AL Wild Card matchups: Who has edge between the Yankees and Red Sox

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New York Post · collected 2026-09-29 · by Dan Martin

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The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will face each other again this postseason with the Yankees hosting Game 1 on Tuesday night. The Yankees secured the top wild-card spot despite Aaron Judge's absence due to a strained calf, while the Red Sox, who were struggling earlier in the season, made a dramatic comeback following their sweep of the Yankees in June and went on an impressive 32-5 stretch.
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The articles you've shared highlight the highly anticipated baseball matchup between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox in their AL Wild Card series for the MLB playoffs. Here's a summary of key points:

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📰 Yankees Red Sox Wild Card Series
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Who wrote this

Dan Martin
28 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 The two best teams in the American League are set to meet in … the ALDS.
2026-10-02 · assertive framing · How the Yankees and Rays stack up heading into ALDS showdown
🔮 Try it freeFor Cole, who missed all of last season — including the playoffs — following Tommy John surgery, it will be worth the wait.
2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Gerrit Cole relishing Yankees playoff return after long road back from Tommy John
🔮 One thing most weren’t sold on, though, was that two of their top offensive prospects — both at premier defensive positions — would be ready to contribute in the playoffs so soon, since it was just over a year ago that George Lombard Jr. and Spencer Jones were teammates at Double-A Somerset. Access the Yankees beat like never before Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. Sign Up NowBut they were in The Bronx on Wednesday night — and while it was Cody Bellinger’s homer that drove the final nail into Boston’s coffin in the decisive inning, the rally opened in the sixth not with a blast, but with a strikeout.
2026-10-02 · assertive framing · Spencer Jones, George Lombard Jr. waste no time making playoff impact for Yankees
🔮 Try it freeAnd then Red Sox radio voice Will Flemming called the second baseman a “bush-league player” for stealing second and third base in a blowout win over Boston on Aug. 31.
2026-10-01 · assertive framing · Jazz Chisholm Jr. returns to Yankees lineup with a flourish in wild-card sweep
🔮 It’s the part of his game that kept the Yankees confident the 25-year-old could still contribute after he got off to a 4-for-24 start with a dozen strikeouts in his first 10 games in the majors.
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🔮 Try it freeNow he looks like he could be a key piece to a potential playoff run.
2026-09-30 · assertive framing · Yankees’ Anthony Volpe takes advantage of playoff shot: ‘It’s all hands on deck’
🔮 For all of its success, though, there was no guarantee that their main arms would be available — at the same time — until recently.
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🔮 was Rice, hitting second in the order for Game 1 of the wild-card series against the Red Sox — even with left-hander Payton Tolle starting for the Red Sox — and putting up a line even Judge would be envious of.
2026-09-30 · assertive framing · Ben Rice delivers otherworldly night to carry Yankees’ offense in Game 1 win
🔮 For the second year in a row — and the seventh time ever — the Yankees and Red Sox will meet in the postseason.
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🔮 And the Walpole, Mass., native will be facing his hometown Red Sox, a franchise — and fanbase — he’s developed a long history with.
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Yankees ORG · 6× The Bronx GPE · 2× Aaron Judge PERSON · 1× Greg Joyce’s PERSON · 1× Red Sox ORG · 1× Sports+ ORG · 1× the American League ORG · 1× the Red Sox ORG · 1×

Narrative

Sign Up NowRarely have teams taken a stranger route to the playoffs, as the Yankees earned the top wild-card spot in the American League but seem unlikely to have Aaron Judge in the lineup as he recovers from a strained calf.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-29
🔮 For the second year in a row — and the seventh time ever — the Yankees and Red Sox will meet in the postseason.
2026-09-29 · New York Post
AL Wild Card matchups: Who has edge between the Yankees and Red Sox · assertive framing

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For the second year in a row — and the seventh time ever — the Yankees and Red Sox will meet in the postseason. asserted
Yankees → meet → postseason
Access the Yankees beat like never before Don’t miss Greg Joyce’s text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he’s giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. asserted
he → access → Yankees
Sign Up NowRarely have teams taken a stranger route to the playoffs, as the Yankees earned the top wild-card spot in the American League but seem unlikely to have Aaron Judge in the lineup as he recovers from a strained calf. asserted
he → sign → calf
And the Red Sox, left for dead earlier in the season, used an unexpected sweep of the Yankees in late June at Fenway Park to spur a 32-5 run that gave them new life. asserted
that → leave → life
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