U.S. Open Odds and Red Sox Home Struggles

In today’s newsletter…

• Leading Off: The U.S. Open starts today

• MLB: Red Sox have a -41 run differential at Fenway

• Tennis: Tough draw for Sloane Stephens

• More MLB: Padres hitters have a .311 average against tonight’s opponent

• Overtime: Ranking rookie QBs

The U.S. Open begins today with men’s defending champion Novak Djokovic seeded second behind Jannik Sinner and women’s 2023 champion Coco Gauff seeded third.

• Carlos Alcaraz is the betting favorite on the men’s side at +200 on FanDuel, with Djokovic, who is coming off an Olympic gold medal in Paris, at +250, Sinner at +330 and Alexander Zverev at +750. An Alcaraz vs. Djokovic final is at +390.

• On the women’s side, 2nd-seeded Aryna Sabalenka is at +210, with world No. 1 Iga Swiatek, who hasn’t played up to her usual standard since winning the French Open, at +360, Elena Rybakina at +850 and Gauff at +1000. A Sabalenka vs. Swiatek final is +650.

• Any American player to be a men’s semifinalist is -150 (Taylor Fritz is +600, Frances Tiafoe is +1000, Tommy Paul is +1100 and Ben Shelton is +1200 to reach the semis).

• Women’s Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen is -170 to reach the quarterfinals, with Jasmine Paolini at -185, Jessica Pegula at +100, and Rybakina at +110.

You can find the men’s draw here, women’s draw here and daily order of play here. The U.S. Open has one of the biggest purses in all of sports, with both the men’s and women’s winners earning $3.6 million and runners up taking home $1.8 million. A first-round loss nets players $100,000.