The set-up: This should be an interesting series. There's no question that this is an interesting matchup on the mound, but I don't think that the home field advantage can be overlooked as a very real deciding factor in this particular situation. The visitors hand the ball to Brett Anderson, while the home side goes with CC Sabathia.

The pitchers: Anderson (10-9, 4.08 ERA) is a poor 1-4 with a 4.93 ERA over his last six starts.

Sabathia (5-8, 4.99) has endured a difficult campaign, but he's started to turn the corner of late by pitching seven innings in two starts since returning from a right knee injury.

The pick: Bad news for all teams, Yanks' slugger Aaron Judge has finally snapped his cold streak, as the big man enters Friday hitting .277 with 18 homers, 42 RBI's and a .900 OPS overall, but he returns home after going 14 of 39 (.359) with six homers and 11 RBI's on his team's most recent road trip. The A's swept a three-game series from New York at home and revenge is clearly a dish best served cold. Lay the price.

10* COACH'S CORNER on the New York Yankees.