MINNEAPOLIS – With the Yankees increasingly looking as if they’ll be the American League's top wild-card team, the organization has a difficult decision ahead when it comes to who starts the third game of that best-of-three opening round.

Max Fried and Carlos Rodon, barring the unforeseen, are near locks for Game 1 and 2, respectively, which leaves a potential win-or-go-home Game 3 in the hands of one of these three pitchers -- Will Warren, Luis Gil or Cam Schlittler.

Though, in reality, because of the up-and-down nature of Warren’s season, which has included too many big innings, it’s ultimately between the hard-throwing Schlittler and just-as-hard-throwing Gil.

“Performance matters,” manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday afternoon. “They’re each going to have a few more here, so hopefull

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