1 spot if it continues winning as many have seen as of late. The team has been phenomenal over the past month and has a very real chance of running away with the No. The Wildcard race has clearly been a hot topic recently as the Blue Jays have seemingly surged into the favorite position. However, with the Blue Jays on an absolute tear, both the Sox and Yanks are going to need to step up in a big way to make the wildcard rivalry game a possibility. The matchup I want to see the least is Blue Jays-Yankees, mostly because I’d be bitter if the Sox are left out. The atmosphere in Fenway Park/Yankee Stadium would be unmatched in a winner-take-all game between two of the biggest rivals in baseball history. Michael WalshĪ good old-fashioned Red Sox-Yankees matchup would be my best-case scenario for the wildcard. I feel more confident the Red Sox could beat the Yankees in a one-game playoff - like, way more confident - but that one game with Toronto would be super exciting and I’d happily watch those young Toronto stars make a deep run, should the Red Sox fall. It’s still a very exciting divisional matchup, Chris Sale vesrsus Robbie Ray would be a delight to watch go toe to toe, and of course the added bonus of sad Yankee fans on the outside looking in. and Bo Bichette the chance at playoff excitement seems rude. Normally I’d say Red Sox -Yankees for the #Drama, but to deny Vladimir Guererro Jr. The least enticing matchup would be Red Sox-Athletics or Red Sox-Mariners, those games just don’t get the juices flowing like the AL East matchups would. Houck? Richards? Ottavino? Meanwhile, the Red Sox have “handed Robby Ray his lunch” already, as Eck would say, and can destroy that bullpen in a one-game do or die situation. I feel strongly that in a wildcard game the Red Sox could hold the Blue Jays lineup with a combination of Sale, Whitlock, and whoever is hottest in the bullpen at that point. Also, the Blue Jays lineup is superb, but they don’t have anyone like Gerrit Cole to start the game. That said, I would find it very amusing if the Yankees didn’t make the playoffs and finished in fourth place in the American League East after being heavy favorites to win the division. Now, I am absolutely more scared of the Blue Jays than the Yankees. I am rooting for a Red Sox-Blue Jays wildcard game at Fenway. For this week’s roundtable, I asked which matchup everyone would like to see the most, and which they’d like to see the least. As we speak here Friday morning, the Red Sox and Blue Jays are tied and hold the top two spots, with New York trailing by a half-game, Oakland by three games, and Seattle by four. The Red Sox are mired in a tight wildcard race in which five teams fighting for two spots are separated by four games.
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