Max Fried and Carlos Rodon are lined up to pitch Games 2 and 3 of the American League Division Series, leaving open the question of who will face Toronto in Game 1 on Saturday.
Yankees manager Aaron Boone and his staff have genuinely not decided between the two candidates, Luis Gil and Will Warren, though their initial slight lean is toward Gil. The staff will meet about this in the coming hours.
Gil had not impressed the team by sacrificing velocity for command this year. The Yankees have maintained that Gil is healthy but just trying to be too fine.
The Yankees did think that Gil showed improvement in his approach in Sunday’s season finale against Baltimore. Both Gil and Warren faced Toronto once this season. Warren allowed eight runs in Toronto on July 2. Gil allowed one run in six innings at home against Toronto on Sept. 6.
It does not sound like those performances will factor much into the decisions.
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