Which Texas team will play for all the marbles? We polled 23 of The Athletic's MLB writers and editors for their thoughts on the matchup.
The American League Championship Series will be an old-fashioned Texas showdown to decide who will represent the junior circuit in the World Series. We all saw that coming on Opening Day, right? The stumbled into the postseason, only to breeze through to go from the lowest AL playoff seed to being four wins away from winning the pennant.
The Rangers’ hitters can and likely will make life miserable for the Astros’ pitching staff. But the Astros’ bats are going now, too, and all it takes is jumping on or early to send the Rangers scrambling to rearrange their pitching plans. Advertisement Chad Jennings : The Astros have been so consistent every postseason, it’s hard to bet against them.
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