Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays, now in fourth place, for being the second team to be humiliated by the Baltimore Orioles in the AL East. The rays are now out of the playoff picture (out of 0.5 games). The Red Sox are four games behind the third wild card. They’re two games under .500. The Yankees are 2-8 in their last 10 games while the Red Sox, Rays and Toronto Blue Jays are 4-6. Boston is behind but closing in while three of the other four teams struggle a bit.
The Yankees are sending former Red Sox farm hand Frankie Montas, who was traded long ago to Jake Peavy in 2013.
July 30, 2013: Traded as part of a 3-team trade from the Boston Red Sox with Cleuluis Rondon (minors) and JB Wendelken to the Chicago White Sox. The Detroit Tigers sent Avisail Garcia to the Chicago White Sox. The Detroit Tigers sent Brayan Villarreal to the Boston Red Sox. The Chicago White Sox sent Jake Peavy to the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox sent Jose Iglesias to the Detroit Tigers.
We all know how this trade worked. While there were some very minor rumors about the Sox’s interest in a Montas reunion, they looked elsewhere for help, particularly internal solutions. The right-hander got off his worst start of the season against the St. Louis Cardinals, where he lasted just three innings and conceded six runs.
Unfortunately, cutter Crawford also had its worst start to the year. And he faced the lowly Kansas City Royals, who don’t have nearly the offensive weapons of the Cardinals. In his July start against the Yankees, Crawford went five innings, conceding just one run and knocking out six.
Rafael Devers has been deadlocked with just a .154/.233/.359 slash in the last 10 games since returning from the IL. When he rolls, the Sox can get hot. With any luck, he’ll get his momentum back against the Yankees this weekend.
Table of Contents
Game 115: Yankees at Red Sox
site | Yanks | Red Sox |
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site | Yanks | Red Sox |
1 | DJ LeMahieu, DH | Tommy Pham, LF |
2 | Aaron Richter, RF | Rafael Devers, 3B |
3 | Anthony Rizzo, 1B | Xander Bogaerts, S.S |
4 | Josh Donaldson, 3B | Alex Verdugo, RF |
5 | Gleyber Torres, 2B | JD Martinez, DH |
6 | Andrew Benintendi, LF | Eric Hosmer, 1B |
7 | Jose Trevino, C | Christian Arroyo, 2B |
8th | Isiah Kiner-Falefa, SS | Jarren Duran, CF |
9 | Aaron Hicks, CF | Reese McGuire, C |
SP | Frankie Montas, RHP | Cutter Crawford, RHP |