<P> The Yankees upset the heavily - favored Cleveland Indians 3 -- 2 in the ALDS to advance . This is the Yankees ' 16th appearance in the ALCS , and their second as a Wild Card . Their last ALCS appearance came in the 2012 American League Championship Series where they got swept by the Detroit Tigers . They had won in eleven of their previous fifteen appearances . This is the sixth straight year in which an AL East team has made it to the ALCS . </P>
who won the american league east in 2017
The Yankees