Guardians vs Yankees Game 1 Odds & Predictions

The first pitch at Yankee Stadium is at 7:37 pm ET on Tuesday, October 11. The weather forecast is calling for cloudy skies with 4 mph wind and a temperature of 70 degrees. New York is a -220 favorite to take this set and advance in the MLB playoff bracket.

Cleveland will start Cal Quantrill for Game 1. He is the son of Paul Quantill, who twice led the AL in games while pitching for the Yankees. Cal has gone 11-0 over 17 starts since July 5. The team is 16-1 SU in his past 17 appearances.

Gerrit Cole won 13 games for the Yankees this season. He also had a record number of starts (33), games started (257) and strikeouts (32.4). He served up the most home runs ( 33) of any of the league's pitchers.

Josh Naylor is 4-for-12 against starting pitchers. Jose Ramirez is 6- for 22 off Cole. Luke Maile is 1-2 off Luke, Owen Miller is 1 for 3. Josh Donaldson is 7-For-17 against Quantrill. Andrew Benintendi is six- For-15 off Quantill with a homer and three RBI. Kyle Higashioka is 2-1 with homer with two RBI and Harrison Bader is 3-0 with 1,000.

Guardians are all about quality pitching. The Guardians allowed Tampa Bay one run over 24 innings in the ALWC series. Yankees haven't faced Quantrill since April.