Sep 29, 2026 · 50 min · 11 segments
In today's episode of the Yankees Nation Podcast, Brian and Ryan covered: \- Pitching matchups with Red Sox \- The Aaron Judge decision \- Stanton and Grisham's roles \- Who plays 2B and 3B?
Ryan BolognaHost
Brian O'DonnellHost
Yeah, I think we should probably just run through the pitching matchups for games one through three, just to start out here.
there was a lot of consternation about the Yankees starting rotation in this one because it seems like up until the Yankees basically announced their starting rotation that it would be Max Fried game one, Cam Schlittler in game two, and then Garrett Cole in game three.
But eventually they just went with Cam Schlittler game one, Max Fried game two, and Garrett Cole in game three.
Which is probably what people had been expecting for, you know, going back a month now.
If you asked me a month ago what I think the starting three would be, it would probably be those three.
So, you know, last week me and you talked about Carlos Jordan as game three starter, but we'll get into that.
I don't think the nod went to Cole for anything other than he's got steel nerves, you know, nerves of steel.
But when you look at who would be better coming in in a long relief or a or things go south, putting Rodon on top of coal is probably not a bad idea.
Yeah, I think part of why I wanted Rodon was because of the, you know, Garrett Cole hasn't been getting the strikeouts that he normally does.
But I think part of why the Yankees might have went the other direction is because Garrett Cole doesn't walk any batters, basically.
I, I don't think Max Freed would have been a, an egregious decision for game one either, just because of the matchup.
I think, uh, as far as just the left-handed like batters that, or that the Red Sox have with Abreu, with, uh, um, with Anthony and with, uh, you know, uh, Adley, who was a switch hitter, but worse from the right side.
I think it would have been justifiable if the Yankees went with Freed in game one.
And Max Freed is awesome, but Cam Schlittler was the best pitcher in baseball this year.
Yeah, I think we should probably just run through the pitching matchups for games one through three, just to start out here.
there was a lot of consternation about the Yankees starting rotation in this one because it seems like up until the Yankees basically announced their starting rotation that it would be Max Fried game one, Cam Schlittler in game two, and then Garrett Cole in game three.
But eventually they just went with Cam Schlittler game one, Max Fried game two, and Garrett Cole in game three.
Which is probably what people had been expecting for, you know, going back a month now.
If you asked me a month ago what I think the starting three would be, it would probably be those three.
So, you know, last week me and you talked about Carlos Jordan as game three starter, but we'll get into that.
I don't think the nod went to Cole for anything other than he's got steel nerves, you know, nerves of steel.
But when you look at who would be better coming in in a long relief or a or things go south, putting Rodon on top of coal is probably not a bad idea.
Yeah, I think part of why I wanted Rodon was because of the, you know, Garrett Cole hasn't been getting the strikeouts that he normally does.
But I think part of why the Yankees might have went the other direction is because Garrett Cole doesn't walk any batters, basically.
I, I don't think Max Freed would have been a, an egregious decision for game one either, just because of the matchup.
I think, uh, as far as just the left-handed like batters that, or that the Red Sox have with Abreu, with, uh, um, with Anthony and with, uh, you know, uh, Adley, who was a switch hitter, but worse from the right side.
I think it would have been justifiable if the Yankees went with Freed in game one.
And Max Freed is awesome, but Cam Schlittler was the best pitcher in baseball this year.
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