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Yankees’ Aaron Boone makes Bob Nightengale look silly with final playoff decision on Cam Schlittler, Max Fried

The New York Yankees are set to take on the Boston Red Sox in the playoffs in the Wild Card round. MLB insider Bob Nightengale initially reported that the club was planning on starting Max Fried in Game 1 of the series, with Cam Schlittler getting the start in Game 2. However, manager Aaron Boone […] The post Yankees’ Aaron Boone makes Bob Nightengale look silly with final playoff decision on Cam Schlittler, Max Fried appeared first on ClutchPoints .

Nothing Is Normal For Red Sox Regular Season Finale Versus Cubs

Happy Sunday, folks! It’s the last day of the regular season (probably), and everything is weird in Red Sox world. For starters, the game is being played in Tropicana Field due to a Nor’easter in New England. It was the right call to move the game because there’s zero chance they would have had a […]

Chicago Cubs get brutal playoff task after flubbing end-of-season push

The Chicago Cubs have flown out to St. Petersburg, Florida for what—as things have turned out—is a meaningless final game of the season against the Boston Red Sox. More News: Chicago Cubs playoff reserve squad spotlighted amid postseason concerns On Saturday, the San Diego Padres clinched home field advantage in the National League Wild Card [...] The post Chicago Cubs get brutal playoff task after flubbing end-of-season push appeared first on ChiCitySports .

MLB announces wild-card schedule

MLB has announced its post-season schedule on Sunday, with a wild-card matchup between the division rival New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox getting top billing. The Yankees and Red Sox will play in the 8 p.m. ET primetime slot for Games 1 and 2 of their three-game series. The first two games of all four wild-card series will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. Meanwhile, the San Diego Padres will host the Chicago Cubs for the 10 p.m. time slot. The earlier matchups are still to be decided, w...

How to watch the Red Sox take on the Yankees in 2026 AL Wild Card

The Boston Red Sox punched their postseason ticket a while back, but the seeding and matchup were technically unclear until the Red Sox beat the Cubs on Friday afternoon. Now it’s official: the Red Sox have the No. 5 seed and will face the No. 4 Yankees for a best-of-three series in the American League […]

Yankees rumors: The expected plan for Cam Schlittler, Max Fried to start playoffs vs. Red Sox

The New York Yankees are getting ready for another return trip to the Major League Baseball Playoffs. New York is dealing with a plethora of injuries as the playoffs start. The Bronx Bombers are working out a plan on how to address the starting pitching for the postseason. “The Yankees are expected to start Max […] The post Yankees rumors: The expected plan for Cam Schlittler, Max Fried to start playoffs vs. Red Sox appeared first on ClutchPoints .

What will the Red Sox postseason roster look like?

We’ll know exactly what the Red Sox postseason roster will look like soon enough. But since half of New England is under water right now and there was no Red Sox game yesterday to discuss, let’s talk about it anyway. Thanks to the injuries to Willson Contreras and Mickey Gasper, there are an uncomfortable number […]

Chicago Cubs news — Peterson, Holmes, Busch

Today’s Reflections That was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad time to drop a doubleheader. The two losses by the scores of 4-3 and 2-0 tells us two things: that unless the Red Sox have weak hitters, the Cubs pitching staff had its strong moments, but there is no way they can carry the team […]

Yankees news: Wild Card Series previews and predictions

ESPN | Jorge Castillo: The Yankees and Red Sox will face each other in the playoffs for the seventh time. It’s a rematch of last season’s AL Wild Card Series when Cam Schlittler memorably burst onto the national stage with eight shutout innings and 12 strikeouts to seal the series in the decisive Game 3. […]

MLB Notebook: Mayer family happy to leave Boston behind; Red Sox-Yankees brace for Wild Card battle

After a disastrous pandemic-shortened 2020 season in which the Red Sox finished 24-36 and cycled through one of the worst pitching staffs in franchise history, there was at least one significant reward waiting for them.The fourth overall pick in the 2021 MLB Draft in which Boston used it on Eastlake High School shortstop Marcelo Mayer, a player many believed wouldn’t even be available when the Red Sox went on the clock.

A brief history of Cubs neutral site games

Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. CT, the Cubs and Boston Red Sox will play Game 162 of the 2026 regular season at the home of the Tampa Bay Rays, Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Fla., a neutral site. The Cubs played there earlier this year, taking two of three from the Rays back in April, […]

Chicago Cubs’ biggest strength has become their biggest concern

The Chicago Cubs are not making their way to the playoffs with anything resembling positive momentum. More News: Chicago Cubs swap out Edward Cabrera as bullpen hits a stride They just dropped a doubleheader to the Boston Red Sox in the midst of a crucial late-season stretch that will determine home field advantage in the [...] The post Chicago Cubs’ biggest strength has become their biggest concern appeared first on ChiCitySports .

What will make this Red Sox season a success?

A season ago, the Red Sox finished third in the American League East, winning 89 games. This season, depending on the result of a final game at Tropicana Field against the Chicago Cubs (a real sentence), the team will win 87 or 88 games. Last year, Boston was the 5-seed playing at the New York […]

Mickey Gasper Sidelined By “Significant Biceps Injury”

Red Sox catcher Mickey Gasper sustained what manager Chad Tracy called a “significant biceps injury” during the first game of Boston’s doubleheader with the Cubs on Friday. Gasper was favoring his right arm in the aftermath of a fifth-inning strikeout, and Connor Wong replaced Gasper behind the plate prior to the top of the sixth. After the second game of the twin bill, Tracy told MassLive.com’s Christopher Smith and other reporters that Gasper would “still be seeing more doctors” to determine...

Mickey Gasper Sidelined By “Significant Biceps Injury”

Red Sox catcher Mickey Gasper sustained what manager Chad Tracy called a “significant biceps injury” during the first game of Boston’s doubleheader with the Cubs on Friday.  Gasper was favoring his right arm in the aftermath of a fifth-inning strikeout, and Connor Wong replaced Gasper behind the plate prior to the top of the sixth. […]

Cubs Blanked 2-0 by Red Sox in Fenway Nightcap

Seven hits and nothing to show for it: the Cubs fell 2-0 to the Red Sox in Friday's Fenway nightcap after Wilyer Abreu's two-run double in the eighth. The post Cubs Blanked 2-0 by Red Sox in Fenway Nightcap appeared first on On Tap Sports Net .