Colten Brewer / Gerrit Cole
Colten Brewer will make his first career start, after 75 games as a reliever.
The Yankees' 12-6 record includes a 6-0 mark at home. Although New York is only 5-5 over its last 10 games, considering the Red Sox are still staggering after being pounded for 42 runs in four games by the Rays*, this series could be extremely ugly.
*: Tampa Bay went 12 consecutive games without scoring more than five runs. Then they arrived in Boston and racked up: 8, 8, 9, and 17.
According to Phil Mushnick (Post), "Whatever it is, John Sterling still has it!