LAS VEGAS — The 90th MLB All-Star Game will be played Tuesday night at Progressive Field, its first time in Cleveland since 1997. The recent history of the game has been one-way traffic, with the American League winning the past six, including five games in National League parks.

The AL, with a 44-43-2 all-time series lead fueled by a 23-6-1 surge since 1988, is currently offered as a -110 favorite at William Hill and -115 favorite at New Jersey-based PointsBet. The betting market consensus nationwide has the AL as a small favorite in what is usually a coin-flip game.

The total is set at 8¹/₂ with slight juice to the over at -115 at William Hill. Eight runs or fewer have been scored in nine of the last 11 All-Star Games; however, it has to be taken into account that 3,691 home runs (1.37 per game) have been hit league-wide heading into tonight’s game. MLB is well on its way to have the record of 6,105 (set in 2017) shattered in very short order.

The AL will start the Astros’ Justin Verlander (10-4, 2.98 ERA) while the NL will trot out MLB ERA leader Hyun-Jin Ryu (10-2, 1.73 ERA) of the Dodgers. These pitchers are top two in the majors in WHIP (walks and hits per nine innings pitched). Ryu’s bad outing on June 28 in Colorado (four innings, seven earned runs, nine hits) seemingly is a blip on the radar as he responded by throwing six scoreless innings in a win over San Diego on July 4. Meanwhile, Verlander, in his past two starts (at home versus the Mariners and Angels) has gone 0-1 in 12 innings, giving up 12 hits and eight earned runs, including five homers.

The NL will present the youngest starting lineup in All-Star Game history with an average age of 25.8. While not exactly stacked with fossils, the AL lineup has an average age of 28.8 and is led by two-time game MVP Mike Trout, who is making his eighth straight All-Star appearance representing the Angels. The Millville, N.J. native is the co-favorite, along with Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers, to win the game MVP award at 10/1 at Westgate SuperBook USA. PointsBet is leaning more on the Jersey boy to take home the hardware at +950, while Bellinger and the Brewers’ Christian Yelich, MLB’s current leader in home runs, slugging percentage and OPS (on-base plus slugging), are co-second choices at 15/1.

In terms of the game betting, there doesn’t seem to be a particular lean to either side.

“The action is all minimal at this point,” said Jeff Sherman, vice president of risk management at Westgate SuperBook. “Over 90 percent of the All-Star Game bets will come [on game day].”

Sherman also anticipates his book will see more volume on the Over with the number of home runs we have already seen this season in addition to the proclivity of the general public to bet Overs like they do in every other sport.

PointsBet posts the usual baseball betting menu (sides, run lines, totals, full game, first five innings, team totals), but also is offering prices for betting the first three innings and first seven innings, respectively. In addition, there is a three-way line that we see most often in soccer wagering. The AL is even money and the NL is +111 while a draw is +775, meaning you can bet that price on the game being tied through nine innings.

If you are a believer in “the trend is your friend” betting mentality, then you ride the AL six-game win streak. On the other hand, you might buy into youth being king and side with the NL having three first-time All-Stars as starters. Younger players are generally more excited to go to the All-Star Game for their first or second time than are guys who have been regulars for years. This year’s meeting will have 30 combined All-Stars (16 NL, 14 AL) who make their debut appearances, so we have a good chance at least see an exciting game with so many young players trying to make big impressions on the big stage.