For now, the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees can only hear about their past playoff battles, which only their respective managers were alive to witness.

Of all the pitchers that Yankees superstar Aaron Judge has faced in his career, no arm has had more success than Royals right-hander Michael Wacha. Judge is batting .058 (1-for-18) against Wacha, who will start in Game 1 of the American League Division Series for Kansas City on Saturday night.

Aaron Judge and Juan Soto have powered the Yankees into their ALDS match with rising KC star Bobby Witt Jr. Detroit and Cleveland have made good use of their relief corps