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.

Instead, Aaron Judge recorded his first career home run against the Cardinals, and Scott injured his ankle after a midair collision with the wall. He stayed in the game but underwent an MRI later that night to determine the severity of the injury, per MLB.com's John Denton.

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.

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

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.

Stanton remained out of the Yankees lineup Sunday for a third straight game, with his lower-body soreness still lingering from playing three straight games in right field earlier in the week and Judge still limited to DH duties as he works back from a right flexor strain.

The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder Victor Scott II on the 10-day injured list before Sunday’s series finale against the New York Yankees.