Rebounding Yankees Favored At Home In Series Opener vs Cubs

What: Chicago Cubs vs New York Yankees MLB betting
When: Friday, July 11th at 7:05 PM ET
TV/Streaming: YES; Marquee Sports Network
Starting Pitchers: Chris Flexen vs Carlos Rodon
Where: Yankee Stadium in New York

As the MLB All-Star break nears, the New York Yankees are once again becoming a safer play in MLB betting. Entering a three-game series against the Chicago Cubs, the Bronx Bombers have suddenly won four in a row. They'd launched the month of July on a 0-5 skid.

Oddsmakers are also regaining confidence in the Yankees. New York is set as a -177 home favorite in this game.

Let's look at the latest betting lines on this game. Remember, odds are always subject to change.

	Spread	Moneyline	Total
Chicago Cubs	+1.5 (-115)	+160	U 9 (+100)
New York Yankees	-1.5 (-105)	-177	O 9 (-120)

The NL Central-leading Cubs halted a brief two-game losing streak on Thursday with an 8-1 thumping of the Minnesota Twins.

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Cubs vs Yankees MLB Betting Trends

The Cubs and Yankees are 3-3 straight up in their last six meetings. However, take the matchup back somewhat further, and it's New York that is holding a 17-5 SU edge over Chicago in the past 22 games. At Yankee Stadium, New York is 9-2 SU in the last 11 games against the Cubs.

The Cubs are 7-3 SU over the past 10 games. On the road, Chicago is 6-10 SU over the club's last 16 games.

New York is 4-1 SU through the past five games. The Yankees are also 7-1 SU in their last eight home games.

Four of the last six games between the two teams have gone under. In New York, the over is 3-1 in the previous four times the Cubs were the visitors.

Each of Chicago's last four road games has gone under. The under has also come in six times in the Cubs' previous seven games facing American League opposition.

The over has hit in each of New York's last 11 games. Six of the last nine games the Yankees have played against National League opponents have also gone over.

The Yankees are 49-34 SU as the betting favorite this season. New York is 24-21 against the spread as the home team. Chicago is 24-23 ATS as the road club. The Cubs are 10-16 when listed as the underdog in the betting line.

Starting Pitching Matchup: Chris Flexen vs Carlos Rodon

Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodon is well-known in the Chicago market. A first-round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox, Rodon spent his first seven MLB seasons pitching for Chicago's AL ballclub.

Pitcher Spotlight: Chris Flexen

The Cubs are planning to treat Friday's series opener with the Yankees as a bullpen game. They are handing the ball to righthander Flexen for openers. He'll work the first one or two innings before giving way to another hurler.

Chris Flexen will start tomorrow for the #Cubs. It will be a bullpen game.

— Taylor McGregor (@Taylor_McGregor) July 10, 2025

Working entirely out of the bullpen so far this season, Flexen is an impressive 5-0 with a scintillating 0.83 ERA in 17 appearances. His WHIP is 0.86, and he has one save. However, Flexen has only struck out 17 batters through 32 innings of work.

Before this season, the former New York Mets pitcher had lost 23 of his previous 28 decisions. Flexen is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA and 2.07 WHIP in four career appearances facing the Yankees. At Yankee Stadium, he's 0-1 with a 9.82 ERA in three appearances, including one start.

Pitcher Spotlight: Carlos Rodon

On the one hand, southpaw Rodon (9-6, 3.30 ERA) is 8-3 over his last 11 decisions. On the other hand, he's not won since June 19, and is 1-3 in his previous four decisions.

This is a must win for the Cubs. Carlos Rodon and Max Fried will pitch games 1 & 2 in the Yankees series and we all know how brutal the Cubs are against lefties.#cubs

— CUBS WORLD (@CubsWorld80) July 10, 2025

Rodon has worked at least five innings in all 19 of his starts this season. He's served up seven home runs over his past six trips to the bump.

He's 5-3 with a 3.25 ERA and 0.949 WHIP in nine starts this season at Yankee Stadium. Rodon is 2-4 with a 3.44 ERA in eight career appearances against the Cubs, seven of which were starts.

MLB Betting Picks

The Cubs are 6-4 SU over the past 10 games, and 25-22 SU as a road team this season. However, that they are opting to go with this game as a bullpen game makes it more difficult to back them against a Yankees team that appears to be again finding its footing.

New York Yankees To defeat Chicago Cubs

-177

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New York went hitless for eight innings Thursday against Seattle. Then the Bronx Bombers lived up to their name, exploding for six runs to come back for a 6-5 win. It's that type of offensive explosiveness that makes the Yankees the pick over the Cubs in MLB betting.