The Boston Red Sox won’t win the AL East, the Yankees will

The lineups and rotations

Here, we will take a look at how the starting lineups and starting rotations will look for both Boston and New York going forward, in order to compare and contrast. For this, we will assume Dustin Pedroia will be back soon.

Boston Red Sox

1. RF Mookie Betts
2. LF Andrew Benintendi
3. 2B Dustin Pedroia
4. DH Hanley Ramirez
5. CF Jackie Bradley Jr.
6. 3B Rafael Devers
7. SS Xander Bogaerts
8. 1B Mitch Moreland
9. C Christian Vazquez

1. LHP Chris Sale
2. LHP Eduardo Rodriguez
3. LHP Drew Pomeranz
4. RHP Doug Fister or LHP David Price
5. RHP Rick Porcello

New York Yankees

1. CF Brett Gardner
2. LF Clint Frazier
3. RF Aaron Judge
4. C Gary Sanchez
5. DH Matt Holliday
6. SS Didi Gregorius
7. 1B Chase Headley
8. 3B Todd Frazier
9. 2B Ronald Torreyes

RHP Masahiro Tanaka

RHP Sonny Gray

LHP C.C. Sabathia

RHP Luis Severino

LHP Jordan Montgomery or LHP Jaime Garcia