It is not a part of the analytics manual the vast majority of major-league teams operate from, but by and large this remains a truism in the sport: Don’t make a move celebrated by the opposing dugout.

It is not a part of the analytics manual the vast majority of major-league teams operate from, but by and large this remains a truism in the sport: Don’t make a move celebrated by the opposing dugout.

Aaron Boone, though it was hard to quibble with it in the moment, made such a move Tuesday night when he pulled ace Max Fried with one out in the seventh inning in Game 1 of the best-of-three AL Wild Card Series.

Because the Red Sox, without a run and trailing by one, had mounted little against the lefthander, they were thrilled to see someone, anyone, but Fried throwing pitches against them.

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