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Michael Rathburn identifies best bets from all four MLB playoff games Tuesday as the Division Series get underway.

pitcher stats](https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/stats-bvp.php). Be sure to check out our [Division Series betting ](https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/article/mlb-playoff-picks-mlb-division-series-betting-preview-66520)preview as well. [sports betting ](https://www.rotowire.com/betting/mlb/)picks from our group of handicappers with their [expert MLB picks](https://www.rotowire.com/betting/mlb/picks/) each day of the campaign. They averaged 5.5 in the last 30 homes games and 5.9 in 10 home games against the Padres. The Dodgers averaged 5.23 runs per game and were about the same home vs. The Dodgers owned the Padres in the season series 14-5 and ran roughshod over everyone in the National League this year. [Julio Urias](https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player/julio-urias-12926) facing [Mike Clevinger](https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player/mike-clevinger-12784). This is a bad matchup for the Yankees as the Guardians do not strike out, play great defense, and run the bases. That means baserunners will be at a premium and you are not running against [Logan Gilbert](https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player/logan-gilbert-15419) against [Justin Verlander](https://www.rotowire.com/baseball/player/justin-verlander-8309) and the Astros -215 with a total of 6.5. Verlander has faced the Mariners 6 times this year with a 2.34 ERA, 0.92 WHIP. We also saw this matchup on September 22nd with the Phillies taking it 1-0.

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The Padres are among the division series underdogs hoping to silence the doubters this October. Sarah Stier / Getty Images. After an MLB wild card weekend that ...

[3](#fn-3) [FanGraphs](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=6&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=4,d) and [Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-value-batting.shtml#teams_value_batting::6). The Guardians ranked [first](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=4,a) in contact rate, [first](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=11,d) (tied) in [Speed Score](https://library.fangraphs.com/offense/spd/), third in baserunning runs, [2](#fn-2) [FanGraphs](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=6&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=3,d) and [Baseball-Reference.com](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-value-batting.shtml#teams_value_batting::4). [5-14 against L.A.](https://www.espn.com/mlb/standings/grid) during the regular season, including a 3-9 mark after the Padres made their many [splashy trade-deadline acquisitions](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-padres-won-the-juan-soto-sweepstakes-will-the-world-series-follow/). [held its own against Atlanta](http://bbref.com/pi/shareit/K8wWy) during the regular season, nearly breaking even on run differential (minus-3) against a Braves team that outscored all other opponents by 177 runs combined. [fifth](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=23&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=16,d) in the share of balls hit the opposite way and [seventh](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=0&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=21,d) in batting average. [drawing walks](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=3,d) and [hitting for power](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=1&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=10,d), Cleveland traffics in a more pesky, [2015 Royals-style](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-2014-15-kansas-city-royals-were-one-of-baseballs-great-underdog-stories/) style of baseball. [lower tier](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-dodgers-are-big-favorites-in-our-mlb-forecast-but-anything-can-happen-in-october/) of the World Series odds, [1](#fn-1) [most dangerous teams](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB-standings.shtml#expanded_standings_overall::10) in the first round — were both knocked out. Further, 10 of Seattle’s 12 top hitters by plate appearances [were above-average](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=200&type=8&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=11&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=17,d) according to [weighted runs created plus](https://www.fangraphs.com/library/offense/wrc/). The Mariners had the [second-best walk rate](https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2022&month=0&season1=2022&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2022-01-01&enddate=2022-12-31&sort=8,d) in the league, and arguably no group was better at working its way into favorable counts than [Julio Rodríguez and company](https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-mariners-will-go-as-far-as-their-young-talent-takes-them/): Seattle owned MLB’s top rate of working [3-0](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-pitches-batting.shtml#teams_pitches_batting::16) and [2-0 counts](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-pitches-batting.shtml#teams_pitches_batting::19), and the second-best rate of earning [3-1 counts](https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/majors/2022-pitches-batting.shtml#teams_pitches_batting::22). How the Guardians can beat the Yankees: Offensively, the Yankees and Guardians could hardly be more different. [MLB forecast model](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2022-mlb-predictions/), the top-seeded Houston Astros, L.A. Team

Aces take the mound for World Series favorites as the Astros, Dodgers, Yankees and Braves begin their October journeys.

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Yankees or Guardians? Phillies or Braves? Mariners or Astros? Dodgers or Padres? Our staff makes its picks.

Ken Rosenthal (Guardians): Just a hunch. Fabian Ardaya (Pick: Guardians): Something something too young to know better? [MLB Division Series](https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/mlb-division-series/OE3y7BaSMgVF/) starts on Tuesday, which means four more series and four more opportunities for great baseball — and unexpected outcomes.

This weekend of Wild Card baseball turned out to be pretty thrilling, especially on the AL side. The Mariners punched their ALDS tickets with a a seven-run ...

