The New York Yankees quickly dispatched a good Minnesota Twins team in a three-game Division Series sweep. Everybody knew that the Houston Astros, though, were going to pose a significantly harder challenge, and that the Bombers would need to use all of their resources to even the odds.
Granted, the Yankees’ bullpen is better than the Astros’ on paper, which is important given Houston’s clear advantage in the starting rotation. That doesn’t mean the Yankees can’t run out of weapons to neutralize the ‘Stros offense at some point, as happened in Game Two, for example.