Red Sox Wild Card roster: Full 26-man postseason list makes pitching omission to face Yankees

Billy Heyen

Red Sox Wild Card roster: Full 26-man postseason list makes pitching omission to face Yankees image

It doesn't get better than Boston Red Sox against New York Yankees. Well, that's especially true when they face off in the postseason.

This time around, it'll be in the best-of-three Wild Card Round to open the American League bracket on Tuesday.

And in such a short series, every decision is magnified.

The Red Sox named their 26-man roster and didn't have any major shocks. The key omission was veteran pitcher Lucas Giolito. But with the series not requiring more than three starting pitchers, it didn't make sense for Giolito to make the cut.

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Here's how the rest of the group breaks down:

Red Sox Wild Card roster

Pitchers (12)

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 (2)

Carlos Narvaez, Connor Wong

Infielders (7)

Alex Bregman, Nate Eaton, Romy Gonzalez, David Hamilton, Nathaniel Lowe, Trevor Story

Outfielders (5)

Wilyer Abreu, Jarren Duran, Ceddanne Rafaela, Rob Refsnyder, Masataka Yoshida

Key detail on Red Sox roster

The Red Sox have a lot of versatility in this group.

Eaton, Gonzalez, Rafaela and Sogard can all play both infield and outfield spots.

That'll provide manager Alex Cora with some extra flexibility.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle