Ben Rice homered and tied a career high with seven RBIs, Aaron Judge also went deep in his first multi-hit game since the All-Star break and the New York Yankees beat the St. Louis Cardinals 12-8 on S

Let’s take a closer look at my MLB picks for August 17. Yankees vs Cardinals best bet: Aaron Judge Over 1.5 total bases (-125) Aaron Judge hasn’t quite returned to the peak of his powers following an injury absence, but he sure appears to be getting close.

Church, 25, has played 53 of his 86 games this season with Memphis and is hitting .335 with a .921 OPS, 11 doubles and seven home runs.

But the Yankees tied it back up in the seventh, as Grisham walked (with some help from home plate umpire Nic Lentz, whose strike zone angered both teams all day), Judge singled and Bellinger lifted a sacrifice fly that made it 4-4.

The St. Louis Cardinals had a rough night for two different reasons on Saturday. First and foremost, the Cardinals lost against the New York Yankees. Sonny Gray

On July 23, New York Yankees’ megastar outfielder Aaron Judge had a commanding lead in the AL MVP race. After an injury and subsequent slump, has he been overtaken by a slugging catcher in Seattle?