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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-aaron-judge-message-fans-new-york-alcs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Aaron Judge’s 3-word message to fans amid Yankees’ 2-0 ALCS lead');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Aaron-Judges-3-word-message-to-fans-after-2-0-ALCS-lead.jpg"></figure><h1>Aaron Judge’s 3-word message to fans amid Yankees’ 2-0 ALCS lead</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-16T06:29:41-07:00">October 16th, 6:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-16T06:34:16-07:00">October 16th, 6:34am</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joey.mistretta/" rel="facebook">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a Dallas Mavericks beat reporter, Dallas Wings beat reporter and lead MLB editor for ClutchPoints. He is originally from Lake Arrowhead, California. Mistretta graduated from Biola University with a degree in broadcast journalism.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series to clinch a 2-0 series lead. New York still has work to do in the best-of-seven series, but they are in a great position at the moment. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-judge-has-fans-going-bonkers-after-first-2024-mlb-playoffs-home-run">Aaron Judge, who hit his first 2024 postseason home run in Game 2</a>, <a href="https://x.com/MLBNetwork/status/1846406799840207032" rel="noopener">sent a three-word message</a> to fans amid the Yankees’ series lead.</p><p>“Keep showing up,” Judge said, via MLB Network.</p><p>“That’s what it’s about,” Judge added. “Yesterday was a little light, but today was better so let’s just keep it like that.”</p><h2><b>Aaron Judge, Yankees leading ALCS</b></h2><p>The Yankees simply appear to be the better team. Cleveland exceeded expectations in 2024. Fans were not sure what to expect from the Guardians with first year manager Stephen Vogt taking over head coaching duties. An inexperienced manager and a young roster often do not lead to success, yet the Guardians proved the doubters wrong and ultimately clinched the American League Central Division title.</p><p>The Guardians finished with the second best record in the AL as well. Aaron Judge and the Yankees had the best record in the league, though.</p><p>Cleveland’s inexperience has displayed itself in the series. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-1-stephen-vogt-decision-vs-yankees-chris-rose-response">Vogt has made some head-scratching decisions in the series</a>. Yankees manager Aaron Boone receives criticism at times, but he has managed in the postseason before and knows what to expect.</p><p>It needs to be noted that Vogt managed well throughout the season, especially for a first year head coach. Additionally, he is not the only one to blame for the Guardians’ ALCS deficit. The offense is struggling and the defense has experienced some forgettable moments.</p><p>Of course, stars such as Aaron Judge and Juan Soto have stepped up for a Yankees team that is looking to win the World Series. New York has not earned a Fall Classic victory since 2009, which feels like an eternity in New York. Meanwhile, the Guardians are trying to win their first World Series since 1948.</p><p>So will the Guardians bounce back? Is there hope for this Cleveland ball club? The Yankees are unquestionably in the driver’s seat, but anything can happen in the MLB playoffs.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Aaron Judge’s 3-word message to fans amid Yankees’ 2-0 ALCS lead

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He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Weaknesses are often exposed in October, and that is exactly what is happening to the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Championship Series. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/why-guardians-doomed-2024-mlb-playoffs">Suspect starting pitching and a thin lineup</a> are hurting them against the New York Yankees and might be what ultimately ends this standout season. What is most irksome for fans, however, is that this ballclub could actually have survived those shortcomings by simply embodying the traits that have carried it this far.</p><p>If not for two errors that directly resulted in runs (Brayan Rocchio dropped an infield pop fly and Will Brennan bobbled the baseball) and a dreadful 0-for-7 showing with runners in scoring position, the Guardians could have stolen Game 2 in Yankee Stadium. Instead, they are heading back home to Progressive Field down 2-0 in the series following a 6-3 loss on Tuesday night.</p><p>Manager Stephen Vogt knows that the outcome of Game 2 could have easily shifted in Cleveland’s favor and <a href="https://www.espn.ph/mlb/recap/_/gameId/401701051" rel="noopener">expects his team to stay in striking distance</a> going forward. The AL Central champions just need to land one or two of the blows they are whiffing on right now.</p><p>“We’re one swing of the bat away from taking the lead in that game,” Vogt said, via ESPN. “We’re one swing of the bat from being right back in it. That is who we are. We don’t quit. We just need to keep being us.”</p><h2><b>Guardians had their chances vs. Yankees in Game 2</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Cleveland-Guardians-bullpen-Stephen-Vogt.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The rookie skipper is right. Cleveland had the bases loaded multiple times and just could not deliver the huge hit that would have changed the complexion of Game 2. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole did not make it out of the fifth inning but made a critical pitch in the fourth, striking out the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-brayan-rocchio-cleveland-history-alcs-game-2-yankees">history-making Rocchio</a> with a knuckle curveball that appeared to just catch the top part of the zone. Reliever Clay Holmes then fanned Austin Hedges with the bases full again in the next inning to limit the Guardians’ damage and maintain a slim 3-2 lead for New York.</p><p>Failing to capitalize on key opportunities is a death sentence for a club that is already rife with limitations. Alex Cobb has logged only five starts in 2024, and Tanner Bibee is pitching in his first postseason. These are the two guys Vogt trusted to set the tone in the first two games of the ALCS, and they came up woefully short. Their inability to provide the Guardians with meaningful innings (Bibee was pulled in the second after allowing two runs on five hits) is forcing the AL Manager of the Year candidate to play chess much earlier than he probably prefers.