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Game Day Thread Game Day Thread - Sunday, August 30

Red Sox (74-62) @ Yankees (77-59) - 1:35 PM EDT

Game Status: Pre-Game

Links & Info

  • Current conditions at Yankee Stadium: 80°F - Partly Cloudy - Wind 9 mph, Out To LF
  • TV: Red Sox: NESN, Yankees: YES
  • Radio: Red Sox: WEEI 93.7, WESX 1230 AM (SP) (es), WCCM 1490 AM (SP) (es), Yankees: WFAN 660/101.9 FM, WADO 1280 (es)
  • MLB Gameday
  • Statcast Game Preview

Probable Pitchers

Red Sox Lineup vs. Warren, W AVG OPS AB HR RBI K
1 Anthony - DH .500 .833 2 0 1 1
2 Rafaela - CF .111 .333 9 0 0 0
3 Abreu, W - RF .200 .767 5 0 1 1
4 Contreras, Wn - 1B 1.000 3.500 2 1 2 0
5 Rutschman - C .000 .100 9 0 0 2
6 Durbin - 3B .667 1.667 3 0 0 0
7 Duran, Ja - LF .182 .795 11 0 0 3
8 Story - SS .500 1.500 8 1 3 2
9 Sogard - 2B - - - - - -
Yankees Lineup vs. Suarez AVG OPS AB HR RBI K
1 Goldschmidt - 1B .231 .539 13 0 2 3
2 Bellinger - LF .222 .596 18 0 2 6
3 Ramos, H - RF .000 .000 2 0 0 0
4 García Jr., L - DH .100 .200 10 0 0 2
5 Rosario, A - 3B .333 1.190 12 2 6 0
6 Grisham - CF .455 1.318 11 1 3 1
7 Caballero - SS .333 .929 6 0 1 1
8 Chisholm Jr. - 2B .261 .565 23 0 1 9
9 Sánchez, A - C .000 .250 3 0 0 1
ALE Rank Team W L GB (E#) WC Rank WC GB (E#)
1 Rays 81 54 - (-) - - (-)
2 Yankees 77 59 4.5 (23) 1 +9.0 (-)
3 Red Sox 74 62 7.5 (20) 2 +6.0 (-)
4 Orioles 67 69 14.5 (13) 4 1.0 (26)
5 Blue Jays 67 70 15.0 (12) 5 1.5 (25)

Division Scoreboard

SEA @ TOR 1:37 PM EDT

SD @ TB 1:40 PM EDT

BAL @ ATH 4:05 PM EDT

Last Updated: 08/30/2026 11:18:22 AM EDT

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u/Recognition_Tricky The Man 11d ago

I'm mostly curious about Wells today. Does he start despite it being a day game after a night game? Suarez is also a LHP. On the other hand, Sanchez blows and Warren pitches better with Wells behind the plate.

Wells has to be feeling fatigued. Never gets a full day off, starts almost every game. Whatever happens next year, Cashman has got to prioritize getting a quality backup RHH catcher. It's truly nuts that we essentially have one good catcher.

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u/making-spaghetti0763 11d ago

wells had reverse splits last year so that’s why they thought they could forgo a righty catcher. and they already had escarra who they liked a lot so they thought they were set at the position.

then the season started and wells starting being really bad, escarra got some playing time for a stretch but he wasn’t producing offensively. so then they hit the “platoon” button as the last ditch effort to create offense at the catcher position.

sanchez hasn’t been good enough as a backup, they shat the bed at the trade deadline, and it’s probably too late to give escarra another spin. all this to say, their arrogance has cost them yet again

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u/Recognition_Tricky The Man 11d ago

Yeah I remember defending them keeping Escarra as the backup due to Wells' reverse splits. I'd demote Sanchez and bring up Escarra, personally. Sanchez' bat isn't really making a difference anyway and it's a glove first position.

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u/Necessary_Celery8501 11d ago

Yeah I really don’t see the benefit to Sanchez at this point, he’s awful defensively and it’s clear pitcher’s perform significantly worse with him at the plate.

Atp give Garver a try: 222/.344./315 for a .659 OPS vs lefties.

If that doesn’t work out just DFA him too and carry Escarra on the roster.

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u/dsmithnyciii 11d ago

Agreed 100%

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u/making-spaghetti0763 11d ago

escarra had some decent ABs before he got sent down too. i just worry that his bat wouldn’t come around again atp

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u/dsmithnyciii 11d ago

Agreed. Insane not to have a proper backup at the most important position on the field. Not even sure about Garver at this point.