While the baseball playoffs are far more of an enigma than the NBA or NFL playoffs, I want to have a rooting interest for the American League over the next week and a half. With this in mind and about an hour before Game 4 of the ALDS between the Red Sox and the Yankees, I find myself pulling hard whoever wins this series to win the ALCS. While the length of the Red Sox lineup and the historic power of the Yankee lineup are certainly intimidating, the overall balance of the entire Astro roster scares me. Whereas I think the Brewers, Dodgers, Red Sox and Yankees are all about equal in terms of their chances against one another, the Astros are on another level. The idea of facing Verlander and Cole in Game 1 and 2 very much make me fear my prediction of a 4-1 Astro over Brewers WS in the "2018 Postseason Prediction" thread will be quite accurate. I find myself actually pulling for the Yankees, as they don't have the elite TOR the the Red Sox (Sale), Astros (Verlander/Cole) or Dodgers (Kershaw/Buehler) do. Excited and hopeful for the Dodgers series, but keeping an eye toward a potential World Series matchup where I would hope the Brewers would play the Yankees (or Red Sox). Go Crew!