Guardians vs Yankees Game 2 Props: Bet Big on Cole 10/15

3 MLB Picks to Bet in ALCS Game 2

1. Cole as Ice

Each time Gerrit Cole’s turn has come in these playoffs we’ve made sure to climb on board for a bet or two. While his first start against Kansas City was just so-so, his second one looked very much like the guy we’ve come to expect this time of year from New York’s ace.

After tossing seven innings of one-run ball in the clincher against the Royals on Thursday, Cole is sitting pretty with a 2.94 ERA in 19 career postseason starts. The Guardians know all about it. They’ve faced Cole four times in October (once with Houston, three times with New York) and he’s won them all, posting a 1.98 ERA along the way.

The last two of those starts came in the 2022 ALDS, when Cole was dominant, and he’s since had three more very good outings vs Cleveland in the regular season, including six scoreless and a win in Yankee Stadium in August. The reigning Cy Young Award winner is 7-2 with a 2.82 ERA in his regular-season career vs the Guardians.

Essentially there’s no reason to expect anything but a quality start, at the very least, for our MLB predictions. Cole has this routine down pat, even influencing his teammates with his composure amid October pressure.

Bet This Pick: Gerrit Cole over 17½ Outs (-130)

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2. Walk This Way for Prop Bets

It won’t always make headlines in MLB news the way a dominant start or a grand slam will, but the Yankees are doing some pretty extraordinary stuff in the walks department. After collecting seven bases on balls in Game 1, they have 34 in their five playoff games.

MARK VIENTOS GRAND SLAM

THE @METS ARE RAKING IN LA 🤯 pic.twitter.com/DIQYRNusVa

— MLB (@MLB) October 14, 2024

That’s high pitch counts, loads of traffic and plenty of stress for opposing pitchers. Even if the club isn’t slugging a ton (10 extra-base hits in five postseason games), the margin for error is so slim when the bases are constantly filled. It just takes a rattled rookie throwing the ball all over the place and you’ve got yourself a couple of runs.

Another two wild pitches for Joey Cantillo, his third and fourth of the night pic.twitter.com/Gf2VxjM5Qg

— Talkin’ Yanks (@TalkinYanks) October 15, 2024

(Side note: the Guardians are stuck with Joey Cantillo for the rest of this series, but it’s hard to imagine Stephen Vogt ever going that route again. That shrinks their pen just a tiny bit more.)

If you can find anything on guys like Juan Soto and Aaron Judge and Gleyber Torres drawing a free pass for MLB player prop betting, jump on board. Current Yankees are 6-for-17 (.353) with three walks against Cleveland starter Tanner Bibee, who has walked three, hit one batter and thrown just 60.7% of his pitches for strikes in 8⅔ postseason innings.

Another option is simply to bank on one of these guys to score. If they’re on that much, it’s a matter of time.

Bet on Gleyber Torres to Have at Least One Run + RBI (-108)

3. Early Runs

The Yankees have scored first in each of their last four games. The Guardians, meanwhile, have done so just twice in their six games this postseason. Bibee gave up more runs (16) in the first inning than in any other frame.

Picking New York to score first and/or to plate something in the opening frame is a pretty good option for a bet online.

Bet on Yankees First to Two Runs (-140)

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