</p><h2><b>Is ALCS Game 2 the wake-up call that Cleveland needs?</b></h2><p>If the starters continue to struggle and the offense squanders more chances, Stephen Vogt will have to keep employing unconventional methods, like intentionally walking Juan Soto to face Aaron Judge or going to one of his top relievers a half hour into the game. Even a seasoned skipper with a wealth of playoff experience is not going to succeed in such adverse conditions.</p><p>The Guardians have to display the resilience that Vogt and their fans have witnessed firsthand throughout 2024. But belief is not enough. They must clean up the uncharacteristic mistakes pronto and play <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-steven-kwan-cleveland-mlb-playoffs-alds">their brand of fundamental baseball</a>. Because, whether or not they want to admit it, this group cannot get by on talent alone. It must quickly rediscover its identity for Thursday’s Game 3.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians’ Stephen Vogt issues fearless take amid 2-0 series deficit vs. Yankees

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A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Brayan Rocchio didn’t exactly have a regular season to remember at the plate, but the Cleveland Guardians rookie is making up for it against the New York Yankees — with his bat, at least.</p><p>Rocchio hit a third inning line drive single on Tuesday night in Game 2 of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-joey-cantillo-mlb-record-game-1-yankees">American League Championship Series</a>, extending his playoff hitting streak to seven games. That’s the longest hitting streak to <a href="https://x.com/SlangsOnSports/status/1846349237782478954" rel="noopener">start a postseason career</a> in Guardians history, according to MLB.com’s Sarah Langs.</p><p>This comes after Rocchio played 143 games in the regular season, batting just .206 with a 76 OPS+. He didn’t exactly end the season on a hot streak, either. Over the last 17 games of the regular season, Rocchio hit .136 with 16 strikeouts in 44 at bats.</p><p>But then the postseason started, and Rocchio transformed into the epitome of consistency. He had precisely one hit in each of the first four games against the Detroit Tigers in the American League Division Series, including two doubles and only two strikeouts in 12 at bats.</p><p>Rocchio then turned it up in Cleveland’s Game 5 win, going 2-4. He carried it into the Championship Series against the New York Yankees, going 2-4 with a home run in Game 1, ahead of his record-setting hit in Game 2.</p><h2><b>Brayan Rocchio’s long journey to the Big Leagues with the Guardians</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brayan-Rocchio.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Rocchio is only 23, but he’s been in the Guardians’ organization for seven years. Signed as an international free agent in 2017, he took his first cuts as a pro in the Dominican Summer League the next summer.</p><p>He played more than 500 games between the American minor leagues, DSL, and Venezuelan Summer League, and hit well just about the whole way. He played almost the entire 2023 season in Triple-A, where he hit .280 with a .788 OPS. Rocchio got a quick cup of coffee in the Majors last year before cracking the Guardians’ Opening Day roster in 2024.</p><p>Though he struggled with the bat during the regular season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-stephen-vogt-reveals-1-key-takeaway-from-alcs-game-1-loss-to-yankees">manager Stephen Vogt</a> lauded Rocchio’s defense during the season, where he was worth seven outs above average, <a href="https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/leaderboard/outs_above_average?type=Fielder&amp;startYear=2024&amp;endYear=2024&amp;split=yes&amp;team=&amp;range=year&amp;min=q&amp;pos=6&amp;roles=&amp;viz=hide" rel="noopener">good for ninth in baseball</a>, per Baseball Savant. That was, of course, before he dropped a pop-up that led to the Yankees’ first run in Game 2.</p><p>After Game 1, Vogt <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/guardians/2024/10/what-stephen-vogt-said-after-the-guardians-lost-alcs-game-1.html" rel="noopener">applauded his rookie</a> for staying with it offensively.</p><p>“He’s had a great year defensively and has really stepped up for us,” he said. “That’s the beauty of this team, we don’t stop. Even tonight where it felt like we were out of it, we got the tying run to the plate multiple times. This team doesn’t quit, and that’s what I love the most about them. I know we’re going to come back out tomorrow ready to go and fight like we do.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Brayan Rocchio makes Cleveland history in ALCS Game 2 vs. Yankees

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-cleveland-removes-injured-pitcher-alcs-roster');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians remove injured starting pitcher from ALCS roster');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Guardians-news-Cleveland-removes-injured-starting-pitcher-from-ALCS-roster.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians remove injured starting pitcher from ALCS roster</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T13:28:21-07:00">October 15th, 1:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T13:28:21-07:00">October 15th, 1:28pm</time><address><a>Christopher Hennessy</a>Christopher Hennessy graduated with a journalism degree from Fordham University in 2022. He has also worked at Spectrum News One in Albany, New York and with The Hockey Writers as a New York Islanders writer. Chris is originally from Connecticut and is a lifelong New York Yankees, Islanders, and Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Guardians lost <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-joey-cantillo-mlb-record-game-1-yankees">Game 1 of the ALCS 5-1</a> to the New York Yankees on Monday. The story of the game was Cleveland’s pitching, which faltered under the bright lights. Starter Alex Cobb only pitched 2.2 innings and allowed three earned runs in a loss and now has an injury. He <a href="https://x.com/GuardsInsider/status/1846273031758291433" rel="noopener">is off the</a> ALCS roster and Ben Lively has been activated, according to the team’s official social media account.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Our ALCS roster has been modified.