Against the Dodgers, he went 0-2 with a 9.69 ERA in the regular season. [Julio Urías](https://www.mlb.com/player/628711) (17-7, 2.16 ERA) gets the start in Game 1, with [Clayton Kershaw](https://www.mlb.com/player/477132) (12-3, 2.28 ERA) slated for Game 2. [Mike Clevinger](https://www.mlb.com/player/605182) (7-7, 4.33 ERA), who joined the Padres in 2020 after four-and-a-half solid seasons with Cleveland. His 2022 season has been up and down, with a 4.90 ERA in the second half. Urías went 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA in four starts vs. [Padres owner Peter Seidler has described](https://www.mlb.com/news/padres-vs-dodgers-nlds-game-1-starting-lineups-and-pitching-matchup) the Dodgers as “the dragon up the freeway that we’re trying to slay.” Good luck with that. The Yankees ranked first in the Majors in homers this season with 254 and second in team OPS at .751. He went 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in two starts vs. Logan Gilbert (13-6, 3.20 ERA in the regular season) didn’t pitch in the Wild Card series against Toronto, so he’ll be on 10 days’ rest entering today’s start. Philadelphia lefty Ranger Suárez (10-7, 3.65 ERA) gets the nod in Game 1. In four postseason starts as a Yankee, Cole is 2-1 with a 3.98 ERA. The last time was in 2020, when New York swept Cleveland in the AL Wild Card Series.

Highlighting the artists with the most walk-up songs in the Major League Baseball Playoffs, including Bad Bunny, Drake, Daddy Yankee, Kanye West, Anuel AA, ...

[“Me Porto Bonito”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saGYMhApaH8) feat. Jay-Z) [“Leyenda”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9QH16GPEdw) and [“McGregor”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKBIL2tu4mM) [“Helicóptero”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuQunuHA9ew) and [“La Bendición”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9rJ5e5V9E) with [Lenier](https://www.billboard.com/artist/lenier/) [“Tití Me Preguntó”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cr8K88UcO0s) is a walk-up song for Ronald Acuna, while the Yankees’ Gleyber Torres uses [“Después de la Playa.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5rlgE6dcBY) Latino players on playoff rosters are most enamored of Bad Bunny tracks, but he’s widely popular throughout MLB, from on-the-field broadcasts to team clubhouses. It’s unclear whether West’s Twitter implosion Saturday (Oct. [“Hot”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5PLNv4Nc4o) (with [Pitbull](https://www.billboard.com/artist/pitbull/)) [“Volando”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P982oehprfY) (with [Mora](https://www.billboard.com/artist/mora/) and [Sech](https://www.billboard.com/artist/sech/)) and Eddie Rosario, who each use two different Bad Bunny tracks). Given the number of Latino players in baseball, Bad Bunny, 11), is superstar rapper Far more widespread in stadiums throughout the four Division Series, which begin Tuesday (Oct.

The sacrifice bunt became almost extinct after the NL adopted the DH, but the Phillies have turned back the clock in the playoffs.

Segura moved to third and Edmundo Sosa, the next batter, drove him in with a sacrifice fly. “It’s a testament to the leadership and what it takes to win these ballgames. “This is a very unselfish club, and that’s the way they’re playing. Both of their sacrifice bunts — Bryce Harper laid one down in the third — led to runs and both were done without instruction from the dugout. That’s why he ended his fifth postseason plate appearance with a perfectly placed sacrifice bunt — the first of his big-league career — to move Jean Segura to third after a leadoff double in the fifth inning. The sacrifice bunt became almost extinct this season after the National League adopted the designated hitter, but the Phillies have turned back the clock in the playoffs.

The four division series matchups are Braves-Phillies, Padres-Dodgers, Mariners-Astros and Guardians-Yankees. New York Yankees' Aaron Judge before a game ...

Some of the games originally scheduled for the first week of the season were moved to the end, meaning a season that was originally scheduled to end on Oct. But still, it’s also a round of urgency, too, because it’s two wins and you’re on to the next round. They’ve got a loaded lineup that includes Altuve, Alex Bregman and Yordan Alvarez, along with Verlander, the potential AL Cy Young winner. That’s mostly because of the sport’s labor strife that resulted in a work stoppage over the winter. After the division series wrap up, the league championship series and World Series will be in a best-of-seven format. Then there’s the defending World Series champion Braves, who rallied to win the NL East in the final days of the regular season and look formidable once again. But even after winning the first game, Guardians manager Terry Francona seemed pleased with the new format. 18 while the World Series starts Oct. The Blue Jays and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Now it’s on to the division series, which is business as usual with a best-of-five format. Now they’ll bring their own storylines to the postseason stage. Rested Yankees slugger Aaron Judge — who set the AL record with 62 homers this season — gets his chance to swat postseason dingers.