The battle for the true AL East titan begins right here? The Toronto Blue Jays have been the deserving AL East champ within the common season and it was their first division title since 2015. They’d the identical 94-68 file because the Yankees — tied for one of the best file within the AL — however gained the division primarily based on profitable the season collection, eight video games to 5.
With that tiebreaker got here the bye. The Jays rested up this previous week whereas the Yankees needed to battle the Crimson Sox in a tricky three-game collection within the Bronx. They prevailed, although, and we get to see a Yankees-Blue Jays playoff collection. If that sounds uncommon to you, it’s. Actually, that is the first-ever playoff assembly between the 2 AL East foes.
Yankees vs. Blue Jays schedule
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Recreation 1 |
Sat., Oct. 4 |
4:08 pm ET |
FOX |
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Recreation 2 |
Solar., Oct. 5 |
4:08 p.m. ET |
FOX |
| Recreation 3 | Tues., Oct. 7 | TBD | FOX |
| Recreation 4 (if nec.) | Wed., Oct. 8 | TBD | FOX |
| Recreation 5 (if nec.) | Fri., Oct. 10 | TBD | FOX |
Yankees vs. Blue Jays: Recreation 1 data
- Time: 4:08 p.m. ET | Date: Saturday, Oct. 4
- Location: Rogers Centre — Toronto
- TV channel: FOX | Dwell stream: Fubo.television
- Beginning pitchers: TBD
- Odds: Yankees +104, Blue Jays -122 | O/U: 7.5
Recreation 1 storylines
Yankees: The Yankees will look to keep away from utilizing their bullpen as a lot as they’ll and that is the realm for opponents to take advantage of. It appears like Luis Gil would be the beginning pitcher after the Yankees burnt Max Fried, Carlos Rodón and Cam Schlittler within the Wild Card Sequence. The Yankees have a ton of offensive firepower, however solely scored 9 runs in three video games with two homers within the first spherical. They’re going to be trying to bust free right here.
Blue Jays: The Blue Jays have the benefit on this one as a consequence of getting to start out whichever pitcher they need whereas the Yankees have to make use of their No. 4 starter. The high-powered Blue Jays offense led the AL in batting common and on-base share within the common season and can look to take benefit.
Sequence odds, prediction
- Sequence odds (by way of FanDuel): Yankees -156 | Blue Jays +132
The Yankees have higher beginning pitching as soon as we get previous Recreation 1. Each offenses are excellent. We’d see some high-scoring video games with light-tower energy on show. Finally, I am going to take the workforce with extra house run energy, however it will be very shut. Yankees in 5.
