MLB Playoffs Same Game Parlay Picks & Predictions for Friday: Guardians vs. Yankees (10/14)

In a five-game series, you can have a couple of bad games, and then you’re swimming upstream without a paddle. We have a Game 2 to look at in what could become that situation and an important Game 3 with the series tied that will allow one team to get a chance to seal it tomorrow. Let’s take a look at Guardians vs. Yankees.

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MLB Playoffs Same Game Parlay Picks & Predictions for Friday

Cleveland Guardians vs. New York Yankees

• Leg 1: Yankees ML (-112)
• Leg 2: Anthony Rizzo to record 2+ total bases (+140)
• Leg 3: Nestor Cortes over 4.5 strikeouts (+102)

With the postponement yesterday, the Yankees and Guardians could now play four games in four days, impacting how each manages this series.

Nestor Cortes will get the start, and the early-season phenom was the most consistent pitcher in this rotation. He was especially dominant in the Bronx, going 6-1 with a 1.95 ERA, with one of those starts against the Guardians allowing two earned in 6.1. Add another great in Cleveland, and Nasty Nestor is 2-0 against them this season.

Shane Bieber will go for the Guardians, and he was untouchable to end the season going 9-2 with a 2.04 ERA in his final 13 starts. The last time Bieber saw the Yankees in the postseason was back in 2020, and it was a disaster allowing seven earned at home in Game 1 of the 2020 ALDS. Surprisingly this will be his first time pitching in Yankee Stadium.

A couple of days off may not help a Cleveland lineup that scored just one run in the last 26 innings. With Cortes' success against Cleveland, Bieber's struggles and pitching in a pressured environment for the first time, the Yanks should head to Progressive Field with a 2-0 lead.

Parlay Odds: +577 via FanDuel

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