Red Sox to Face Off Against the Yankees in Wild Card Series on Tuesday
Cam Schlittler starts Game 1 as the Yankees use Max Fried and Gerrit Cole behind him in the best-of-three series, MLB.com reported.
- On Sunday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced that Cam Schlittler will start Game 1 of the American League Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium.
- Management spent the past week debating rotation iterations, weighing pitcher rest against the immediate necessity of winning the opener against their historic rivals.
- Schlittler, an AL Cy Young favorite, finished the season 14-6 with a 1.95 ERA and 239 strikeouts, having previously eliminated Boston last year by throwing eight scoreless innings in Game 3.
- Max Fried will start Game 2 on Wednesday, and Gerrit Cole is slated for Game 3 if the best-of-three series requires a final matchup.
- The series winner will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series, with this rotation plan providing flexibility for potential Games 2 and 5 in the next round.
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[OSEN=Reporter Gil Jun-young] The New York Yankees have revealed their full starting rotation for the American League Wild Card Series. The Yankees finished the season with a 93-68 record and a .578 winning percentage, placing second in the American League East and first in the Wild Card standings. Although they were defeated by Toronto 1-3 in the American League Division Series last year, they have advanced to the postseason again this year for…
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Analyzing Yankees' starting rotation vs Red Sox in Wild Card series
Schlittler to start Yankees' Wild Card Series opener vs. Red Sox, followed by Fried and Cole
Cam Schlittler will start Game 1 of the New York Yankees’ Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night and be followed in the rotation by Max Fried and Gerrit Cole in the best-of-three matchup
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