Red Sox, Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers
Digest more
Ex-Yankees Starter Defends Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Digest more
The New York Yankees are projected to start next year with an All-Star at leadoff after a blockbuster Cleveland Guardians trade.
Yankees reliever Luke Weaver got two quick strikes on Red Sox outfielder Ceddanne Rafaela, but it was all downhill from there. A walk, a double and a single later, and the Red Sox had the lead. After the game, Boone explained the reasoning behind removing Fried from the game.
Things got a bit treacherous for Aroldis Chapman and the Red Sox in the ninth inning against the Yankees, but the Boston closer got the job done in Game 1 and sent New York into the MLB history books.
Yankees fans have been dissatisfied with manager Aaron Boone for quite some time now. Tuesday’s 3-1 loss to the Red Sox in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series is the latest example of why. Not only did Boone omit two of the team’s hottest hitters, Jazz Chisholm and Ben Rice, from the lineup, but he also turned to the bullpen prematurely
No Game 1 loser has ever come back to win a best-of-three Wild Card Series -- but that has to change... right?
Preview the Oct. 1 AL Wild Card Game 2 matchup between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.