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForTheLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ForTheLand</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GuardsBall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GuardsBall</a> <a href="https://t.co/OB4y251DA0">pic.twitter.com/OB4y251DA0</a></p><p>— GuardsInsider (@GuardsInsider) <a href="https://twitter.com/GuardsInsider/status/1846273031758291433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Cobb was visited by the athletic trainer before exiting the game, so the news is not a total surprise. He was one of the few starting pitchers that the Guardians could rely on with Shane Bieber being out for the season. They do add a fresh arm in Lively, who made 29 starts in the regular season but did not pitch in the ALDS.</p><p>The Guardians’ pitching will have to be much better to beat this Yankees team. The offense has not clicked yet for the Bombers but they have put together five incredible games from their bullpen to start this postseason. With a 1-0 lead and a raucous crowd behind them, New York sends defending Cy Young winner Gerrit Cole to the hill in Game 2. Tanner Bibee will get the ball looking to tie the series before it shifts back to Cleveland.</p><h2><b>Guardians must improve to win the ALCS</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Alex-Cobb-with-Cleveland-Guardians.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Cleveland Guardians scraped by the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS because of timely hitting. Nothing was more timely than <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-donovan-mitchell-min-lane-thomas-guardians-grand-slam">Lane Thomas’ Game 5 grand slam off Tarik Skubal</a> that gave them the lead. They did not get that in Game 1 despite having a few opportunities. Steven Kwan had an RBI single against Tim Hill and that was it for the Guardians’ scoring.</p><p>The good news is that the Yankees got no clutch hitting either despite the Guardians’ bad pitching. Joey Cantillo faced four batters and walked three, which included multiple wild pitches. That is why the Yankees won and they may not have if the bullpen came out and shoved like they normally do.</p><p>The Guardians will have their top starting pitcher and a fully-rested Emmanuel Clase to try and erase the series deficit. Still, they are massive underdogs in this game. Even without Aaron Judge mashing home runs, the Yankees are 4-1 and finally do not have to face the Astros to get to the World Series. The team and the public know that this is a series the Bombers should win and the Guardians must spoil that in Game 2.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians remove injured starting pitcher from ALCS roster

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-1-stephen-vogt-decision-vs-yankees-chris-rose-response');   ga('set', 'title', '1 Stephen Vogt decision vs. Yankees draws Chris Rose response');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/1-Stephen-Vogt-decision-vs.-Yankees-draws-Chris-Rose-response.jpg"></figure><h1>1 Stephen Vogt decision vs. Yankees draws Chris Rose response</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T11:45:23-07:00">October 15th, 11:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T11:45:43-07:00">October 15th, 11:45am</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Cleveland Guardians reliever <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-joey-cantillo-mlb-record-game-1-yankees">Joey Cantillo had a historically bad performance</a> in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees. Cantillo set an MLB record for the most wild pitches by a reliever in a playoff game, with <a href="https://x.com/SNstats/status/1845993803783475536" rel="noopener">four in just 0.1 innings pitched</a>. Speaking of Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, Chris Rose <a href="https://x.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1846235656999034909" rel="noopener">questioned the decision</a> of not pivoting away from Cantillo sooner and using the young lefty in such a tough spot in the first place.</p><p>“I really thought that Stephen Vogt put him in an odd position. I would have gone with somebody with a little more playoff experience, maybe a shorter reliever, a guy who’s used to coming on with traffic. I thought it was an odd choice and the poor kid, he tied a playoff record of Rick Ankiel of wild pitches in one inning of a playoff game.</p><p>“For people that don’t remember it, it was rough watching him. I think he threw six wild pitches in a game. It was brutal and you kinda had that same feeling here, like ‘Oh my gosh, this poor kid’s spiking everything!'”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Steven Vogt should have went with a more experienced pitcher than Joey Cantillo in this situation <a href="https://t.co/MsO4qMVq43">pic.twitter.com/MsO4qMVq43</a></p><p>— Chris Rose Sports (@ChrisRoseSports) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisRoseSports/status/1846235656999034909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In the bottom of the third, Cantillo came in for starter Alex Cobb with two outs and the bases loaded. His first wild pitch scored Aaron Judge. He then walked Anthony Rizzo. Mike Stanton scored another wild pitch before Alex Verdugo struck out. Vogt kept in Cantillo in the bottom of the fourth and he walked Gleyber Torres. Two more wild pitches moved Torres to third before Cantillo walked Juan Soto. Only then did Vogt bring in Pedro Avila to pitch.</p><p>Vogt, given an overabundance of talented options out of his bullpen, made the wrong choice, perhaps in an attempt to save arms for later in the series. The Yankees are content to work the pitch count, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-stephen-vogt-reveals-1-key-takeaway-from-alcs-game-1-loss-to-yankees">Vogt should’ve used a more aggressive arm</a>. It backfired spectacularly and cost the Guardians Game 1.</p><h2><b>Guardians, Vogt should’ve known to not bring in Cantillo</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Guardians-Joey-Cantillo-throwing-one-in-the-dirt-vs.-the-New-York.jpg"><figcaption>© Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It took two to tango to put the Guardians in that position. Cobb allowed Soto to solo homer to start the inning, then walked Aaron Judge, Stanton and Volpe. The margin for error was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5844516/2024/10/15/cleveland-guardians-joey-cantillo-wild-alcs/" rel="noopener">razor thin</a> and Cantillo didn’t step up, per The Athletic’s Tyler Kepner.</p><p>“That performance was obviously the difference in the game,” Cantillo said. “So that’s on me.”</p><p>Cantillo came over from San Diego in 2020. The franchise believes in him long-term, as evidenced by Matthew Boyd’s high praise of him even after Monday’s struggles.</p><p>“He’s going to be an anchor for years to come,” said Boyd. “He’s a stud, a starter with four pitches. It just happens; we’re human. But he’ll be completely fine. He’s been so good for us this year. We wouldn’t be here without him.”</p><p>Game 2 of the ALCS begins Tuesday at 7:38 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

