The Yankees and Astros have been on this heavyweight collision course for months, establishing early they were the class of the American League. Now — as anticipated — they will play for its title.
The Astros are the first team to advance to three straight League Championship Series since the 2011-13 Tigers. Those Detroit teams never finished it off by winning a title.
Houston already has one championship (2017) in which it survived the Yankees in seven games in the ALCS. The Astros also beat the Yankees in the 2015 wild card. One more series win here would speak to dominance.