The New York Yankees are back in the MLB postseason as they look to return to the World Series for a second straight year. But to do so, they will need to get past the Boston Red Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium.

In Game 1 on Tuesday, the Sox will give the ball to their ace, Garrett Crochet. The Cy Young candidate will have to face a deep Yankees lineup, filled with home run threats. One of those threats is Ben Rice, who hit 26 long balls in the regular season and went on an absolute tear in September , hitting for a .932 OPS.

That doesn't, however, make the lefty hitter a shoe-in to start in Game 1. Crochet is a lefty himself, who has picked apart left-handed batters all season, holding them to a .166 batting average and three home runs in 145 at bats. Ric

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