It seems that Mother Nature sometimes has a sense of humor. She made it rain in New York on Thursday so that we could all be locked in on Commanders vs. Bears. As a result, we only had one game yesterday, but have three today, as the Guardians and Yankees will now play the rest of their series without an off day.
The two NLDS series are back in the spotlight with splits in the first two games, as the Phillies and Padres took home-field advantage away from the Braves and Dodgers, respectively. Before I get to today’s trio of games, a few quick thoughts on Mariners/Astros.
I’m really, really excited for the Mariners to play at home in Game 3. It won’t make me bet on them or anything like that, but at least they navigated the Wild Card Round to play a postseason home game for the first time in 21 years. It should be an incredible atmosphere at T-Mobile Park with rookie George Kirby for the M’s and Lance McCullers Jr. for the Astros.
T-Mobile Park does suppress offense and I’ll be interested to see what happens with the betting action on this total. Kirby finished with a 3.39 ERA and a 2.99 FIP after an incredible second half. McCullers only made eight starts, but had a 2.27 ERA with a 3.49 FIP. The market opener was a virtual pick ‘em on the game and a total of 7 with under vig.