Fresh off a Game One victory, the Yankees are just one win away from eliminating the Cleveland Indians in the Wild Card round and advancing to the ALDS. Fortunately, the Yankees’ postseason ace is on the mound tonight – the man with the 1.76 postseason ERA and 0.78 postseason WHIP, the man who has already beaten Cleveland before with the season on the line, back in 2017. Masahiro Tanaka is here when the Yankees need him most.
That was three years ago, but the lineup that Tanaka is facing tonight is actually quite similar to the one he faced back then, at least at the top.