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The Opener: NLCS, ALCS, Yankees

By Nick Deeds | October 14, 2024 at 8:29am CDT

Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on today:

1. NLCS Game 2:

The NLCS kicked off yesterday as the Dodgers completed a 9-0 rout of the Mets following a tough start from right-hander Kodai Senga where he allowed three runs in 1 1/3 frames without recording a strikeout. L.A. countered with a brilliant performance from righty Jack Flaherty, who notched six strikeouts across seven scoreless innings. The Mets will hope to turn things around today with lefty Sean Manaea (3.47 ERA) on the mound. Manaea has been perhaps the club’s most reliable starter to this point in the postseason, with a 2.25 ERA and ten strikeouts in 12 innings of work between the Wild Card and Division Series. The Dodgers, on the other hand, will look to extend their record-tying streak of 33 scoreless postseason innings with Ryan Brasier on the mound to start a bullpen game. Brasier struggled a bit in the NLDS, surrendering two runs on three hits (including a homer) and striking out two across 3 2/3 innings of work.

2. ALCS Game 1:

While the Mets look to make up their deficit in the NL, the ALCS will get underway in New York as the Yankees welcome the Guardians to the Bronx. Lefty Carlos Rodon (3.96 ERA) will take the mound for the Yankees on the heels of a tough outing against Kansas City during the ALDS where he surrendered four runs in 3 2/3 innings of work despite striking out seven Royals and walking none. The Guardians will counter with Alex Cobb. The 37-year-old veteran made just three regular season starts due to injury (2.76 ERA). In his lone postseason start against the Tigers last week, Cobb struck out two while surrendering two runs in three innings of work.

3. Yankees facing roster decisions:

With ALCS rosters due later today, the Yankees spent yesterday working out at Yankee Stadium while club brass worked toward finalizing their roster plans. Two injured players in particular appear to be on the bubble of the playoffs roster: first baseman Anthony Rizzo and lefty Nestor Cortes. Rizzo did some fielding work during yesterday’s workout, though Dan Martin of the New York Post writes that the club has yet to make a decision on his availability and could once again turn to Oswaldo Cabrera and Jon Berti at the position, as they did against the Royals.

Meanwhile, Greg Joyce of the New York Post was among those to note yesterday that the Yankees are “considering” activating Cortes for the ALCS. Cortes has been sidelined since late September due to a flexor strain in his left elbow, but imaging revealed an undamaged UCL so the lefty received a platelet-rich plasma injection and returned to rehabbing. The southpaw posted a 3.77 ERA across 174 1/3 innings of work for the Yankees this year but would surely be relegated to a relief role if activated, adding another lefty to the club’s bullpen alongside Tim Hill and Tim Mayza.

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  1. jaysfansince1977

    9 months ago

    Should be a fun day of Baseball today!!!

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    • Joe says...

      9 months ago

      I’ll let you know how fun it was about 10:30 tonight. It will have been great or it will have sucked.

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      • jaysfansince1977

        9 months ago

        Well Joe, as i have no dog in this fight, I will just enjoy playoff baseball!!!

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  2. User 2770661946

    9 months ago

    The 2-3-2 format is dumb.

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    • mlbnyyfan

      9 months ago

      The time is now for the Yankees to get back to the fall classic. No excuses. Boone needs to stop using Holmes and get him off the post-season roster. I don’t trust him anymore. Volpe and Verdugo need to have a Huge series and the Captain needs to be the MVP

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      • Ronk325

        9 months ago

        I’m convinced you don’t actually watch the games because Holmes has been lights out since his demotion from the closer’s role. He has plenty of talent he just can’t handle the ninth inning

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    • King Floch

      9 months ago

      Okay, so what is your suggested format?

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      • User 2770661946

        9 months ago

        2-2-1-1-1

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        • King Floch

          9 months ago

          You’re joking, right?

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        • SkenesandSlopes

          9 months ago

          With an extra day of travel? No.

          1-5-1 – give the top seed the advantage they have earned through 162 games.

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        • ChuckyNJ

          9 months ago

          So the Mets could start the NLCS at home?

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        • SkenesandSlopes

          9 months ago

          For one game. Then good luck.

          Reply
    • Old York

      9 months ago

      @TerryTurnbuckle

      The lower team shouldn’t be rewarded with playoff games. All games should be at the higher ranked team’s home field. Rewards teams finishing with the best record.

      NPB in Japan does that for the division finals and that makes sense. The WS can go back to a 3-2-2 format. Again, the better team will get more home games than the lower ranked.

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  3. This one belongs to the Reds

    9 months ago

    Rooting for the Indians, er…Guardians. (Sorry, Joe and Clip) Just because I want to see a small market make it all the way.

    Hope springs eternal.

