MLB Picks Game 1 ALDS – New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians

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Free MLB Picks and Prediction on this American League Wild Card Game 1 between the New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians matchup taking place on Tuesday, September 29th at 7:00pm et at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Yankees and Indians are both listed as -110 favorites and the over/under is currently at 6.5 total runs. The MLB betting public has 62 percent of their money on the Yankees.

New York comes into this game finishing up the shortened 60-game regular season 33-27 overall and second in the AL East, 7 games behind the red hot Tampa Bay Rays. Gerrit Cole will get the start for the Yankees. He’s 3-0 his last 3 starts with an ERA of 0.86 and a WHIP of 0.62. In those 3 games the Yankees put up 31 runs and only gave up 3 runs. Cole is 3-1 when starting against the Indians with an ERA of 2.50 and a WHIP of 0.750. New York is 2-4 straight up in their last 6 games when playing on the road against Cleveland and the total has gone over in 9 of the Yankees’ last 13 games.

Cleveland comes into this game finishing the regular season 35-25, but 8-2 overall in their last 10 and looking to continue that momentum into taking out the Yankees in this best of three series. American League Cy Young front runner Shane Bieber is set to take the mound for the Indians in his first postseason start. He lost only once the entire 2020 season and hasn’t allowed more than three runs in any of these starts. Bieber led the AL with a 1.63 era along with 122 strikeouts. Cleveland is 7-1 straight up in their last 8 games and the total has gone over in 4 of the Indians last 5 games against an opponent in the AL East.

The best opportunity to make money in this New York Yankees vs Cleveland Indians game is to lay the juice and roll with the Yankees Team Total Over 2.5 Runs at the -150 price.