{"id":77654,"date":"2020-09-29T07:31:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T04:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/disappointed-hal-steinbrenner-eager-for-fresh-yankees-playoff-start\/"},"modified":"2020-09-29T07:31:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T04:31:19","slug":"disappointed-hal-steinbrenner-eager-for-fresh-yankees-playoff-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/disappointed-hal-steinbrenner-eager-for-fresh-yankees-playoff-start\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Disappointed’ Hal Steinbrenner eager for fresh Yankees playoff start"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Disapp<\/a>ointed’ Hal Steinbrenner eager for fresh Yankees playoff start<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Hal Steinbrenner is looking for a fresh start after being bummed about his club finishing second to the Rays in the AL East.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiven the caliber of this team I am disappointed, as they are, that we didn\u2019t win the division. Losing 15 of 20 in a season this short made that a very difficult task,\u2019\u2019 Steinbrenner told The Post via email Monday. \u201cHaving said that, at this point it is a new beginning. If we play up to our potential we can defeat any team in baseball. I truly believe that and I know the players do as well.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

That faith will be tested Tuesday night, when the Yankees and Indians play Game<\/a> 1 of the best-of-three AL Wild Card Series<\/a> at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Game 2 and Game 3, if required, will also be at the Indians\u2019 ballpark because they are the fourth seed, one notch ahead of the Yankees who went 22-9 at home and 11-18 outside of The Bronx.<\/p>\n

Game 1 will be a matchup of elite right-handers Gerrit Cole and Shane Bieber, the heavy favorite to win the AL Cy Young Award after an 8-1 season with an MLB-best 1.63 ERA in a dozen starts.<\/p>\n

And the exact reason Steinbrenner spent $324 million across nine years to make Cole a Yankee.<\/p>\n

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Hal Steinbrenner<\/span>Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI believe Cole will give us the type of strong performance that we envisioned last year when we signed him. One of the many in the years to come,\u2019\u2019 Steinbrenner predicted. \u201cWill be a tough series but I believe we will prevail.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

A clearer path for advancing to the best-of-five ALDS would be winning Game 1. If that isn\u2019t enough pressure on Cole, his hitters have to figure out Bieber, who led the majors with 122 strikeouts in 77 \u00b9\/\u2083 innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been locked in from the beginning [of the 60-game season]. We all love good pitching matchups,\u2019\u2019 said Cole, who went 7-3 with a 2.84 ERA in a dozen starts. \u201cI am excited and it should be a good one.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

While Bieber, 25, will be facing a stronger lineup than the 30-year-old Cole, who pointed out the challenge of the first four batters in the Indians\u2019 lineup being switch hitters, the Yankees have been inconsistent at the plate. In losing six of their final eight games, the Yankees scored a dozen runs in the losses and 23 in the two victories.<\/p>\n