 The probable starters for game one of the ALDS brought to you by your local Ford store Boston expected to start Chris Sale against the Yankees and Jay Hap Expected to start could be a lot of talk about that could be a game one and a game five guy But bottom line Jack, that's one of the reasons they went hard and got him I when they made that acquisition from the Toronto Blue Jays one of the narratives about that acquisition was the fact He has pitched so well against the Red Sox this season and in his career He faced them on Friday through five scoreless innings then gave up that grand slam to Steve Pierce You can't say oh, he also added a grand slam a grand slam is a grand slam But for those first five innings he looked very sharp I think he has a ton of confidence against the Red Sox and in Fenway Park There are more question marks about Chris Sale right now than there are about Jay Hap He's been that productive and that reliable. Yeah, I think the numbers bear it out But the eye test also showed us on Friday right for those five innings Just dominated a lineup for the Red Sox that's been intimidating all year long Did a good job against Martinez getting the ball in Mookie Betts was raving about Jay Hap So it tells you that he's kind of got their number a little bit and the bottom line as he won him to pitch game one and Game five if you needed it's either Tanaka or Hap my money is on Hap All right guys. Well, we know they're headed to Boston Friday night for game one for more thoughts on that Let's get it back to Michael K and Ken Singleton And now the fun begins now the Yankees will play the Boston Red Sox and it's gonna be an interesting matchup They played 19 times this year in Boston by winning the last game of the season won the season matchup by Tally of 10 to 9 but these teams match up very well They certainly do if you look at the numbers over the years you can see that the very tight games I think what you saw in the last series in Boston last three games of season Yankees took the first two out of three to get themselves to a hundred wins a lot of players took care of our goals Team took care of a goal of hitting the record for home runs I just think this is gonna be a very exciting series as it usually is very hard fought You're gonna face Chris sale in that first game. We're gonna have to see what kind of Chris sale We're gonna see there've been reports. He has been his shoulders been fatigued in the second half of the season So that should be very interesting to see in game one And I also think that in this upcoming series the pressure now shifts to the Boston Red Sox I think all the pressure on the Yankees today. They had to win this game They could not have gotten eliminated in the wild card after going to the seventh game of the ALCS last year So the Red Sox now have to validate a hundred and eight wins season And I remember Paul O'Neill's told me many many times in 1998 Postseason it was almost joyless because if they didn't win the whole thing the hundred and fourteen didn't mean anything I think the Red Sox is gonna feel a little bit as well Well, I think the Yankees had a lot to do with the Seattle Mariners prior to that and winning a hundred and sixteen games They couldn't pay it off because the Yankees knocked them out of the playoffs So the situation for the Red Sox is yeah, they had a big big year, but now it starts all over again It's ramped up as I said before You have to play pressure filled ball games against your bitter rival in your home park Maybe that's a bit of advantage for the Red Sox to be at Fenway Park to get things started But there'd be enough Yankee fans on hand. I will tell you what there's some keys in this the Red Sox have a great lineup They've got up and down power. They can also steal bases Which the A's weren't able to do that's something that the Yankees gonna have to control But the health of sale how close he is to the real sale and also the bridge to the bullpen Those are the questions about the Boston Red Sox and one other thing too. How was David Price gonna perform against the Yankees? He hasn't pitched well against the Yankees in just about forever ever since he's been in Boston So maybe the Yankees you know are in his head a little bit like years ago What did Pedro say the Yankees are my daddy and Pedro is in the Hall of Fame I will tell you this of all the pitchers that the Red Sox have all the guys that start now One of those starters has ever won a game in the postseason as a starter So the Yankees would like to keep that streak going and it all starts on Friday And it should be an unbelievable time at Fenway Park Bob