Here’s Who Red Sox Will Face In MLB Wild Card Playoffs
Game 1 is set for Tuesday
The pieces are finally in place for the Red Sox’s first playoff series since 2021.
Boston will visit the Yankees for a best-of-three Wild Card Series with Game 1 scheduled for Tuesday in New York. Each game of the series will be played at Yankee Stadium, meaning Fenway Park isn’t guaranteed to host a playoff game in October.
“It’s New York against Boston,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters Sunday evening. “It’s gonna be big.”
The matchup became official on Sunday after the Red Sox earned a 4-3 win over the Tigers to clinch the second wild-card seed, and the Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays to clinch the American League East title. The Yankees finished with the top wild-card seed, while the Tigers earned the final wild-card seed, locking them into a first-round matchup with the American League Central-winning Guardians.
The Blue Jays and Mariners, who won the American League West, will both enjoy first-round byes. The winner of Red Sox-Yankees will play Toronto in the divisional round, while the winner of Tigers-Guaridans will face the Mariners.
Here are the final American League standings:
Reminder: Division winners with the two-best records got first-round byes (Blue Jays and Mariners). The No. 3 seed (Guardians) will host the No. 6 seed (Tigers); the No. 4 seed (Yankees) will host the No. 5 seed (Red Sox).
Division Leaders
1. Toronto Blue Jays (94-68)
2. Seattle Mariners (90-72)
3. Cleveland Guardians (88-74)
Wild Card
4. New York Yankees (94-68)
5. Boston Red Sox (89-73)
6. Detroit Tigers (87-75)
The start time for Game 1 between Boston and New York hadn’t been announced as of this writing, but MassLive’s Chris Cotillo reported that first pitch likely will be at 6:08 p.m. ET.
