Now It Is Obvious
With the Tigers and Twins winning today the AL Central will come down to a one-game playoff on Tuesday. That means the Yankees have to pick the longer ALDS.
It's a no-brainer at this point. The eight-day ALDS starts Wednesday which means the team that wins the Central playoff comes in with no rest and a presumeably exhausted bullpen.
So, while I would never recommend betting on my predictions (see tomorrow's post) expect Game 1 to be at The Stadium Wednesday @ 6:07.
Comments
Random comments:
A-Rod looks completely relaxed, hopefully this is the guy that shows up for the next several weeks.
Joba looked OK, not great, just OK as a reliever. Yeah, he put up a zero but his velocity started at 97 and was down to 93 by the last pitch (of 9 pitches thrown, if I recall correctly).
Does Andy or AJ start the second game?
Gaudin has made his case, I wonder if he's going to the ALDS? And what of Bruney? And Robertson? Be really interesting to see the bullpen for the ALDS ...
Decisions, decisions ...
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October 5, 2009 07:36 AM
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Both teams, however exhausted by Wednesday, will give the Yankees a tough time.
The Twins are the better team. They play good defense, good small ball, and suddenly have a few power hitters for a change.
The Tigers are much sloppier in the field, but have more power in the line up, and Verlander in a short series guarantees them a win or two. Jackson has not been pitching well and Porcello is still a bit raw. If the Yanks get to the Detroit bullpen, they'll feast.
The Yankees dropped the first 8 games to the Red Sox, many of which they should have won. Then they stormed back to go 9-1. In the post-season, the Twins will have a chance to win some of those late-inning games they lost in the regular season.
Posted by: Corey | October 5, 2009 12:43 PM |