I’m loading up on the pinstripes. Masahiro Tanaka is on the hill, and I’d much rather side with his playoff experience than Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco, who is making just his third career postseason game. Either way the pressure will be
on Carrasco, as his team will either be 0-1 in this series, and facing elimination, or 1-0 and having to face an angry Yankees lineup. Tanaka, in either situation, is more suited to handle the pressure with a stellar playoff career to his credit. The right-hander owns a 1.76 ERA with 37 strikeouts in eight playoff starts dating back to 2015. He has stifled opponents to a .157 average in the playoffs. TAKE: YANKEES -125

ESPN Interleague series starts tonight as the New York Mets travel to take on the Boston Red Sox. Boston traded away stars David Price and Mookie Betts in the offseason and had to part ways with manager Alex Cora after he was tied up in the Astros’ cheating scandal. Tonight they’ll be going with a myriad of bullpen pitchers, starting with Josh Osich, a 31-year-old who doesn’t inspire me. The Mets are coming off a 14-1 beatdown at the hands of the Braves on Sunday. They’ll start Michael Wacha in this one, who had a bit of a down 2019 but was excellent the year before. The Red Sox are coming off back to back

NY Yankees at Washington Nationals Free Pick: Patrick Corbin is on the mound for Washington todayy, and that is good news for the home team. In his first season with the Nationals, Corbin notched a 14-7 with a 3.25 ERA record, and he also won two games during the postseason en route to the World Series title. The Yankees are going with a bullpen pitching staff today, which means they are sending reliever after reliever to the mound instead of opening with a traditional starter. Washington certainly won’t mind that after it bounced back from Thursday’s rain-delayed loss with a