Well, the way Verlander is pitching, this one seems to be in the bag. I still think Minnesota can win the next two. Or at least I can hope.
As for the ALDS, I would be very surprised if they lost to the Twins, but I wouldn't be if they lost to the Tigers. What I don't like is that Verlander is slated to pitch Sunday. That would line him up to pitch games two and five. In my estimation, that creates a problem. While the Tigers would have no one to match up with CC, the Yankees would have no one to match up with Verlander. Based simply on the pitching match ups, one can reasonably expect the Tigers to split the first two. If that happens, they would just need to take one game at home to push the series to five games. The game five pitching match up would be Verlander against Burnett. That scares me, and I think it very well might happen.