1 Stephen Vogt decision vs. Yankees draws Chris Rose response

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Guardians have had to thread many needles on their way to their ALCS clash against the New York Yankees. They had to overcome Tarik Skubal in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-tarik-skubal-regret-game-5-loss-guardians">a decisive Game 5</a>, and came away on top thanks in large part to Lane Thomas’ incredible grand slam. But now, the American League’s best team in 2024 stands in their way of making it back to the World Series, and in Game 1, they got a firsthand taste of what makes the Yankees great as they suffered a 5-2 loss to start off the ALCS.</p><p>Of course, a considerable portion of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/guardians-news-joey-cantillo-mlb-record-game-1-yankees">Guardians’ defeat was self-inflicted</a>. Joey Cantillo, in particular, had a nightmare on the mound, allowing a run to cross the plate on two separate occasions with wild pitches. But for most of the night, the Guardians were playing from behind, as they fell behind in the count far too often. For instance, in the at-bat that saw Juan Soto go deep to give the Yankees a 1-0 lead, Alex Cobb fell behind 2-1, and putting Soto in a hitter’s count is far from an ideal circumstance.</p><p>Thus, for Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, he will be looking at a more direct approach from his pitchers moving forward, as they cannot afford to put the Yankees’ heavy hitters <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41801323/rodon-gem-hrs-soto-stanton-spark-yankees-game-1-win" rel="noopener">in advantageous positions</a>.</p><p>“These guys work the count. They don’t chase a whole lot. I think if I take something away from tonight, we just need to attack the zone better, and we didn’t tonight. They made us work,” Vogt said following the Guardians’ defeat, via ESPN.</p><p>The Yankees are boasting two of the best hitters in the MLB in Soto and Aaron Judge, with both being the complete package from the plate. The team takes after their approach at the plate, with both being very selective and patient while having the eye to discern which pitches are there for them to launch.</p><p>Therefore, attacking the strike zone for the sake of it isn’t exactly the best idea for the Guardians, as the Yankees can punish pitches that hang over the middle of the plate — just take a look at the pitches Soto and Giancarlo Stanton launched for a dinger. They will simply have to execute at a much higher level to prevent their ALCS deficit from growing worse.</p><h2><b>Joey Cantillo highlights the Guardians’ execution woes in Game 1</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Joey-Cantillo-Guardians.jpg"></figure><p>The Guardians have little margin of error in their ALCS battle against the Yankees. They are operating with a total player payroll that’s worth over <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/mlb/payroll/_/year/2024/sort/cap_total2" rel="noopener">$200 million cheaper</a>, so they will have to be on point as they look to slay one of the giants of the MLB.</p><p>Their performance in Game 1 simply won’t cut it. The game got away from the Guardians in the bottom of the third inning, when not only did Juan Soto go yard to open the scoring, Joey Cantillo allowed two total runs on two wild pitches. Just to rub even more salt on the wound, Cantillo had two more wild pitches in the following inning. These errors simply cannot happen for Cleveland moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Stephen Vogt reveals 1 key takeaway from Guardians’ ALCS Game 1 loss to Yankees

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-pda-at-yankees-alcs-win-over-guardians');   ga('set', 'title', 'Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce engage in light PDA at Yankees’ ALCS win over Guardians');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Taylor-Swift-Travis-Kelce-engage-in-light-PDA-at-Yankees-ALCS-win-over-Guardians.jpg"></figure><h1>Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce engage in light PDA at Yankees’ ALCS win over Guardians</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T07:07:35-07:00">October 15th, 7:07am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T07:07:52-07:00">October 15th, 7:07am</time><address><a>Andrew Korpan</a>Andrew Korpan is the lead entertainment editor and film critic for ClutchPoints. He's also an award-winning author and Ken Jeong's best friend.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Pop star Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-new-york-alcs-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-in-attendance">Travis Kelce attended the New York Yankees</a>‘ ALCS Game 1 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-how-carlos-rodon-channeled-robot-gerrit-cole-vs-guardians">win over the Cleveland Guardians</a>.</p><p>During the game, Swift and Kelce engaged in some PDA, sharing a kiss. Photos from the Yankees-Guardians game caught the touching moment between the two.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">⚾| Taylor and Travis 😘🧢 <a href="https://t.co/ifdWjU5S56">pic.twitter.com/ifdWjU5S56</a></p><p>— Taylor Swift Updates 🩶 (@swifferupdates) <a href="https://twitter.com/swifferupdates/status/1846051872450531343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The two were enjoying a night out in New York City during the Chiefs’ bye week. Swift and Kelce are likely trying to spend as much time together as possible before the Eras Tour resumes and Kelce reports back to his team.</p><p>The Chiefs’ next game is on October 20 at 4:25 pm ET. They are going to have a Super Bowl LVIII rematch against the San Francisco 49ers.