It took over three hours of deliberating, but MLB finally decided to can Monday’s ALDS Game 5, with the game rescheduled for 4:07pm ET on Tuesday from Yankee Stadium. The league provided essentially no updates to fans waiting in the stands until finally announcing the rainout at 9:36pm ET. It was not a banner day for MLB public relations.
The postponement does allow the Yankees to rest their beleaguered relief corps and opens up the possibility for expanded usage from starters if they need to do that. Apparently, Terry Francona indicated in the pregame that Shane Bieber would NOT start for the Guardians tomorrow, and that Aaron Civale would still get the ball.