The Yankees will start the playoffs with two of their greatest bats on the bench.
Their lineup for Recreation 1 of the wild-card collection in opposition to the Crimson Sox on Tuesday didn’t embody both Ben Rice or Jazz Chisholm Jr., because the Yankees stacked their right-handed hitters to face ace lefty Garrett Crochet.
Supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned on Monday that Rice could be out of the lineup, with Austin Wells catching Max Fried and the right-handed hitting Paul Goldschmidt at first base.
However Chisholm, on the heels of a 30-30 season, can even be coming off the bench as Amed Rosario (6-for-9 in his profession in opposition to Crochet) begins at second base and José Caballero changing Ryan McMahon at third base.
Chisholm did get hit on the left forearm Saturday with a 97 mph sinker, however Boone anticipated him to be good to go by Tuesday.
There was a case to be made for McMahon sticking at third base regardless of being a nasty left-on-left matchup in opposition to Crochet, due to his defensive worth behind Fried, who generated probably the most floor balls to 3rd base of any pitcher this season.
As a substitute, the Yankees are going for the offensive upside of the right-handed hitting Caballero regardless of him being 0-for-7 lifetime in opposition to Crochet.
