Max Fried, who is currently the second-favorite to win the AL Cy Young Award behind Tarik Skubal, will get the ball, looking for his first win against the Red Sox as a member of the Yankees. Fried has been sensational in his first season with the Bronx Bombers. The former Brave is 9-1 with a 1.84 ERA, 0.93 WHIP and a .198 batting average against.

According to FanGraphs the Red Sox have a 20.7% chance of making the playoffs right now. They have a 34-36 record. They are 9.0 games behind the Yankees in the AL East and 3.0 games out of a Wild Card.

Brayan Bello has struggled to pile up strikeouts this season, and our Yankees vs. Red Sox predictions expect that trend to continue this afternoon.