Game Preview After finally dispatching a pesky Cleveland Guardians team in five games, the New York Yankees will move on to battle the Houston Astros for the right to go to the World Series. New York clawed their way to victory yesterday afternoon and will not have any downtime as they meet up in Houston this Wednesday. The Astros have had plenty of rest after sweeping the Mariners in their ALDS matchup in three-straight games. The pitching matchup in game one will feature righty Jameson Taillon (14-5, 3.91) of the Yankees taking on AL Cy Young favorite Justin Verlander

  Game Preview   The National League’s two lowest seeds coming into October square off in the best-of-7 NLCS, which begins Tuesday at Petco Park in San Diego. Not surprisingly, this highly unexpected matchup is essentially a tossup in the NLCS market. The Padres, who have home-field advantage, are a very slim favorite to advance to the World Series for just the third time in franchise history.   While it’s not altogether surprising that either the Padres or the Phillies, two very good teams, made it this deep into the postseason, it’s incredible that both have, considering who they had

  Game Preview   In the divisional round of the 2022 Major League Baseball playoffs, three series ended without one of the combatant’s facing elimination. The Astros swept the Mariners while the Phillies and Padres each slayed 100-plus-win beasts in four games. That leaves the series between the AL East champion New York Yankees and AL Central champion Cleveland Guardians.   First up, let’s point out how well-played and competitive these games have been. The Yankees have scored 15 runs to the Guardians’ 13. One game went to extra innings. There hasn’t been a blowout, as the largest margin was

  Game Preview   The National League Division Series between a pair of NL West rivals changes venues from the City of Angels to what is known as the Birthplace of California. It’s the Los Angeles Dodgers making the in-state trek down I-15 as they face the San Diego Padres in Game 3 of their best-of-five series Friday night. These teams split the first two games of the set in the City of Angels with the Dodgers prevailing 5-3 in the series opener Tuesday night before the Padres answered with a similar 5-3 triumph in Game 2 of the series

  Game Preview   Atlanta and Philadelphia will meet for a critical NLDS Game 3 matchup this Friday evening at Citizens Bank Park. The Phillies took the early lead in the series with a win in Game 1, but the Braves responded with a clutch performance in Game 2. Atlanta has won six of the last nine meetings between these teams.   Atlanta struggled to get the wheels turning in the series opener on Tuesday, which was Atlanta’s first game of the postseason. The Braves, who were able to erase a 10.5-game deficit in the NL East this year, are

  Game Preview The Dodgers got off to a fast start and held off the Padres in Game 1 of the NLDS. Now, San DIego faces just about a must-win game as it doesn’t want to go home down two games with LA only needing one to finish the series down deep in Southern California when the series swings there. This is a matchup of veteran hurlers with the Padres throwing Yu Darvish against the Los Angeles lefty Clayton Kershaw. This is one game Darvish must be at his best … or else. Let’s check the latest MLB picks, news,

  Game Preview   The Phillies got out of the blocks in the NLDS with a fast start and held on to down the Braves in Game 1. That means Atlanta needs a win on Wednesday or it will head to Philadelphia in a dire situation. The Braves are in good shape on the mound as they have 21-game winner Kyle Wright slated to start. He goes against Zach Wheeler. The Braves liked their chances in the opener with Max Fried but the Phils got to him. Will Philly have similar luck in the second game?   Let’s check the

  Game Preview The Seattle Mariners take on the Houston Astros in game one of the best-of-five ALDS series on Tuesday evening. The Mariners will send Logan Gilbert to the mound. The Astros will reply with Justin Verlander. These division rivals met 19 times with the Astros winning the season series 12-7. Seattle is playing in the postseason for the first time since the 2001 season. They made history by rallying from a daunting 8-1 deficit in game two in Toronto on Saturday to sweep the series 2-0. The Mariners have now won eight out of their last ten games

  Game Preview   The San Diego Padres conquered one of the National League titans in the Wild Card Round. The Padres’ 2-1 series win over the New York Mets set up a NLDS clash with the Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego bolstered its roster at the trade deadline to compete with the likes of the Dodgers and Mets. Josh Hader closed out Game 3 against the Mets and Juan Soto went 2-for-4 with two RBI in Sunday’s series-clinching victory.   Los Angeles geared up for its potential return to the World Series by adding Freddie Freeman to the heart

  Game Preview   Things have lined up quite nicely for the Guardians, all things considered. Sure, they have to face a team that finished in the top three of every major category with a lineup that features the guy that hit 62 home runs (not an MLB record) in the regular season. But at least they get their best pitchers in the first three games. There will be no easy matchups for the Guardians offense because, while Yankee bats get all the attention, they feature a top-flight pitching staff that is also well-rested without a Wild Card weekend.