Cleveland's Offence Peaking + Brewers vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Kevin Barker is joined by co-host Sho Alli filling in for Jeff Blair to look back at Milwaukee Brewers taking Game 1 of the NLCS over the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jacob Misiorowski vs. Tarik Skubal, and manager Dave Roberts juggling the lineup in hopes to create offence early, before bringing in Cleveland Guardians TV analyst and former MLB catcher Chris Gimenez (11:32). He weighs in on the team's offence peaking at the right time, José Ramírez's productive at-bats even through an injury, why Jo Adell is the most important player on the Guardians in their series against the Tampa Bay Rays, and if Cleveland's pitching staff can handle the workload in the ALCS. Afterwards, Blue Jays and postseason analyst for Sportsnet, Madison Shipman (26:35) joins the guys in-studio to discuss the difficulty of game planning against Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani's rare playoff struggles, Aaron Ashby's emergence in relief for the Brewers, why Cleveland and Tampa Bay are similar teams, and Christian Yelich's return to the lineup after not starting in Game 1.

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