lights out ever since,

A recent losing streak moved Rays from potential buyers to potential sellers as the MLB Trade Deadline grows closer every day. While the Tampa Bay Rays positioned themselves in a better way after the start of the 2025 MLB season,