Mother Nature doesn’t seem to like either the Yankees or the Guardians. MLB doesn’t like putting the teams and players in front of making money. The convergence of those two things pushed Game 5 of the ALDS to Tuesday, which will leave the winning team with less than 24 hours to get to Houston for Game 1 of the ALCS on Wednesday.
MLB seemed to draw a hard line that first pitch could not take place after 10 p.m. ET, so even though the radar showed the rain moving out of the Bronx shortly after the top of the hour, MLB said no and the game was pushed to Tuesday. Ratings and dollar signs are 1a and 1b and everything else is an afterthought. But, I digress.
We’ve got two games today, as the ALDS wraps up and the NLCS begins (odds listed from DraftKings):
In the interest of time with a bit of a late start to the article this morning, I’ll re-post what I can from my Guardians write-up from yesterday. Nothing has really changed for them, as they’re still sending Aaron Civale, despite the option to throw Shane Bieber on three days rest. A lot has changed for the Yankees, as the rainout was a huge blessing for them. They’ll go with Nestor Cortes on short rest and got a much-needed day off for Clay Holmes and Wandy Peralta.