After a cancellation we will finally see Game two of the Cleveland New york series on Friday. The Guardians have scored just four runs in three games, which may work against the Rays, but likely not vs. the Yankees. It is doubtful if Cleveland will break out vs Yankees lefty Cortes, who has been very fine lately, at 3-1, 1.79/L7 games. Cortes has thrown 13+ shutout innings in his last 2 starts, and gave up just 3 runs over 12+ innings against the Guardians this year. The Guardians' offense drops to 28th in the league when facing a left-hander.
Bieber has been almost as good down the stretch as Cortes and pitched a very fine 1 run 7+ inning game in the wild card series. Both teams have excellent bullpens; even with multiple injuries, the Yankees are still getting fine relief.
The Guardians are just 1-6 vs the Yankees, likely to become 1-7 on Friday. At home and vs a right-hander, the Yankees have too much firepower to be denied. Take the Yankees to win.