</p><p>They were recently <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/taylor-swift-surprises-travis-kelce-with-intimate-35th-birthday-celebration">seen eating dinner with friends</a> Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Swift is known to be close to them, and they were seen eating in SoHo, New York, at the Corner Store restaurant.</p><p>The Yankees and Guardians kicked off the ALCS in grand fashion with Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in attendance. The Yankees pulled off the 5-2 win, putting them one step closer to making another World Series.</p><p>On the other side, the New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers are facing in the NLCS. The series is currently tied at one, with the Mets taking the second game 7-3. They will now head to Queens, New York, for the following three games on October 16-18.</p><h2><b>Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Travis-Kelce-and-Taylor-Swift-at-the-Yankees-vs.-Guardians-ALCS-game.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images.</figcaption></figure><p>For over a year, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been in a relationship. They started dating after Swift attended the Chiefs’ Week 3 game against the Chicago Bears, which they won 41-10.</p><p>It all started after Kelce called her out on his New Heights podcast. He recalled seeing her Eras Tour and hoping to meet her after the show. However, she did not greet any of her VIP guests after the show, and he never got to give her his number.</p><p>Throughout the 2023 NFL season, Swift attended 13 of Kelce and the Chiefs’ games. These included their Super Bowl LVIII win over the 49ers.</p><p>So far in 2024, Swift has been to three of their games. She was at both of their first two games against the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals.</p><p>After missing their next two road games against the Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Chargers, she made her return to Arrowhead Stadium when the Chiefs faced the New Orleans Saints.</p><p>Coming up, the Chiefs will attempt to continue their undefeated streak. They will face the 49ers, Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Denver Broncos, and Buffalo Bills in the coming weeks.</p><p>Swift is about to resume her Eras Tour for the final leg. There are 18 shows remaining on her itinerary before the blockbuster tour comes to an end. She will have performed 149 shows across the world when it is all said and done.</p><p>The final leg of the Eras Tour will take place in North America. Swift will take the tour to Florida, Louisiana, and Indiana before taking it to Canada for the last nine shows.</p><p>During each show, Swift takes her fans on a journey through her discography. Swift plays songs from almost all of her albums during each three-hour set.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce engage in light PDA at Yankees’ ALCS win over Guardians

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-aaron-boone-explains-anthony-rizzo-late-alcs-game-1-exit-guardians');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains Anthony Rizzo’s late ALCS Game 1 exit vs. Guardians');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Yankees-news-Aaron-Boone-explains-Anthony-Rizzos-exit-late-in-Game-1-vs.-Guardians.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains Anthony Rizzo’s late ALCS Game 1 exit vs. Guardians</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T05:11:25-07:00">October 15th, 5:11am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T05:11:25-07:00">October 15th, 5:11am</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a New Orleans Pelicans beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-anthony-rizzo-gets-real-playing-pain-alcs">New York Yankees got some good news regarding Anthony Rizzo</a> going into an ALCS clash with the Cleveland Guardians. Manager Aaron Boone would have the three-time All-Star slugger’s bat available despite suffering some broken fingers down the regular season stretch run.</p><p>Boone was unusually upbeat when <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1846024023920058571">discussing how Rizzo’s hand reacted</a> to some ALCS action.</p><p>“Yeah, (Rizzo’s) hand was good. I thought he was sharp, which was really good to see,” Boone bragged. “So yeah, the hand was good. He just kind of physically and emotionally spent there late in the game. I kind of felt like I needed to get him out there and make sure we are managing this properly with him as we through this. I mean, he really hasn’t been on the field in over two weeks.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Aaron Boone says Anthony Rizzo is "good", but felt he was "physically and emotionally spent" late in the game, which led to him being replaced by Oswaldo Cabrera</p><p>"I felt like I needed to get him out of there and want to make sure I'm managing this properly with him" <a href="https://t.co/54ksepkpf4">pic.twitter.com/54ksepkpf4</a></p><p>— Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href="https://twitter.com/snyyankees/status/1846024023920058571?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>As for the plan moving forward? Rizzo finished the season with a slash-line of .228/.301/.335 in just 92 games after all. The 35-year-old ended with career lows of eight home runs and 35 runs batted in. Boone sounds undeterred and Rizzo said <a href="https://x.com/bnicholsonsmith/status/1845908938681655725" rel="noopener">there is no pain.</a></p><p>“(Rizzo) came through with the hand and we expect him to be in there tomorrow,” Boone stated. “I thought he had some really good at-bats.”</p><h2><b>Yankees in ALCS driver’s seat vs. Guardians</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Anthony-Rizzo-rounds-the-bases.jpg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Yankees took a 1-0 series lead over the Guardians thanks to timely hitting and tough starting pitching. Boone’s versions of the Bronx Bombers got six solid innings from Carlos Rodon, who gave up only three hits and one run while striking out nine.</p><p>Gleyber Torres, Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and Giancarlo Stanton provided enough fireworks from the plate in the 5-2 win to send the fans home happy. Gerrit Cole will take the hill in Game 2 versus Clevanland’s Tanner Bibee.</p><p>One Hall of Famer figures the Yankees will make easy work of the Guardians to get back to the MLB World Series. Alex Rodriguez went ahead and said out loud what Derek Jeter was <a href="https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1845673887368950037" rel="noopener">trying to just ignore.</a> Jinxes are real after all.</p><p>“You don’t have to say it, I’ll say it,” A-Rod proclaimed. (The Yankees) have an easy road to the World Series.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Aaron Boone explains Anthony Rizzo’s late ALCS Game 1 exit vs. Guardians

