noti.group’s baseball experts provide their picks for Yankees vs. Red Sox in the Wild Card round.
Jon Heyman
The pitching matchups are even, but the Yankees have more firepower. They’ve also cleaned up their defense since adding Ryan McMahon and are on their best roll of the year now. YANKEES IN 3
Greg Joyce
You could convince me the Yankees get swept here by two tough pitchers that have had their number, or they end up back in the World Series. Let’s split the difference. YANKEES IN 3
Dan Martin
The Red Sox have mostly had their number this season, but the Yankees have everything set up for this series, while Boston is trying to piece it together. YANKEES IN 3
Mark W. Sanchez
The Red Sox probably hold edges on defense and in the back of the bullpen. Sheer power often compensates, though. YANKEES IN 3
Joel Sherman
The Yankees hit enough homers to overcome everything else, including the stigma of only being able to beat AL Central teams at this time of year. YANKEES IN 3
Mike Vaccaro
We could get cute and point out that the Red Sox have owned every postseason series against the Yankees since the alleged curse was broken. More relevant: The Yankees are home and have the better team. YANKEES IN 3
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