Since I am a New York fan, I'm probably obligated to give the Yankees any tiebreaker advantages I see but, frankly, the Red Sox proved to be a better team than them during the regular season last year and, then, when given a second chance in the playoffs, the Red Sox were better there as well. In fact, the Red Sox won 119 games last season in 176 total games, which is pretty nuts. They won't win 68% of their games again, but they don't have to, either.
ALE: Red Sox, Yankees*, Rays*, Blue Jays, Orioles
ALC: Indians, Twins, White Sox, Tigers, Royals
ALW: Astros, Angels, A's, Rangers, Mariners
NLE: Nationals, Phillies*, Braves, Mets, Marlins
NLC: Cubs, Brewers*, Cardinals, Pirates, Reds
NLW: Dodgers, Rockies, Padres, Dbacks, Giants
Yankees -> Red Sox
Astros -> Indians
Dodgers -> Phillies
Cubs -> Nationals
Yankees -> Astros
Cubs -> Dodgers
Yankees -> Cubs
:shrug: