Who should be the Yankees’ Wild Card starter? (POLL)

Tell us who you think should start an American League Wild Card game for the New York Yankees and manager Aaron Boone. The Yankees begin play on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 (8/15/18) 10 games behind the first-place Boston Red Sox in the American League East and 3.5 games ahead of the Oakland A’s for the first American League Wild Card.

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Luis Severino has been awful lately.

Masahiro Tanaka had been improving until he got shelled in his latest start.

CC Sabathia‘s knee is a problem. J.A. Happ has impressed since arriving in the Bronx but he also had some struggles with Toronto. Lance Lynn‘s ERA was plus-5 before he joined the Yankees.

So, that brings us to the question: Who should start an American League Wild Card Game for the Yankees?

Tell us in the poll above.

Below, read Yankees notes from the team’s PR department following a 4-1 win over the Rays at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday.

• The Yankees improved to a season-high-tying 31 games over .500 (third time)…are 4-2 on their season-long 11-game homestand…are 7-2 in their last 9G…are 42-18 (.700) at Yankee Stadium.
• Are 9-15 in their last 24 games vs. the AL East after starting the season 18-9 against their division.
• Have won all 12 home series openers against the Rays since the start of 2015…are 29-10 in the last 39 games between the clubs in the Bronx.
• Are a Major League-best 47-6 (.887) when their starter tosses at least 6.0 innings…are 55-9 (.859) when scoring first.
• Yankees batters have homered in nine straight games (since 8/6), totaling 19HR over the stretch.
• Have hit a Major League-leading 194HR…are on pace to hit 264HR (the MLB record is 264HR by Seattle in 1997).
• Have hit at least 1HR in each of their last 13 home games (since 7/21), their longest streak of the season and tied for their fifth-longest such streak at the current Yankee Stadium.
• Had their streak of scoring at least 5R in 15 consecutive home games snapped…was the second-longest such streak at home in franchise history (21 straight from 6/2-7/14/38)…was tied for the eighth-longest such streak in the Majors since 1900, and tied for the longest since the start of 2001 (Boston, 15 straight from 8/2-9/1/05).

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