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Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

The Yankees' starter Max Fried posting a 2.80 ERA makes this a real mound edge, and with New York's 1st-ranked run prevention backing him, the case lines up well enough to put this near the top of the board. The one thing keeping it off five stars is that Gray's ERA actually edges Fried's, so the pitching edge is real but not the blowout advantage the number might imply.

Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees

Both bullpens rank 1-2 in baseball by ERA, which is the kind of back-end pitching alignment that genuinely suppresses late-inning scoring and anchors an under. The wind blowing crossfield at only 5mph tilts mild in the right direction but doesn't add the kind of conviction that pushes this to a cleaner five-star read.