The New York Yankees rolled with a platoon lineup in Game 1 of their Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox. It didn't work out. Jazz Chisholm Jr. got annoyed, then avoided reporters in the postgame scrum by speaking into a pile of clothes. Ben Rice found himself nailed to the bench when the Sox were able to go directly from Garrett Crochet to Aroldis Chapman. Aaron Boone effortlessly benched 50 home runs in a must-win game while starting Trent Grisham left-on-left; Grisham went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.
On Wednesday, Boone decided to pivot, instead bringing Rice and Chisholm Jr.