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-vs-yankees-alcs-game-2-prediction-odds-pick-2024');   ga('set', 'title', 'Guardians vs. Yankees ALCS Game 2 prediction, odds, pick');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Guardians-vs.-Yankees-ALCS-Game-1-prediction-odds-pick.jpg"></figure><h1>Guardians vs. Yankees ALCS Game 2 prediction, odds, pick</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T04:39:14-07:00">October 15th, 4:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T04:39:14-07:00">October 15th, 4:39am</time><address><a>Bryan Logan</a>Bryan Logan decided to jump into his passion for Sports Betting in 2022 after spending years in the world of education. With a love for analytics and all sports, he began working on models for daily sports picks. This led him to ClutchPoints in 2023, where he is a part of the betting editorial team.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees look to take a 2-0 series lead as they host the Cleveland Guardians. It’s time to continue our ALCS odds <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/betting" rel="noopener">series</a> with a Guardians-Yankees prediction and pick.</p><h2><b>Guardians-Yankees Game 2 Projected Starters </b></h2><p><b>Tanner Bibee</b> vs. <b>Gerrit Cole</b></p><p><b>Tanner Bibee</b> (12-8) with a 3.47 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP</p><p>Last Start: Bibee went four innings against the Tigers, giving up four hits, two walks, and a home run. He would surrender two runs in a no-decision as the Guardians beat the Tigers in game four of the ALDS.</p><p>2024 Road Splits: Bibee was 7-4 in 15 starts on the road this year. He has a 2.76 ERA and a .217 opponent batting average.</p><p><b>Gerrit Cole</b> (8-5) with a 3.41 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP</p><p>Last Start:  Cole went seven innings, giving up six hits and one run. Cole took the win over the Kansas City Royals.</p><p>2024 Home Splits: Cole was 3-2 at home in nine starts this year with a 4.31 ERA and a .240 opponent batting average.</p><p><b><i>Here are the Guardians-Yankees <a href="https://sportsbook.fanduel.com/navigation/mlb" rel="noopener">ALCS Odds</a>, courtesy of FanDuel. </i></b></p><h2><b>ALCS Odds: Guardians-Yankees Odds</b></h2><p>Cleveland Guardians: +1.5 (-156)</p><p>Moneyline: +144</p><p>New York Yankees: -1.5 (+130)</p><p>Moneyline: -172</p><p>Over: 7 (-110)</p><p>Under: 7 (-110)</p><h2><b>How to Watch Guardians vs. Yankees Game 2</b></h2><p>Time: 7:38 PM ET/ 4:38 PM PT</p><p>TV: TBS</p><p><i><b>Stream: fuboTV (<a href="https://www.fubo.tv/stream/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener sponsored">Free Trial</a>)</b></i></p><h2><b>Why The Guardians Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>In the regular season, the Guardians are 14th in runs scored while sitting 22nd in batting average, 18th in on-base percentage, and 16th in slugging. Jose Ramirez has led the way this year. He is hitting .279 this year with a .335 on-base percentage. Ramirez has 39 home runs, 41 stolen bases, 118 RBIs, and 114 runs scored. Further, Josh Naylor has been solid as well. He is hitting .243 with a .320 on-base percentage. He has 31 home runs, 108 RBIS, and 84 runs scored. Rounding out the best bats this year was Steven Kwan. Kwan is hitting .292 on the year with a .368 on-base percentage. He has 14 home runs, 44 RBIs, and 82 runs scored.</p><p>Lane Thomas has led the way in the playoffs. He is hitting .273 with two home runs, nine RBIs, and two runs scored. Meanwhile, David Fry has been solid. He is hitting .263 with a home run, five RBIs, and three runs scored. Steven Kwan has also been consistent. He is hitting .480 in the playoffs with an RBI and six runs scored. The Guardians are hitting .225 in the playoffs with five home runs and 21 runs scored in six games.</p><p>Current Guardians have 127 career at-bats against Gerrit Cole. They have hit .236 off of Cole. Jose Ramirez has the most experience against Cole. He is 12-34 with three doubles, a triple, and two home runs. He also has seven RBIs. Further, Josh Naylor is 6-25 with three home runs and five RBIs against Cole. Finally, Andres Giminez is 5-22 with two doubles and an RBI.</p><h2><b>Why The Yankees Will Cover The Spread/Win</b></h2><p>The Yankees finished the regular season third in the majors in runs scored this year while sitting ninth in batting average, third in on-base percentage, and fourth in slugging. Aaron Judge has been amazing this year. He is hitting .322 on the year with a .458 on-base percentage. Judge has 58 home runs this year, helping to his 144 RBIs. Further, he has scored 122 times this year. Juan Soto is also having a great year. He is hitting .288 on the year with a .419 on-base percentage. He has 41 home runs and 109 RBIs this year, scoring 128 times. Anthony Volpe is also having a solid season. Volpe is hitting .243 on the year with a .293 on-base percentage. He has 12 home runs and 60 RBIs. Further, he has stolen 28 bases and scored 90 times this season.</p><p>Giancarlo Stanton has led the way in the playoffs. He is hitting .368 with two home runs, five RBIs, and three runs scored. Meanwhile, Juan Soto has been solid i nthe playoffs as well. He is hitting .353 with a home run, three RBIs, and two runs scored. Gleyber Torres rounds out the top playoff bats. He is hitting just .211 but with a .400 on-base percentage. Torres has a home run, three RBIs, and five runs scored. The Yankees are hitting .218 with five home runs and 19 runs scored in five games.</p><p>Current Yankees have 17 career at-bats against Tanner Bibee. They have hit .353 against Bibee. Anthony Volpe is one for three with a home run and an RBI. Meanwhile, Glyber Torres is 1-3 with a double. Further, six of the eight players with an at-bat against Bibee have a hit.</p><h2><b>Final Guardians-Yankees Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>Tanner Bibee has been solid in the postseason so far. He has pitched 8.2 innings, giving up two runs with a home run. Further, the Guardians went 2-0 in the two games Bibee started. Meanwhile, Gerrit Cole has been solid as well. He has pitched 12 innings, giving up five runs with four earned. The Yankees went 2-0 in the two games Cole started. The Yankees have been the slightly better offense and should be able to give Cole some run support in this one.</p><p><b>Final Guardians-Yankees Prediction &amp; Pick: Yankees ML </b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Guardians vs. Yankees ALCS Game 2 prediction, odds, pick