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    • avenger65

      9 months ago

      Don’t like either team in the ALCS, and I wouldn’t mind the Mets winning the NLCS. A subway WS would have me tuning into World Chase Tag instead. (Boy, I’m grumpy today!)

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      • ChuckyNJ

        9 months ago

        Subway Series = baseball’s worst nightmare.

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  4. Acoss1331

    9 months ago

    Rooting for the Yankees only because I’d like Aaron Judge to get a World Series trophy. Not for Aaron Boone, not a fan of his but for Judge and Cole. Also I’m a fan of Anthony Rizzo, so I’m rooting for him to get another ring.

    But I will admit, it’d be cool to see Cleveland get their trophy. They deserve that drought to end. Good baseball today!

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    • User 2770661946

      9 months ago

      One gets a ring, they all get a ring. You can’t pick and choose. You’re either in or out buddy.

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      • Acoss1331

        9 months ago

        They all deserve the ring, but I do have players I prefer over others. You’re right can’t pick and choose lol

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    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      9 months ago

      “Just a reminder, fans, comin’ up is our “Die-hard Night” here at the stadium. Free admission to anyone who was actually alive the last time the [Guardians] won a [World Series].”

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      • Acoss1331

        9 months ago

        There are some grandads and grandmas out there that were alive for Cleveland’s last World Series appearance lol

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        • mlbnyyfan

          9 months ago

          Indians deserve a trophy, just not this year. Maybe next year. Let’s go Yankees!!!

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        • SkenesandSlopes

          9 months ago

          Barely.

          Reply
        • avenger65

          9 months ago

          Sorry, Bleacher Creature for above post. I credited the other Yankees fan by mistake.

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        • oscar gamble

          9 months ago

          @Acoss1331:
          My 90 year old Dad was 14, and kept score in a spiral school notebook. I would like him to see another title before he passes.

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        • A'sfaninLondonUK

          9 months ago

          @Oscar – that’s good enough for me! Does your Dad still have the notepad?

          That 48 team had 5 HofF’ers which I’m guessing might have been a record until the 50s Yankees team???

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      • avenger65

        9 months ago

        Clip: Was that 1947 or ’48? And, no, I wasn’t alive during either of those years.

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  5. King Floch

    9 months ago

    I just want it to be over quick so we can get the offseason started, so I’m rooting for all 4 game sweeps from here on out.

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    • avenger65

      9 months ago

      King Floch: Ah, that’s no fun!

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    • ChuckyNJ

      9 months ago

      Should both LCS end early, the World Series begins 10/22. Otherwise the World Series begins 10/25.

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      • avenger65

        9 months ago

        Chucky: The chance the night time temps hit the freezing mark are inevitable in the ALCS, while 50% possible in the NLCS.

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  6. whyhayzee

    9 months ago

    Cole cheated his way to a huge contract. Hope he gets lit up like a cheap firework. Get the big asterisk ready in case the Yankees are gifted yet another series by the dumpires. They’ve won nothing without cheaters and criminals and help from the Miserable Little Boys club. But hey they’re great. Meanwhile in the Senior Circuit, ho hum. Enjoy the holiday, Columbus was a jerk. But hey he was great. Discovered America. Um, no.

    As you were.

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    • SkenesandSlopes

      9 months ago

      Leave the USA if you feel this way.

      The rest of your comment seems rather vague and hate-filled.

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      • whyhayzee

        9 months ago

        My family has been here since 1635. I’m not going anywhere. No hate, just simple truth. The Yankees are a despicable organization. Steingrabber was a crook just like his hero Nixon and like his puppy dog Donald. Rooting for them is unconscionable. That is all.

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        • SkenesandSlopes

          9 months ago

          “Columbus was a jerk”.

          That allowed your family to be here since 1635.

          “just simple truth”.

          Which part? Did not see anything but hatred in your statement. Both statements to be truthful. You have yet to bring any evidence to support your false statements.

          Reply
        • whyhayzee

          9 months ago

          One former special agent states that Steinbrenner giving the feds so many free tickets to sporting events contributed to the “dry rot in the Tampa office,” adding that the problem is only aggravated when the agents receive free tickets from an “ex-con” like Steinbrenner.

          Columbus’s landing place was an island in the Bahamas, known by its native inhabitants as Guanahani. He then visited the islands now known as Cuba and Hispaniola, establishing a colony in what is now Haiti.

          My ancestors landed in Maine.

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  7. avenger65

    9 months ago

    I don’t know why MLB teams don’t use bariatric chambers like they do in the NHL especially during the PO. The players would heal a lot quicker.

    Reply
  8. whyhayzee

    9 months ago

    Omg.

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  9. GarryHarris

    9 months ago

    C’mon MLB! Taylor Swift?

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