It's the American League Championship Series, which means the Houston Astros are playing. The Astros — through all the self-inflicted turmoil in the wake of the sign-stealing scandal — have reached the ALCS for the sixth straight season. For the third time in that run, they're matching up with the New York Yankees. The first two times, Houston prevailed — much to the chagrin of Yankees fans.
They will enter the series favored to do it again. The Astros are the top seed and will have home-field advantage, starting with Game 1 Wednesday night. They have the deeper pitching staff, and fewer question marks entering the series. Overall, the Yankees boasted a better offense in 2022, but it came with serious peaks and valleys.
Aaron Judge was the constant inHe will lead the charge against Astros ace Justin Verlander — coming off his own eye-popping season — in Game 1. Verlander battled through a subpar start against the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and has now had plenty of time to work through the mechanical issues that apparently plagued him that day. Jameson Taillon will start for the Yankees after they used top starters Gerrit Cole and Nestor Cortes Jr. in the final two ALDS games against Cleveland.
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