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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…
Analyzing Yankees' starting rotation vs Red Sox in Wild Card series
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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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