Boston Red Sox
As anticipated, Lucas Giolito was left off the roster amid elbow soreness.
The Red Sox postseason sequence towards the Yankees could possibly be decided by rookie pitching, as Boston may have a number of first-year hurlers on the crew’s roster for the wild-card sequence.
The roster for the primary spherical of the playoffs was announced by the Crimson Sox on Tuesday morning. Rookie pitchers Payton Tolle and Connelly Early have been each included. As was announced on Monday by supervisor Alex Cora, veteran starter Lucas Giolito was left off the roster as a result of elbow soreness.
Early, who’s 1-2 with a 2.33 ERA in 4 begins since being referred to as as much as the majors, is a candidate to start out a possible Sport 3 of the sequence ought to it go that far. Kyle Harrison, one of many gamers the Crimson Sox acquired within the Rafael Devers commerce earlier in 2025, is one other potential Sport 3 starter.
Right here’s a have a look at the entire roster:
Pitchers: Brayan Bello, Aroldis Chapman, Garrett Crochet, Connelly Early, Kyle Harrison, Zack Kelly, Steven Matz, Justin Slaten, Payton Tolle, Greg Weissert, Garrett Whitlock, Justin Wilson.
Catchers: Carlos Narváez, Connor Wong.
Infielders: Alex Bregman, David Hamilton, Nathaniel Lowe, Trevor Story.
Outfielders: Wilyer Abreu, Jarren Duran, Rob Refsnyder, Masataka Yoshida.
Infielders/Outfielders: Nate Eaton, Romy Gonzalez, Ceddanne Rafaela, Nick Sogard.
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