Cleveland Guardians Set Starting Rotation vs. New York Yankees for A.L.D.S.

The Guardians are using their best three starting pitchers to open the playoff series against New York, but in a different order than normal.

Brendan Gulick | Oct 10, 2022

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It's always one of the biggest questions heading into a playoff series: how do you line up your starting pitching?

The Cleveland Guardians are in New York to take on the Yankees this week in the American League Division Series and I think the relatively odd schedule for games actually benefits Cleveland.

New York earned a first round bye in the postseason by virtue of their 99-win regular season, but I don't think they are going to have the advantage that they hoped to have.

After Cleveland opened the playoffs with back-to-back wins over Tampa Bay, the Guardians had both Sunday and Monday off to rest their pitching, PLUS there ended up being two days off between Games 1 and 2 with the scheduled off day.

Originally, it seemed like Cleveland probably wouldn’t need a fourth starter in the series. But Shane Bieber won’t likely be available on two days rest for a potential Game 5. But the Guardians bullpen is in far better shape than New York’s, which is dealing with a number of injured pitchers.

Here are the matchups for the series:

Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees A.L.D.S. Starting Pitching Matchups

Game 1, Oct. 11: CLE RHP Cal Quantrill vs. NYY RHP Gerrit Cole
Game 2, Oct. 13: CLE RHP Shane Bieber vs. NYY LHP Nestor Cortes
Game 3, Oct. 15: CLE RHP Triston McKenzie vs. NYY RHP Luis Severino
Game 4, Oct. 16: CLE RHP Cal Quantrill vs. NYY RHP Gerrit Cole
Game 5, Oct. 17 (if necessary): TBD vs. TBD

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Published Oct 10, 2022

BRENDAN GULICK

Brendan Gulick is the publisher for BuckeyesNow, Cleveland Baseball Insider and Cavs Insider on the FanNation Network. He is also an accomplished host and play-by-play voice on TV and radio, including on Big Ten Network and NCAA.com where he's called 45 NCAA national championships. Gulick is an update anchor and fill-in host at 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland, Ohio.