Judgement Day Has Come For Tribe: NY Yankees vs Cleveland Indians ALDS Thread

Who Advances To The ALCS


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It's very hard to bet against Kluber tonight.
Great pitchers rarely have consecutive bad games.

On the other hand, Encarnacion doesn't appear to be 100%. And without him I'm just not too sure that the Indians have enough RH power tonight.
Lindor has hit just 2 opposite field homers in his career. NY should do their best to keep the ball away and challenge him to beat you the other way.
Jackson does well against lefties this year AND against the slider. But he's prone to striking out and I'd take my chances busting him inside with fastballs.
Ramirez also does well against lefties but just .225 vs the slider. The key here is to go high in the zone with the heater or make sure the slider gets near the dirt. Ramirez is good left-right. Not so good up-down.
Santana rocks Sabathia so they need to treat him like Bonds and take the walks if they can.

If somehow Sabathia can limit the walks and get through 5, he'll have done his job. The Yankees bullpen (Game 2 debacle aside) is better than Cleveland's.

All that said....I can't bet against Kluber.
Yankees 2
Indians 3
 

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It's very hard to bet against Kluber tonight.
Great pitchers rarely have consecutive bad games.

On the other hand, Encarnacion doesn't appear to be 100%. And without him I'm just not too sure that the Indians have enough RH power tonight.
Lindor has hit just 2 opposite field homers in his career. NY should do their best to keep the ball away and challenge him to beat you the other way.
Jackson does well against lefties this year AND against the slider. But he's prone to striking out and I'd take my chances busting him inside with fastballs.
Ramirez also does well against lefties but just .225 vs the slider. The key here is to go high in the zone with the heater or make sure the slider gets near the dirt. Ramirez is good left-right. Not so good up-down.
Santana rocks Sabathia so they need to treat him like Bonds and take the walks if they can.

If somehow Sabathia can limit the walks and get through 5, he'll have done his job. The Yankees bullpen (Game 2 debacle aside) is better than Cleveland's.

All that said....I can't bet against Kluber.
Yankees 2
Indians 3
:ufdup: We ain’t scoring one solitary run the next 8 innings.
 
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