Can you believe there are only 10 games left in the 2020 season? Pretty wild stuff. The Yankees are sitting as pretty as they have been in about a month, comfortably in second place and winners of their last 8 games. They’re playing the Red Sox, an opponent against whom they haven’t dropped a game all season. Let’s hope the good times keep rolling.
Here are the lineups, one of which I suspect you’ll like a lot:
New York Yankees (29-21)
1. DJ LeMahieu, 2B
2. Aaron Judge, RF
3. Giancarlo Stanton, DH
4. Luke Voit, 1B
5. Gleyber Torres, SS
6. Aaron Hicks, CF
7. Gio Urshela, 3B
8. Gary Sánchez, C
9. Clint Frazier, LF
Jordan Montgomery, LHP
Boston Red Sox (19-32)
1. Alex Verdugo, RF
2. Rafael Devers, 3B
3. Xander Boegarts, SS
4. J.D. Martinez, LF
5. Christian Vázquez, C
6. Kevin Plawecki, DH
7. Jackie Bradley, Jr.
8. Michael Chavis, 1B
9. Christian Arroyo, 2B
Martín Pérez, LHP
Now that is a lineup. It’s the first time the Yankees have trotted out both Judge and Stanton since August 8, which was over a month ago. Folks, the Yankees are at full strength at last. Now we just need to keep them there for the rest of the season.
News & Notes
- Aaron Boone said that he’s going to keep tinkering with the lineup, but that Judge/Stanton are back-to-back because of the lefty opponent in Pérez tonight. They should always hit back-to-back. (Max Goodman)
- Boone says it’s hard to imagine where the Yankees would be without Luke Voit. You can say that again. (SNY Yankee Videos)
- Predictably, Boone says his team is locked in and ready to go for October. What else would he say? (Erik Boland)
First pitch is at 7:30 ET for some reason. It’s on YES locally, MLB Network nationally, and on WFAN/WADO for radio. Enjoy the game, everyone.
Brian M
Another classic Yanks-Sox 5 hour affair. Ugh.
CentralScrutinizer
I really hope that batting Hicks 6th and Frazier 9th is to put some sting into the bottom of the order because otherwise I don’t understand the rationale. Hicks has done practically nothing with the bat this year and Clint had been raking. And since tonight’s Red Sox starter is a lefty that means Hicks will be batting on his weaker side.I’m beginning to think that Hicks has dirty pictures of Boone or someone in the front office because otherwise I don’t understand the preferential treatment he gets.