Yankees News: Cam Schlittler receipts, Red Sox roster, Tyler Wade retirement

The New York Yankees will face the Boston Red Sox in a best-two-out-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium. Any game that occurs will occur in primetime. There's no running and hiding - and that includes Game 1's starter Cam Schlittler, who's going to be the center of vitriol whether he dominantes or sulks.

He'll be opposed by Payton Tolle, followed by Sonny Gray in Game 2 (against Max Fried) and Ranger Suárez in a hypothetical Game 3 (against hypothetical Gerrit Cole). Similarly, Gray will either end this series as an object of ridicule or a supreme smack-talker, depending on his ability to back it up.

Schlittler dominated in Game 3 last year, sending Boston packing after the city's podcasters enticed their listeners to swarm his mom's social media accounts last fall for the crime of "having the Red Sox in her Twitter bio". As Sox fans continue to put Schlittler's familial "abuse" in quotation marks - I'm sure they've read every DM! - he'll be forced to respond every time he sits in front of a microphone.

No, he doesn't pay rapt attention. But yes, he exists in the world. He gets bothered online. He reads it. He files it away. He uses it.

If he loses to the Red Sox, it's going to get ugly online. He hasn't done much losing to the Red Sox yet. The pattern has mostly ended up favorable for the right-hander. Here's hoping that continues.

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The Sox's roster announcement has lagged behind their rotation leak, and they'll likely go down to the wire in much the same way the Yankees will, attempting to discern Aaron Judge's health before mashing the "GO" button.

As of this moment, it seems likely Garrett Crochet will be tabbed for a role of some kind, though there's no certainty yet around what he'll be able to provide. Trade deadline acquisition Curtis Mead stayed home, so he will not be called upon.

Boston has an interesting wrinkle up their sleeve that they've strongly hinted at: spring training stolen base record-holder Braiden Ward could make his MLB debut in this series, though as of now, he's just here for the vibes.

One of Aaron Judge's favorite teammates, Tyler Wade, announces retirement

And, for Yankee fans who miss the 2017-2019 iteration of the team, this one will hit hard: Tyler Wade, speedy backup infielder and one of Young Aaron Judge's closest compatriots on the team, has announced his retirement.

Wade played a part-time role with the Yankees from 2017-2021, somehow accruing 0.7 bWAR in 52 games in the truncated 2020 season. He appeared in 59 games for the 2025 Padres, but never hit better than the .268 mark he put up in 145 plate appearances in his final season in pinstripes.

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