Red Sox Put Crochet on Wild Card Roster

The Boston Red Sox reinstated Garrett Crochet from the 60-day injured list and put him on the Wild Card Roster as the Red Sox get set to play the New York Yankees in the Best-of-3 playoff starting Tuesday, September 29th.

Crochet hasn't pitched in the majors since April 25th.

All games will be in New York, with Tuesday's and  Wednesday's first pitch set for 8 p.m. Game 3 if necessary will also be at 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 1st. You can hear the games on WDEA AM 1370.

Payton Tolle will start for the Red Sox in Tuesday's game with Sonhy Gray expected to start Wednesday and Ranger Suarez the Thursday probable starter if necessary.

Boston enters the game with a 87-75 record while the Yankees are 93-68. The winner of this series will play the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Division Series starting on Saturday, October 3rd.

The Red Sox went 6-7 against the Yankees this season. Boston is 13-14 all-time against the Yankees in the postseason and are 9-3 in their last 12 postseason games.

Boston's Wild Card Roster  is:

PITCHERS (12): Brayan Bello, Jake Bennett, Aroldis Chapman, Garrett Crochet, Alec Gamboa, Sonny Gray, Erik Miller, Wyatt Olds, Ranger Suarez, Payton Tolle, Greg Weissert, Garrett Whitlock 

CATCHERS (2): Adley Rutschman, Connor Wong 

INFIELDERS (5): Willson Contreras, Caleb Durbin, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Andruw Monasterio, Trevor Story 

OUTFIELDERS (5): Wilyer Abreu, Roman Anthony, Jarren Duran, Jahmai Jones, Ceddanne Rafaela

INFIELDER/OUTFIELDERS (2): Nate Eaton, Nick Sogard