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IrishCentral's guide to the MLB playoffs

Yankess favorite to go all the way

By
NOAH FITZGERALD
Published Monday, October 5, 2009, 10:37 AM
Updated Monday, October 5, 2009, 10:45 AM
Read more: AL East Division, AL West Division, American League (Baseball), Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Major League Baseball, National League (Baseball), New York Yankees, NL East Division


CC Sabathia has been a leading light for the Yankees this year. Can he keep it up in the playoffs?

Major League Baseball’s 2009 regular season is over and eight of the 30 teams made it past the 162 individual games to the postseason.

The American League will be represented by the New York Yankees as the regular season leader in wins, the Boston Red Sox as the wild card out of the AL East, the Los Angeles Angels as the runaway best in the AL West, and either the Detroit Tigers or the Minnesota Twins out of the Al Central.

The National League will bring their elite teams to the postseason in the Los Angeles Dodgers with the best record in the NL out of the West along with the Colorado Rockies as the Wild Card, last season’s World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies out of the NL East, and Albert Pujols’ St. Louis Cardinals from the NL Central.

The match-ups are almost set and start Wednesday as we finally get into the games that matter. Though it’s hard to predict the outcome of some of these best of five game match-ups, let’s have a go at it as the last month of baseball kicks off.

The American League Division Series

The New York Yankees versus the Detroit Tigers or the Minnesota Twins

The Yankees come into this series as the clear favorites, regardless of their opponent. They have the best record in baseball at over 100 wins, and lead the league in homeruns (244, setting a franchise record), runs (905), and RBI (872), and are second in the league behind the Angels in hits (1592) and average (.283). Thanks to the arms of C.C. Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, and Andy Pettitte, along with an All-Star packed lineup at the plate, the Yankees are (on paper) favored to win it all this season. In the first round of the playoffs the Yankees may face the Tigers or the Twins, who are fighting it out for the last wild card in a playoff Tuesday, but neither team had much luck against the Bronx Bombers this season.

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