Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees 4/23/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Saturday MLB schedule will get underway with a battle between the Cleveland Guardians and the New York Yankees from the Bronx. The Guardians (7-6) are the only team in the AL Central Division with a plus run differential and lead the majors with 69 runs scored. Last night, Cleveland went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position and struck out 15 times during a 4-1 road loss against New York.

Twenty-six year old southpaw Kirk McCarty will make his first career major league start for the Guardians. In three starts at Triple-A Columbus this year, McCarty posted a 0.79 ERA and a 1.08 WHIP in 11 plus innings.

The New York Yankees have won five of their first eight home games and trail Toronto by a half-game for first place in the AL East Division. During Friday's home victory, All-Star OF Aaron Judge homered twice and drove in three runs to power the New York offense. SP Jameson Taillon (1-1) allowed one run in five innings to notch the win for the Yankees (8-6).

New York manager Aaron Boone will turn to twenty-seven year old lefty Nestor Cortes (0-0 0.00 ERA) on Saturday. Through nine plus innings this season, Cortes has allowed just six hits and fanned 17 batters.