The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians will play Game 5 of the ALDS tonight in the Bronx. The winner of tonight’s game will take it on the arches to Minute Maid Park to face the well-rested Houston Astros in the ALCS. If it wasn’t for some poor decisions made in Game 3 by the Yankee skipper, New York would already have this thing locked up, but that’s not the case. Tonight will probably be a bullpen game for each club, with Jameson Taillon expected to get the nod for the first leg for New York and Aaron Civale for Cleveland. Taillon was 14-5 in the regular season with a 3.91 ERA. Civale was 5-6 in the regular season with a 4.92 ERA and was 0-2 this year against the Yankees with a bloated ERA of 10.00. Cleveland is just 3-7 in their last 10 against New York and a dismal 1-6 in their last 7 road playoff games. The Bombers should get to Civale for an early lead and you know The Stadium will be electric.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK YANKEES