{"id":487,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/487","headline":"Guardians and Rays set for ALCS, with Tampa Bay favored","dek":"The American League pennant is on the line as experts lean toward the Rays over the Guardians.","body":"The ALCS is set, and it's the Guardians against the Rays for the right to represent the American League in the World Series.\n\nExpert panels have weighed in, and the consensus leans toward Tampa Bay. The Athletic's staff predictions have the Rays as heavy favorites over Cleveland, while MLB.com has also published its own expert picks for the series. Yahoo Sports is putting the question to its readers, asking fans how they think the series will play out.\n\nNo results or schedule details have been reported yet, just the predictions ahead of the matchup. Whichever team wins will move on to the World Series to face the National League champion.","published_at":"2026-10-13T04:46:28.436033+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Poll: The Guardians/Rays ALCS","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/poll-guardians-rays-alcs-150000385.html"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"ALCS staff predictions: The Rays look like heavy favorites over the Guardians","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7681375/2026/10/12/alcs-expert-predictions-rays-guardians-mlb-playoffs/"},{"outlet":"MLB.com","publisher":"MLB.com","title":"Our expert picks for the Guardians-Rays ALCS","url":"https://www.mlb.com/news/2026-mlb-alcs-picks-guardians-rays"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Guardians, Rays each make one roster change for ALCS","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50166616/guardians-rays-make-changes-al-championship-series-rosters"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/961628ddcdee2ecf27640da1599fa24c191e397cfeb9de192242efeb6c709eb6/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fsb_nation_articles_115%2Fa77ab4498ccaf2f577ae8c8c891f2891.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}