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KCF0107 posted...

The Astros should win as they are the best team in baseball and better suited for the playoffs than the Yankees, but of course anything can happen. The Astros were by most accounts the best team in baseball last season too, and they obviously didn't win the WS.

The biggest reason I think the Astros will win this series is they're going to put up early runs in almost every game and I think they'll go wire to wire in three of their wins. The Yankees are built to pile up regular season wins. They're built even worse for the playoffs than they were two years ago for this series.

Like, as an example, Severino is going to be wrecked if he pitches as badly as he did against the Twins.

One thing I've heard the stats on that puts it in perspective: From a statistical standpoint, for the Yankees to win the World Series, it would require them to do so with arguably the worst starting rotation to ever win the World Series. (Edit: This was before they lost German, too)

It's comparable to how the Giants won the two Super Bowls under Eli with statistically two of the worst teams to ever win. Just to make the World Series with their starting rotation would put them in rarified air.

Houston is just a better team and has a huge strength where the Yankees have a gaping flaw. The bullpen may be able to hold leads, but it actually needs leads first to be able to hold them.

The problem lies in that I don't think the Yankees will hold the lead very often this series.
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