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/guardians-news-joey-cantillo-mlb-record-game-1-yankees');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joey Cantillo sets embarrassing MLB record amid Game 1 struggles vs. Yankees');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Joey-Cantillo-sets-embarrassing-MLB-record-amid-Game-1-struggles-vs.-Yankees.jpg"></figure><h1>Joey Cantillo sets embarrassing MLB record amid Game 1 struggles vs. Yankees</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T19:04:14-07:00">October 14th, 7:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T19:04:14-07:00">October 14th, 7:04pm</time><address><a>Russell Steinberg</a>Russell Steinberg covers Major League Baseball and the New York Liberty for ClutchPoints. A baseball and basketball lifer, he has written for Boardroom, SLAM, SB Nation, The Next, and more. He graduated from NYU in 2012 and still returns to serve as PA announcer and occasional broadcaster for the school’s basketball and volleyball teams.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Though the New York Yankees haven’t necessarily torn the cover off the ball so far in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tag/mlb-playoffs">2024 MLB Postseason</a>, their offense has forced opposing pitchers to work. First against the Kansas City Royals and now the Cleveland Guardians in the American League Championship Series, they continue to draw walks, work counts and force pitchers to make mistakes.</p><p>Guardians pitcher Joey Cantillo did exactly that in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-new-york-alcs-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-in-attendance">Game 1 of the ALCS</a> on Monday, and he did it at a historic rate. With four wild pitches in 0.1 innings of work, Cantillo <a href="https://x.com/SNstats/status/1845993803783475536" rel="noopener">set a playoff record</a> for the most wild pitches in a relief appearance. Two of them allowed New York runners to score.</p><p>The Yankees got on the board first with a Juan Soto home run to lead off the bottom of the third inning. Then, after starting pitcher Alex Cobb walked the bases loaded, Cantillo came in to try and get out of the two-out jam. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-anthony-rizzo-returns-lineup-after-missing-alds">Facing Anthony Rizzo</a>, he threw a wild pitch that allowed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-mets-world-series-matchup">Aaron Judge</a> to score. He eventually walked Rizzo. Then, he threw a wild pitch that allowed Giancarlo Stanton to score. After getting Alex Verdugo to strike out, Cantillo came back out to pitch the fourth inning. Gleyber Torres led off with a walk, then advanced to third on two wild pitches thrown to Soto.</p><p>Once Cantillo walked Soto, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt pulled his reliever and brought in Pedro Avila. Cantillo’s final line: 0.1 innings, 1 run, 3 walks, 1 strikeout, 4 wild pitches.</p><h2><b>Joey Cantillo’s struggles continue for the Guardians</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Joey-Cantillo-Guardians.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Cantillo was put into a tough spot on Monday. Cobb did not give the Guardians the length they needed, and the rookie came in to face a potent Yankees offense in a playoff game at a packed Yankee Stadium. He’s a starting pitcher, not a high-leverage reliever, but he entered in as high-leverage a situation as exists in the opening innings of a game.</p><p>It could have gone better. Cantillo is a 24-year-old rookie who had nine Major League appearances to his name before Monday. In that time, he amassed a 4.89 ERA and 1.293 WHIP. His worst outing, coincidentally, came against the Yankees on August 21. He started that game, going four innings but allowing seven runs and three walks.</p><p>To make matters worse on Monday, by only getting one out, he failed to even eat up innings. He couldn’t save the rest of the Cleveland bullpen ahead of Game 2 on Tuesday. Fortunately for Cantillo, Avila picked him up, firing 2.2 clean innings before giving way to Erik Sabrowski.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joey Cantillo sets embarrassing MLB record amid Game 1 struggles vs. Yankees

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/yankees-news-new-york-alcs-taylor-swift-travis-kelce-in-attendance');   ga('set', 'title', 'Yankees begin ALCS with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce in attendance');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Yankees-news-New-York-begins-ALCS-with-Taylor-Swift-Travis-Kelce-in-attendance.jpg"></figure><h1>Yankees begin ALCS with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce in attendance</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T14:35:17-07:00">October 14th, 2:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T14:43:04-07:00">October 14th, 2:43pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Entertainment</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Super celebrities and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-engagement-rumors-get-shut-down">not-yet-engaged couple Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift</a> <a href="https://x.com/BryanHoch/status/1845921350348570933">will attend</a> Game 1 of the American League Championship Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees, per MLB reporter Bryan Hoch.</p><p>Kelce is a known, long-time Guardians fan and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chiefs-news-travis-kelce-first-pitch-guardians-shane-bieber">made a bad first pitch</a> for the team last year.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Travis Kelce, Dirty First Pitch. 😨</p><p>54" inches of drop…and nearly kills Shane Bieber. 😂 <a href="https://t.co/fWjiQgcbb6">pic.twitter.com/fWjiQgcbb6</a></p><p>— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) <a href="https://twitter.com/PitchingNinja/status/1644433111931842579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After that first pitch, Kelce’s teammate on the Kansas City Chiefs, Patrick Mahomes II, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chiefs-news-patrick-mahomes-cant-help-but-troll-travis-kelce-amid-spiking-first-pitch-at-guardians-game">laid into him</a> on X.