Something has to give when the New York Yankees square off against the Cleveland Guardians. The Guardians rode their incredible pitching to get through the MLB Playoffs Wild Card round while the New York Yankees have rode their hot bats throughout the entire year. Could this be the Yankees’ year, or will there be an upset in Guardians vs Yankees ALDS?
This MLB betting preview for the ALDS MLB Playoffs Guardians vs Yankees Game 1 includes game info, starting pitchers, betting odds, trends and a prediction for tonight’s postseason matchup.
Cleveland Guardians vs New York Yankees Prediction | ALDS MLB Playoffs Game 1
ALDS MLB Playoffs Game 1
Cleveland Guardians (92-70, 46-35 Away) vs. New York Yankees (99-63, 57-24 Home)
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2021
Time: 7:37 p.m. EST
Venue: Yankee Stadium — Bronx, NY
Coverage: TBS
Guardians vs Yankees Starting Pitchers
Guardians: Cal Quantrill (15-5, 3.38 ERA)
Yankees: Gerrit Cole (13-8, 3.50 ERA)
Cleveland Guardians Preview
While the Guardians were the favorites in the MLB Playoffs Wild Card round against the Tampa Bay Rays, few expected their pitching staff to look as good as it did. They allowed just one run and nine hits over 24 innings of work and rarely seemed to be in trouble. With the Yankees offense being a massive step up, the pitching staff will have their hands full.
As nice as it was for the Guardians to sweep the Rays, their offense was nothing short of anemic. After scoring both of their two runs on a Jose Ramirez home run in Game 1, the Guardians needed 15 innings to score a single run even after having the bases loaded with no outs in the sixth inning. Against the New York Yankees, they’ll need to be a lot better if they even want a chance to compete much less win the series.
New York Yankees Preview
In Aaron Judge’s quest to break Roger Maris’ American League single-season home run record, many lost sight of the New York Yankees as a team. Once seemingly destined to win over 100 games, the Yankees sputtered at the end to finish with a 99-63 record. The Yankees have arguably more pop in their bats than anyone else in the MLB but yet again have battled the injury bug this season. With 11 players currently with some sort of injury designation, the resolve and depth of the Yankees will be challenged.
The pitching will be a major question mark for the Yankees this series. While they have shown no reason to worry so far, the same thing happened last year before they were blitzed and knocked out of the postseason by the Boston Red Sox. With reliever Aroldis Chapman off the ALDS roster due to an unexcused absence from mandatory team activities, can the pitching staff do enough for this offense?
Guardians vs Yankees Odds | MLB Playoffs Predictions
MLB betting odds for Guardians vs Yankees are taken from BetOnline Sportsbook.
Moneyline: CLE: (+184) | NYY: (-201)
Run Line: CLE: +1.5 (-128) | NYY: -1.5 (+108)
Total: 7 — Over: (-102) | Under: (-118)
Public (Spread) Betting via Action Network: CLE: (32%) | NYY: (68%)
Guardians vs Yankees MLB Betting Trends
- Cleveland is 5-1 straight up in their last six games.
- Cleveland is 1-5 straight up in their last six games against New York.
- The over has hit in six of Cleveland’s last eight games.
- New York is 9-2 straight up in their last 11 home games.
- The under has hit in four of New York’s last five games.
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Guardians vs Yankees Stats
- Cleveland is averaging 4.31 runs per game (RPG) this season (No. 15 in the MLB).
- Cleveland is surrendering 3.91 RPG this season (No. 8 in the MLB).
- New York is averaging 4.98 RPG this season (No. 2 in the MLB).
- New York is surrendering 3.50 RPG this season (No. 3 in the MLB).
Guardians vs Yankees MLB Weather Report
Status: Clear
Temperature: 64℉
Humidity: 55%
Precipitation: 1%
Wind: 5 MPH (blowing out to left)
Guardians vs Yankees Prediction | ALDS MLB Playoffs Game 1
The Guardians vs Yankees prediction uses NumberFire’s probability model. They give New York a 64.7% chance to win Game 1 of this ALDS MLB Playoffs matchup.
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