Yankees Favored to Clinch Pennant Over Guardians in ALCS
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00:00The Yankees of course a hefty favorite to get things done greater than a $2
00:07favorite to win a pennant something that has eluded the pinstripes since 2009
00:13shouldn't elude them too much longer here they are the stronger team over the
00:16Guardians and should win this series but we understand that you have an ace on
00:21that staff here for the New York Yankees that's one Cy Young Awards his name is
00:25Garrett Cole but he can't pitch all seven games if you need it here Ben
00:28you're going to need other performers to step up which includes Carlos Rodon
00:32and a stellar 0-1 record in the playoffs and a 9.82 ERA to try to jump
00:38start you in game number one here's the issue if you're the Guardians you got
00:41Alex Cabo in the man it's not as if you have a bona fide ace that's gonna be
00:44able to say we're actually going to take advantage of this game but there are
00:48some ways that you can beat the Yankees but I just don't think it's gonna come
00:51from a Guardians perspective the same way I didn't think it was going to come
00:53from the Kansas City Royals this should be a clean run for the Yankees to win
00:57this pennant and get to the World Series even though they are the decided
01:00favorite minus 205 price to win the series I do think that price is valid
01:04and it is solid and I'm not looking at the underdog Guardians to take down the
01:08Yanks but tonight you might see a little bit more fireworks than maybe you would
01:12see because you usually don't throw a kitchen sink bullpen game in game number
01:15one Rodon has a tendency to get a hit there's some right-handed batters and
01:19that lineup for the Guardians that could be able to do damage at Yankee Stadium
01:22but a series long now it's gonna be the Yanks for me minus 162 still a heavy
01:28favorite tonight inside Yankee Stadium for Rodon and the Yanks to win game
01:33number one DRS we did the faith the public poll on Friday asking the public
01:39who would win the decisive winner take all game fives in both the NLDS between
01:44San Diego and LA and between Cleveland and Detroit the Guardians despite being
01:50at home in the land we're a home underdog against Tarek scuba enter Lane
01:55Thomas maybe one of the under-the-radar trade deadline acquisitions being dealt
02:00from the Nationals he was huge in the ALDS for Cleveland to earn this spot in
02:06the LCS the Guardians trying to make history for the central divisions no
02:13team from either the NL or AL central has reached the World Series since 2016
02:19where I'm pretty sure but let me just double-check here that team in 2016 to
02:25get to the World Series was of course in fact the Guardians as they knocked off
02:30or they lost to the Cubs excuse me in that incredibly historic and significant
02:35game seven so a lot at stake here in this series the RS let's talk big
02:42picture right because with a favorable path and this is that for the Yankees a
02:48lot of pressure is riding on New York and its captain and its superstar in
02:54Aaron judge who was okay in game four in that matchup in the LDS against the
03:01Royals but has not been great here in October and despite all of that he is
03:06the favorite to win the ALCS MVP award at plus 320 but just a half-dollar in
03:11front of Juan Soto yeah no it makes some sense here because you're expecting him
03:15hopefully to wake up but he really hasn't had a great postseason run in his
03:19career but maybe this is the series because you're not going up against
03:22elite frontline starting pitching for the Cleveland Guardians and maybe
03:26there's a chance that you can start to do some damage but it does start in game
03:29number one and you're right and that closeout game finally getting a base
03:31knock here all right let's start to see those doubles and those home runs and
03:35those RBI start to come through but it's right a heavy favorite for the New York
03:38Yankees in the series you're gonna look to their best two ballplayers to be those
03:42MVPs that's Juan Soto and it's Aaron judge and I do agree that he should be
03:45up top because the chances for the two run in a three run home run probably
03:50coming for Aaron judge cuz why Juan Soto is setting the table by drawing walks
03:54and just getting old base