The New York Yankees will either win or go home on Thursday night. It's Game 3 of the Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox. The first two games were as close as can possibly be, and the Yankees avoided elimination with a thrilling win on Wednesday.
Game 1, however, featured some lineup changes that upset a lot of fans. All of Ben Rice, Jazz Chisholm and Ryan McMahon didn't start because left-hander Garrett Crochet was on the mound. Instead, manager Aaron Boone countered with righties Paul Goldschmidt, Amed Rosario and Jose Caballero, which wasn't exactly a sound strategy because both are significantly worse hitters than Rice and Chisholm.