Yankees vs. Guardians Clash: Odds for the Potential ALCS Preview
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00:00First go to the Bronx, the two top teams in the American League.
00:03It's the Yankees and the Guardians, New York, 73 and 52.
00:08Half game advantage over Cleveland, 72 and 52 is the mark for the Guardians.
00:13Also a half game advantage for the Yankees in the American League East
00:17in front of Baltimore, the O's, 73 and 53.
00:21Very compact at the top.
00:22What an opportunity it is inside Yankee Stadium for our guy,
00:27Luis, don't call him heel.
00:29And the Yanks, a minus 154 home money line favored today against Cleveland
00:34over under is eight and a half.
00:36The title of the game and perhaps the series ALCS preview
00:40who rises to the occasion tonight in New York?
00:44I think we might be looking at an under two, Ben, eight and a half.
00:46Now, granted, wind is blowing out to right field about eight miles per hour.
00:49But so many times during the summer in the Bronx, it's like, OK, what is it?
00:53Eighty five, 90, 95 degrees at first pitch.
00:56If you woke up on the East Coast today, particularly the Northeast.
00:58Well, you got that vibe of fall is coming.
01:01Sixty eight degrees at first pitch, which means that temperature
01:04is probably going to dip into the lower 60s.
01:06Maybe the ball doesn't travel as far.
01:08Now, Matthew Boyd is on the mound here today for the Cleveland Guardians.
01:11You might remember him most likely from the Detroit Tigers.
01:14Wasn't a great pitcher.
01:15Only 19 batters that he's faced so far this season and has handled them well.
01:19But it's certainly different once you're going to get that expanded format.
01:22You're going to take on the Yankees in the Bronx and hit his ballpark.
01:24I expect him to get touched up a bit.
01:26But Luis Hill on the opposite side against right handed batters, Ben,
01:29last 30 days, he's been sensational, quite frankly, on the season.
01:32He's faced 271 right handed batters, a 108 iso and a weighted on base
01:36percentage of 250. Why is that important?
01:39Usually you're going to go up against much more left handed batters
01:42if they have the ability to do so.
01:44Now, Hill, as I said, probably should be good against righties.
01:47Excuse me, righties. Yes.
01:48But lefties, take a look at this.
01:49Kwon, Brennan, Ramirez, Naylor, Jimenez, Shearman, Naylor and Roccio.
01:55What does that do? Simple math.
01:57You've been one right handed batter in the lineup.
02:00So if I'm looking at this game, it's hard to say.
02:03Boyd is going to go in there and dominate the Yankees.
02:05I understand.
02:06But at the same time, if a pitcher does struggle with left handed bats
02:10and you're going to get eight of those tonight in the Bronx
02:13with the wind blowing out the right field,
02:15maybe you're taking a shot here on the Guardians today, but it's tough.
02:18It buoys your pitcher.
02:19If it was somebody else, like, you know what?
02:20A little bit more confidence.
02:21I got to tell you, if maybe an underdog price comes into it,
02:23maybe it is the Guardians tonight.