NEW YORK - Anthony Volpe was in Aaron Boone's original plans for Saturday night's Yankees lineup against the Boston Red Sox. But after a consultation with the club's athletic training staff, the manager decided to keep the shortstop in a reserve role, due to lingering left elbow swelling.

The Boston Red Sox (30-35) and New York Yankees (39-23) play the second game of their 3-game series Saturday. First pitch from Yankee Stadium is set for 7:35 p.m. ET (MLB Network). Let's analyze BetMGM Sportsbook's MLB odds around the Red Sox vs. Yankees odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.

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Once again, New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge will skip the Home Run Derby this year, he told reporters Thursday. Judge won the Home Run Derby in 2017, his rookie year, and has not participated in it since. "Nope. Same answer," Judge told Newsday when asked about the Home Run Derby on Thursday. "Only if I'm talking about it here [in New York]."

As it turns out, maybe New York Yankees star Jazz Chisholm Jr. is better off at third base after all—and that could pose a slight change of plan for Aaron Judge's latest title chase. Chisholm opened the season as the Yankees' second baseman and hit the IL in early May batting .

His answer again was a hard "no," just as it has been every year since 2018, the year after Aaron Judge won the event his rookie year in 2017 in Miami. "Nope," Judge told Newsday with a smile. "Same answer.