Ah. Pain. My old friend
The Guardians and Yankees meet for the last time this season… unless…
The Guardians are 32-26 with a -16 run differential, 19th in team wRC+ with 96, 19th in baserunning runs above average at -1, fifth in defense at 3.9, 26th in starting pitcher SIERA at 4.46, and fifth in bullpen SIERA at 3.36.
The Yankees are 36-22 with a +98 run differential, first in team wRC+ at 130, 23rd in baserunning runs above average at -2.2, sixth in defense at 2.9, fourth in starting pitcher SIERA at 3.61, and eighth in bullpen SIERA at 3.46.
Match-ups:
Game one, Tuesday, 7:05PM EDT: Tanner Bibee, RHP, 4.35 SIERA vs. Carlos Rodon, LHP, 3.08 SIERA
Game two, Wednesday, 7:05PM EDT: Luis Ortiz, RHP, 4.05 SIERA vs. Clarke Schmidt, RHP, 4.28 SIERA
Game three, Thursday, 7:05PM EDT: Slade Cecconi, RHP 3.62 SIERA vs. Max Fried, LHP, 3.33 SIERA
The Yankees are led by Aaron Judge 244 wRC+, Paul Goldschmidt 148 wRC+, Ben Rice 146 wRC+, Trent Grisham 145 wRC+, Jasson Dominguez 119 wRC+, Cody Bellinger 117 wRC+, and Anthony Volpe 111 wRC+.
The Guardians are led by Jose Ramirez 161 wRC+, Steven Kwan 134 wRC+, Carlos Santana 125 wRC+, Daniel Schneemann 115 wRC+ and Kyle Manzardo 107 wRC+.
Welp. The bigger they are, the harder they fall!