</p><p>“Ayyyyyy bruhhhhhhhhh 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣 @tkelce”</p><p>Mahomes’ father, Patrick Sr., pitched in the major leagues from 1992 to 2003 for six teams.</p><p>The Kelces grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland and the 35-year-old was born in Westlake, Ohio.</p><h2><b>Projecting Guardians, Yankees series winner</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Travis-Kelce-wearing-his-Cleveland-Guardians-fit.jpg"><figcaption>© Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While having Swift and Kelce in the stands will surely help generate some additional buzz, fans of these teams are likely hoping for same thing: their Game 1 starters to perform well and pitch deep into the game.</p><p>The Yankees have Carlos Rodon starting, but he didn’t fare well last week against the Kansas City Royals. The 31-year-old lefty was pulled in the fourth inning after allowing seven hits and four earned runs, striking out seven in 3.2 IP. New York’s bullpen didn’t allow any more runs, but enough damage was done. Rodon has only pitched into the seventh inning once since July.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-aaron-boone-sets-starting-rotation-for-alcs-battle-vs-guardians">rest of the Yankees’ rotation</a> will be Gerrit Cole, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil, per manager Aaron Boone.</p><p>Cleveland is sending Alex Cobb as their starter. In his last start, he threw three innings and allowed three hits and two earned runs against the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS. Cobb spent most of the season injured following hip surgery after the 2023 season. He did not play until August 9.</p><p>The Yankees will have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-anthony-rizzo-gets-real-playing-pain-alcs">Anthony Rizzo back on their ALCS roster</a> just over two weeks since breaking fingers on his right hand. Rizzo is left-handed and hits lefty. He said he’s going to <a href="https://x.com/garyhphillips/status/1845907753862381898" rel="noopener">play through the pain</a>, per NYDN’s Gary Phillips.</p><p>“The 50,000 people in the stands and the adrenaline and what’s at stake is gonna outweigh any pain.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees begin ALCS with Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce in attendance

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He is a longtime podcaster and even longer suffering NY Jets fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Yankees <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-boone-verdict-yankees-series-royals">defeated the Kansas City Royals in a tense ALDS</a> to advance to the Championship Series. When the ALCS begins on Monday evening, New York will have a slightly different look. Veteran first baseman <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-anthony-rizzo-returns-lineup-after-missing-alds">Anthony Rizzo will be back in the Yankees’ lineup</a> after sitting out the Division Series with broken fingers.</p><p>Pittsburgh Pirates’ reliever ​​Ryan Borucki hit Rizzo with an 88 mph slider in the second-to-last game of the regular season. The pitch fractured two fingers on Rizzo’s right hand and forced him to miss the ALDS against the Royals. Yankees’ manager <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-aaron-boone-concerning-anthony-rizzo-injury">Aaron Boone issued an injury update</a> following the late September game and suggested Rizzo’s availability would largely come down to pain tolerance.</p><p>With the Yankees advancing to the ALCS, the 14-year veteran is ready to play through discomfort. “The 50,000 people in the stands and the adrenaline and what’s at stake is gonna <a href="https://x.com/garyhphillips/status/1845907753862381898?s=46" rel="noopener">outweigh any pain</a>,” Rizzo said per the New York Daily News’ Gary Phillips on X. The four-time Gold Glove winner also has a brace that fits his mitt.</p><h2><b>Broken fingers won’t stop Anthony Rizzo from playing for the Yankees in the ALCS</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Anthony-Rizzo.jpg"><figcaption>Brad Penner-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>A mere 16 days after sustaining the injury, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-news-is-anthony-rizzo-on-alcs-roster-vs-guardians">Rizzo was added to New York’s ALCS roster</a>. And Boone showed his confidence in the three-time All-Star by dropping him right back in the lineup. Rizzo will bat eighth when the Yankees take on the Cleveland Guardians in the Championship Series.</p><p>In his stead, New York opted to use two utility players, Jon Berti and Oswaldo Cabrera, at first in the ALDS. Berti didn’t have experience at first base but filled in admirably while batting .286 with a .375 on-base percentage in two games. Cabrera had a handful of appearances at first for the Yankees and he delivered a .900 OPS in his two games in the Division Series. Both players made the ALCS roster and will be options for Boone off the bench.</p><p>Rizzo endured the worst season of his long, successful career in 2024. He slashed .228/.301/.335 in just 92 games as injuries hampered his production and availability. He does boast a great deal of playoff experience as he’s participated in 49 postseason games and helped the Chicago Cubs defeat Cleveland in the World Series in 2016.</p><p>Rizzo’s pain tolerance will be one of several storylines to follow as the Yankees take on the AL Central-winning Guardians Monday. Presumptive American League MVP <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/did-yankees-aaron-judge-just-have-the-goat-right-handed-hitting-season">Aaron Judge had one of the greatest right-handed hitting seasons</a> ever in 2024 but can the Yankees’ slugger produce for the team in the postseason? New York will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/yankees-aaron-boone-sets-starting-rotation-for-alcs-battle-vs-guardians">start Carlos Rodon in Game 1</a>. After an up and down season, Rodon looks to rebound from losing Game 2 of the ALDS. The Yankees will send ace Gerrit Cole to the mound in Game 2.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo gets real on playing through pain in ALCS

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2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
453	3.81	118	1.25	13

2024 SEASON STATS
IP	ERA	K	WHIP	WINS
453	3.81	118	1.25	13