Tampa Bay was 35-46 on the road in the regular season.
#Al wild card series
The experience of manager Terry Francona should help with the series preparations, and so should playing inside Progressive Field, where the team was 46-35. The rest of the roster, including stars Shane Bieber and Jose Ramirez, are under the age of 30 and set up for years of success.Ĭleveland's youth also comes with inexperience, and there is a possibility the moment could be too big for the group in its first playoff series. Sandy Leon and Luke Maile were utilized as backup catchers. Bryan Shaw made 60 appearances out of the bullpen. The Guardians used three players over the age of 30 all season.
If the Rays make it to Game 3, they may have the slightest advantage if they can use one of Cleveland's biggest weaknesses against it.įrank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesĬleveland's success is remarkable when you consider most of its roster just went through its first divisional pennant race. Shane McClanahan and Tyler Glasnow will do battle with Shane Bieber and Triston McKenzie in Games 1 and 2. Tampa Bay's formula may be similar to Cleveland's when it comes to dominant pitching. Terry Francona's managerial experience in the postseason, home field, dynamic pitching and a fearless young core could be the perfect formula for Cleveland to advance into the ALDS. It lost two games in the AL Wild Card round in 2020 and lost three straight in the 2018 ALDS. The Cleveland Guardians defied expectations in the AL Central and used a bevy of young talent to surge past the Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins for the division title.Ĭleveland was swept in its last two forays into the postseason. The first playoff challenge for Kevin Cash's team will be playing the youngest team in baseball inside its home park in the American League Wild Card series. They advanced to the World Series in 2020. The Rays have not gotten out of the ALDS in two of the last three seasons. tonight, while the Jays and Orioles face-off at 7:00 p.m.The Tampa Bay Rays are back in the postseason for the fourth straight year. The Mariners start their four-game series with the Tigers at 9:40 p.m. There were some tickets available for a potential Game 3, mostly in the 500 level. As of Monday afternoon, there were no tickets available for either Game 1 or 2 on Ticketmaster. Meanwhile, tickets for the possible return of playoff baseball to the Rogers Centre are scarce. Game times for the Jays’ wild-card series won’t be announced until the matchups are officially determined, but Toronto will be playing their first game sometime Friday afternoon, along with the first games of the three other MLB wild-card series.
Home-field or not, if the Jays can advance past the first-round, they’ll meet the American League’s top-seeded Houston Astros in the ALDS. “I’m just a kid living out my dream,” he said. Manoah, 24, told CP24 earlier today that it’s amazing for him to have one of the best seats in the house to watch this Jays team every night. Manoah was just named the AL pitcher of the month for September after posting the lowest single-month ERA in team history. Jays manager John Schneider spoke with reporters Saturday and hinted that ace pitcher Alek Manoah would pitch in game one of the series. Home-field-advantage is crucial for the wild-card round, as every game in the best-of-three series is played at the higher seed’s home ball park. The lower seeded of the two will face the Cleveland Guardians in the other AL wild-card series. The Tampa Bay Rays are the third team in the AL wild-card hunt, but they can’t catch the Jays, they can only surpass the Mariners, whom they hold the tiebreaker over. That means any combination of Jays wins and Mariners losses that add up to two will clinch home-field-advantage for Toronto. The Mariners (87-71) hold the tiebreaker over the Jays (90-69), so Toronto must finish at least one game up on them in the standings to ensure home-field-advantage. The Jays are in Baltimore tonight, kicking off their season-ending three game series with the Orioles, while the Seattle Mariners, whom the Jays will likely face in the wild-card round, host Detroit. Tonight, they can clinch home-field-advantage for their wild-card series, bringing post-season baseball back to the Rogers Centre for the first time since 2016. Last week, the Toronto Blue Jays clinched their first playoff berth since 2020.
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