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2022 MLB Playoff Handicapping
(0-0) Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees (0-0)
Date: Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
Time: 7:37 PM ET
Venue: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY.
Projected Pitchers: Quantrill (CLE), Cole (NYY)
MLB Moneyline Odds: OFF
MLB run line Betting Odds: OFF
MLB Baseball Gambling Total: O/U: OFF
Cleveland Guardians
The Guardians swept the Rays in two straight, allowing one run in 24 innings and holding Tampa to a .115 batting average.
Cleveland didn’t have to dip into its third starting pitcher in the series but 15 innings in Game 2 did eat at the bullpen some. Two days to recover should be enough to have everyone ready to start this series, though.
Cal Quantrill threw 186 innings, won 15 games, and finished with a 3.38 ERA this season. He has to be the one to start this series in New York.
His father, Paul, pitched in a lot of big playoff games for the Yankees, among other teams, out of the bullpen.
Cal got his first taste of October baseball two years ago against the Yankees when he came in for relief and finished the game, which Cleveland eventually lost by a run.
The Guardians’ pitching is stellar but they will not able to limit the Yankees over a five-game series like they limited the Rays over two games.
So the lineup must be more productive than it was against Tampa Bay, when it hit just .171. Tampa may have scored its only run on a solo homer but Cleveland’s only scoring came on two home runs.
Twenty-six strikeouts in 24 innings are too many. The Guardians must put the ball in play, utilize some their speed, and make New York defend.
New York Yankees
The Yankees were the best team in baseball for the first few months of the season but they drastically fell out of that top tier over the second half.
Aaron Judge’s personal achievements clouded the team narrative, which was that the Yankees have not been playing very good baseball for months now.
Injuries to guys like Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rizzo hurt. Those two are back but plenty of questions remain.
DJ LaMahieu, as important as just about anybody on the roster, remains hobbled with a toe injury and may or may not play in this series.
Clay Holmes needed a cortisone shot in his shoulder but will probably pitch in the series. He stumbled greatly in the second half after posting the best numbers in baseball among closers in the first half.
Then there’s Matt Carpenter, who represented all that was going right for New York in the first half of the season.
He was a prodigious power hitter after no other team in baseball wanted him. Then he broke his foot in early August.
Reportedly, Carpenter will play in this series, likely as a pinch-hitter. It’s an ideal role for a guy who may not be ready to take on full responsibilities of playing the outfield but could really give this club a lift in key spots throughout the series.
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Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees MLB Playoff Prediction:
Yankees’ starter Gerrit Cole shuts down the Guardians and the Yankees start fast with a win in Game 1.
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