Free MLB Picks - Blue Jays at Yankees MLB Odds: The American League East first place New York Yankees had been on a torrid run winning seven straight games including a four-games sweep of their rivals Boston Red Sox over the weekend. They had to lose sometime and did just that on Monday at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees will try to get another streak going on Tuesday when the play Toronto prior to taking off on a three city, 10-game road trip. Yankees starting pitcher Joba Chaberlain will get the call for Tuesday's game. The Yankees righthander has a 3.73 ERA to go along with a 8-2 record this season. The Blue Jays will counter with Scott Richmond in this one. Richmond, a righthander, currently has a 6-5 record and a 3.97 ERA.

Bodog.com oddsmakers list the Yankees as heavy -280 moneyline favorites over Toronto with a 10-run total. Blue Jays backers are getting +240 moneyline odds as the underdog.

Richmond will take the hill at Yankee Stadium for his first start for the Blue Jays since July 31, his first outing after a month-long stay on the disabled list with a sore right arm. In that outing against the A's, the 29-year-old rookie allowed six runs on seven hits over just three innings. Richmond needed 86 pitches to get through the performance, during which he struck out two and walked two en route to a loss.

Chamberlain is trying for his fifth consecutive win and has not lost since June 18. Since the All-Star Break, he is 4-0 with a 2.02 ERA in four starts.
 
Lyle Overbay was 2-for-3 with a solo dinger to lead the Blue Jays past the Yankees 5-4 on Monday night. Toronto won as +140 road underdogs as the game played UNDER the 10.5-run total set by sportsbooks. Aaron Hill went 2-for-4 with a big fly for the Blue Jays, while Shawn Camp picked up the win in relief of starter Marc Rzepczynski for Toronto. Derek Jeter was 3-for-5 with a homer for New York, as losing pitcher Sergio Mitre allowed three earned runs over five innings for the Yankees.

Free MLB Picks: The Yankees moneyline at -280 is a little pricy but they are going against a pitcher, Scott Richmond, who has spent the past two weeks on the DL due to a sore arm. While the -280 is risky, the total OVER 10 appears to be a solid bet.