Not that there was any doubt, but manager Alex Cora made it official on Sunday.

Garrett Crochet will get the ball for the Red Sox on Tuesday in Game 1 of the American League Wild Card series.

The Red Sox were one of the few AL teams who already knew their plan for the first round of the playoffs entering Sunday. No matter what else happened, Boston would be starting the postseason on the road with its ace ready to go.

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Beyond that, however, Cora said everything would depend on the club’s first round matchup, including the remaining starters beyond Crochet. Brayan Bello and Lucas Giolito are expected to start Game 2 and 3 in some order, but who goes first remains unsettled.

“We’ll talk,” Cora said. “Brayan got his rest, we’ll see where we’re at with Gio too, but we have

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