The Yankees will begin their push for a 28th championship on Tuesday when they begin their best-of-three game series in Cleveland against the Indians. To break down the opening playoff series, we bring you a brand new episode of the “Pinstripe Pod” with Chris Shearn and four-time World Series champion Jeff Nelson.

The guys open the show talking about the Yankees’ struggles this week going into the postseason. Nellie points to the team not being very good defensively and how it could hurt them in the playoffs. They talk about having to face the Indians, which is the one team they did not want to face. Can Gerrit Cole beat AL Cy Young Award favorite Shane Bieber? Can the Yankees find a way to win two out of three games?

In “Nellie’s Nugget,” Nellie looks back at some of his favorite postseason memories with the Yankees. The guys wrap up the segment making their predictions for the series. They believe if the Yankees win Game 1, they will win the series.

Longtime NY Post Yankees beat writer George King then drops by the show. King talks about his decision to retire in November following the season. King gets into how special it was for Don Mattingly and Aaron Boone to say nice things about him after the game Sunday. He talks about some of his favorite memories covering the Yankees over the years, highlighting the memorable 2001 World Series. King discusses how journalism has changed over the years and how everything is much quicker today than it used to be. He wraps it up previewing the Yankees-Indians series and explains why the Yankees have a chance to win it.

Catch up on all episodes of “Pinstripe Pod,” a New York Yankees podcast, by subscribing to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Chris Shearn on Twitter @ChrisShearnYES and Jeff Nelson @NYNellie43. The next episode of the podcast drops following the Wild Card round.