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2024 ALCS Rematch As New York Yankees Host Cleveland Guardians In 3-Game Series

Kevin Sweeney

A 2024 ALCS rematch is on tap as the New York Yankees host the Cleveland Guardians in a three-game series at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees beat the Guardians in the 2024 ALCS four games to one. The Yankees won the first two games of the 2024 ALCS, Cleveland won the third game, and the Yankees won Games 4 and 5.

This matchup is star-studded just like the 2024 ALCS, with the Yankees just coming off a huge series with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Yankees salvaged the final game of that series and have not been swept this year. How many games do you think the Yankees will win in this series?

Pitching Matchups Akin To 2024 ALCS

The pitching matchups for the three-game series between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians remind one of the 2024 ALCS. In the first game of this series, Carlos Rodon faces Tanner Bibee. Rodon has been an ace for the New York Yankees. He is 7-3 with a 2.60 earned run average. Youngster Bibee has only a 4-5 record, but he does have a pretty good 3.86 earned run average.

The second game of the series pits Clarke Schmidt against Luis Ortiz. Schmidt has been pretty good for the Yankees and has been getting better after an early injury. He is 2-2 with a 3.95 earned run average. Luis Ortiz is only 2-6 with a 4.40 earned run average for the Cleveland Guardians. It is unusual for the Yankees to have the starting pitching advantage in a game that Schmidt is starting.

In the third game of this series, the Yankees seem to have the pitching advantage with ace Max Fried going. However, Fried has struggled in his last couple of starts, including getting roughed up in his last start in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. Fried, however, is 7-1 with a sparkling 1.92 earned run average. Slade Ceccini is just, 1-1, on the other hand, and he has a 5.28 earned run average. The Yankees have a definite pitching advantage in this game.

Key Players

There are a few key players for each team. For the Yankees,

  • Aaron Judge‘s 21 homers and 50 RBI both lead the Yankees, in addition to his team-high .391 average. Judge is third in home runs and fourth in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
  • Cody Bellinger is batting .253 with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 8 home runs and 24 walks.
  • Paul Goldschmidt is batting .333 with 13 doubles, a triple, 6 home runs and 18 walks. Goldschmidt is 112th in homers in the majors, and 75th in RBI.
  • Trent Grisham is hitting .253 with three doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 23 walks.
  • Ben Rice continues to succeed. He has 11 home runs this year. He hit his 11th home run of the year off of Los Angles Dodger ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto.

The Cleveland Guardians also have their share of potent position players.

  • It all starts and ends with Jose Ramirez. Ramirez leads the lineup with a batting average of .327, and paces the Guardians in home runs, with 11 and runs batted in with 29. Among all batters in the majors, Ramirez ranks 29th in homers and 68th in RBI.
  • Steven Kwan is batting .313 with 13 doubles, 5 home runs and 18 walks. Kwan is currently 137th in home runs and 139th in RBI in the big leagues. He has historically given the Yankees problems.
  • Kyle Manzardo is batting .211 with 6 doubles, 2 triples, 10 home runs and 23 walks. He is a big bat.
  • Carlos Santana has put up a team-best 29 runs batted in.

Conclusion

The series between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians is a rematch of the 2024 ALCS. There is star power a plenty, though the ways it lines up, the Yankees have a pitching advantage. This is a good time for the Yankees to start another winning streak. They should win two out of three games, especially at home. Yankees fans hope the team does not look past the Cleveland Guardians to the next series they have against the rival Boston Red Sox.

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