Red Sox (Sandoval) vs Yankees (Schlittler): 8/28/26, 7:15pm

[Brandon Glick]

Buckle in. This should be a fun series.

[Brandon Glick]

	SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THU	TOT
Wyatt Olds	0	0	18	25	0	43
Tyron Guerrero	11	0	26	0	0	37
Jovani Morán	0	0	0	33	0	33
Greg Weissert	0	0	12	0	0	12
Erik Miller	0	16	13	0	0	29
Brayan Bello	0	42	0	0	0	42
Aroldis Chapman	15	18	0	0	0	33
Alec Gamboa	0	0	20	0	0	20

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tonight's game will be televised on Apple.

Don't shoot the messenger.

[Maxbialystock]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Tonight's game will be televised on Apple.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Bang!

[UtahSox]

Roman?

[notin]

Not wild about Sandoval in game one, but maybe he can come through…

[iortiz]

It's going to be interesting to see whether they use Bello if they have a shot to win this one or whether they are going to keep him for tomo. 

[Maxbialystock]

Yankees have to be heavily favored tonight with Schlittler on the mound--especially with Sandoval going for the Sox.  

Given the above and tomorrow's double-header plus a 4th game on Sunday, I think Tracy will want to avoid a big commitment of his bullpen tonight.  

Funny thing, but the Sox beat Schlittler on June 25, June 265, when the Yankees gave up 4 unearned runs.  18 days earlier he beat the Sox, going 5.2 IP and giving up 1 ER.  

Yankees are 13-10 in August to the Sox 15-9, but the Yankees played a tougher schedule.  

Yankees run differential is +100 to the Sox +101. 

Like the Sox, the Yankees win more on the road than at home. 

Sox 2 best starters, Grey and Tolle, are not scheduled to go against the Yankees in this 4 game series (in 3 days).  Each has 2 quality starts vs the Yankees.  

Sox were 5-4 vs the Yankees before the ASG.  

 

 

[JoeBrady]

24 minutes ago, notin said:

Not wild about Sandoval in game one, but maybe he can come through…

We need 5 IPs and 2 runs.  If it's a game, we can throw our BP at them.  If not, hoping we can dig into their BP.  4 games in three days should squeeze both teams.

[JoeBrady]

12 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Yankees run differential is +100 to the Sox +101. 

Everything is close.

• NYY runs scored = 596, RS = 600
• NYY runs allowed = 496, RS = 499

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

1 hour ago, notin said:

Not wild about Sandoval in game one, but maybe he can come through…

If he can't and Schlittler is throwing a no-hitter in front of Friday night rabid lupines foaming at the mouth, Tracy and Bails may rest everyone but Weissert and Seigler, who can pitch one inning righty and one inning lefty.

But then to win the series they'll have to sweep the doubleheader, which is a good trick anywhere, much less in the South Bronx already enraged it's the last Saturday of August before school starts again.

[vegasbob]

2-2 has to be considered acceptable in this 4 game matchup. 3-1 in favor of the Sox would be a huge win.  

OTOH. a 4 game sweep by Boston should be seriously considered.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

28 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

2-2 has to be considered acceptable in this 4 game matchup. 3-1 in favor of the Sox would be a huge win.  

OTOH. a 4 game sweep by Boston should be seriously considered.

Based on the non-promotions we have to assume the Red Sox are not chasing wins this weekend (lesson learned from our badly rushed man).

Let the actual guys who wrote this comeback chapter have the opportunity to craft an epic epilogue -- they earned it.  

Brez and Trace expect to be back in the Bronx in October. Why risk exposing the calvary when it's not quite at full strength.

Let the line-up and odds look better when it's do or die.

[vegasbob]

Given Anthony's finger ligament partial tear consuming 3.5 months, it is ironic that the big acquisition of Adley R is slightly detained by a hyper extended elbow , the result of swinging a bat.   

Did no one tell these guys it was a fundamental element of the job?

[JoeBrady]

1 hour ago, vegasbob said:

2-2 has to be considered acceptable in this 4 game matchup. 3-1 in favor of the Sox would be a huge win.  

OTOH. a 4 game sweep by Boston should be seriously considered.

We're an underdog the first three games, and maybe pick'em in game 4.  We need 3-4, but my math side tells me 2-2 is a good result.

[oldtimer]

19 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Given Anthony's finger ligament partial tear consuming 3.5 months, it is ironic that the big acquisition of Adley R is slightly detained by a hyper extended elbow , the result of swinging a bat.   

Did no one tell these guys it was a fundamental element of the job?

I find it ironic that pundits are saying the Sox don't want to rush Anthony back this weekend. He has been out for months. I don't see how they can characterize playing him this weekend as rushing  him back. 

[moonslav59]

3 hours ago, Maxbialystock said:

Yankees have to be heavily favored tonight with Schlittler on the mound--especially with Sandoval going for the Sox.  

 

It's games like this we win.

We lose to the no-names.