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16	April 2019

NEW YORK � On Wednesday as the outs accumulated

in the wild-card game against the Oakland Athletics Greg Holland Jersey , a sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium began chanting �We Want Boston� repeatedly.By winning Game 2, the Yankees are assured of two games against the Boston Red Sox in the American League Division Series and the winner of Monday�s game will be one game away from clinching a trip to the American League Championship Series.�I think you know it�s a series that�s capable of going the distance,� Boston star right fielder Mookie Betts said. �I don�t think you expect to sweep. You�ve got two great teams here, it�s a best-of-five. It�s going to be fun.�Article continues below ...The Red Sox opened the series by taking a five-run lead through three innings Friday before holding on for a 5-4 win. The Yankees evened things by getting two homers from Gary Sanchez and Aaron Judge�s third homer of the postseason in a 6-2 victory on Saturday.�It�s been huge,� Yankees reliever Dellin Betances said. �I�ve never played in an atmosphere like playing in New York in the postseason for the last couple of years. It�s been unbelievable. It�s going to be even crazier now that we�re playing Boston.�The Red Sox are making their first trip to the current Yankee Stadium for a postseason game. The longtime rivals missed playing each other in 2009 and last season when the Red Sox lost in the Division Series.This time, the first series before the World Series pitting 100-win teams in the wild-card era since 1995, has been defined by the bullpens.New York�s bullpen posted a 3.38 ERA and struck out 753 in 594 2/3 innings and so far, is living up to its notoriety. In the first two games, it has allowed a run in 10 innings while the Red Sox are 6-for-33 (.182) against Yankee relievers.Boston�s bullpen posted a 3.72 ERA during the regular season but allowed 32 percent of inherited runners to score and the Yankees are aware of trying to get to it early. In the first two games, the Yankees saw 212 pitches against the relievers and went 10-for-42 (.239) with eight walks.�You want to affect that bullpen as best we can,� Judge said. �It�s a five-game series, and if we can wear them down and get them using that bullpen early, that�s a good thing.�Both teams were forced to use their bullpens extensively due to short outings as New York�s J.A. Happ exited after getting six outs in Game 1 while David Price departed after recording five outs Saturday.On Monday http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , the rivals will hope for lengthy outings from Nathan Eovaldi and Luis Severino, though with how aggressively both managers use relievers, lengthy could be defined as five or six innings.Eovaldi was originally slated to start Game 4 but Boston manager Alex Cora opted to save Rick Porcello for then.Eovaldi will be making his first career postseason start on a familiar mound. Before needing Tommy John surgery in 2016, he was 23-11 with a 4.45 ERA in 51 appearances for the Yankees and is 10-5 with a 3.70 ERA in 26 appearances at Yankee Stadium.�This is my first postseason start,� Eovaldi said Sunday. �I�m excited. This is what we play for, coming out of spring training and preparing for this moment. I�m excited, ready to go. It�s definitely probably the most important game I�ve ever pitched in.�The right-hander is pitching for the first time since throwing the first two innings of an 8-5 loss to the Yankees Sept. 29 at Fenway. He faced the Yankees three times after being acquired from Tampa Bay and did not allow an earned run in 16 innings.�We know he�s going to be throwing hard and he�s going to mix it up,� Cora said. �He�s had success against them. Seems like it�s a good matchup.�Meanwhile, the Yankees are banking on Severino, who allowed two hits in five-plus innings in the 7-2 win in the wild-card game. Severino won 19 games during the regular season but was 5-6 with a 5.57 ERA in 12 starts after the All-Star break.Severino went 2-1 with a 2.04 ERA in his final three regular-season starts heading into the wild-card game when he navigated through four walks while throwing 87 pitches.Now he gets to pitch in New York�s first home postseason game against the Red Sox since the infamous Game 7 of the 2004 ALCS, which was played when the right-hander was a 10-year-old in the Dominican Republic.�I think at that time I didn�t even have even TV,� Severino said of his memories from the last postseason meeting between the teams. �I�m not even sure. But I think I�ve been shown the highlights. It will be fun. Really fun.�In the postseason, Severino is 1-1 with a 4.50 ERA in five starts. One of those outings was Game 4 of last year�s ALDS against Cleveland http://www.rockiesfanproshop.com/authentic-chad-bettis-jersey , when he allowed three runs in seven innings.Severino was 2-2 with a 3.56 ERA in five starts against the Red Sox during the regular season.Both teams have injury questions with their starting lineups.New York center fielder Aaron Hicks missed Game 2 with right hamstring tightness and is expected to play Monday. Boston first baseman Mitch Moreland exited Game 2 with the same injury as Hicks after scoring on Ian Kinsler�s double in the seventh.Hicks and Moreland are considered day-to-day and neither is expected to be removed from the roster. NEW YORK (AP) � In a surprising twist to their search for a general manager, the New York Mets were getting closer to completing a deal with high-profile agent Brodie Van Wagenen, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because talks were ongoing.The 44-year-old Van Wagenen has been co-head of CAA Baseball since 2010 and emerged as the team�s top choice for GM from a list of 10-12 original candidates. He appears set to switch sides at the bargaining table after representing several Mets stars including Jacob deGrom, Yoenis Cespedes and Todd Frazier.Tampa Bay Rays senior vice president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom also was a finalist and remains a possibility, according to the person. An announcement is expected shortly after the World Series � but no sooner than Tuesday.Doug Melvin also had a second interview with ownership this week, but the former Texas and Milwaukee general manager was told he is no longer in the running.With the Mets seeking a replacement for Sandy Alderson, the finalists met during the week with owner Fred Wilpon and his son, chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon.Alderson was hired as Mets general manager in October 2010 but took a leave of absence in late June after a recurrence of cancer. He said the team�s poor record did not merit him returning.Baseball decisions have since been made by the trio of assistant general manager John Ricco and special assistants Omar Minaya and J.P. Ricciardi, all reporting to the Wilpons.Players and rival agents around the majors have expressed concern about a potential conflict of interest if Van Wagenen flips roles, though the move is not unprecedented. Former big league pitcher Dave Stewart made the switch from agent to front-office executive with the Arizona Diamondbacks, and a couple of GMs in the NBA did the same.�In my role as an agent, my solution is to create opportunities for players to be successful both on and off the field,� Van Wagenen said Monday in a statement released by the Mets after his second interview. �My conversations with the Mets continue to be organic. I believe baseball is better when the Mets are competitive and successful.�Following the team�s second consecutive losing season Tyler Anderson Jersey , Jeff Wilpon has been looking for a progressive thinker from outside the organization to take over as GM. He said he was open to �untraditional candidates,� an approach that has support from his father, and would like to have someone in place by the Nov. 5-8 general managers� meetings.Jeff Wilpon also said he would like Ricco, Ricciardi and Minaya to return � but that doesn�t guarantee they�ll be retained.�As Jeff and Fred continue their search for a new head of baseball operations, the players, fans and entire organization will be motivated to have a leader with the skills and commitment to win,� Van Wagenen said in his statement. �If the Wilpons believe I am that person, we will have that conversation.�Van Wagenen also represents Mets minor leaguer Tim Tebow, the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback.If he takes the GM job, Van Wagenen would need to give up his career as an agent.Van Wagenen played college baseball at Stanford with current Houston Astros manager AJ Hinch, and the two became good friends.