{"id":152806,"date":"2026-03-04T20:08:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152806\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T20:08:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T20:08:19","slug":"new-york-yankees-boston-red-sox-luis-gil-vs-garrett-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/152806\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Yankees @ Boston Red Sox: Luis Gil vs. Garrett Crochet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Good news, everyone: you\u2019ll actually be able to watch today\u2019s spring training game. After an offday on Monday and the first non-televised game at George M. Steinbrenner Field in some time in yesterday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinstripealley.com\/yankees-scores-game-recaps\/178017\/yankees-wbc-game-panama-recap-spring-training-final-score-world-baseball-classic-max-fried\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:mercy-rule exhibition;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">mercy-rule exhibition<\/a> against Panama, the Yankees will be live on ESPN in Fort Myers to renew their rivalry with the Boston Red Sox for the first time in 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Luis Gil gets the ball for his third start of the spring and is looking for more consistency. His velo is down, and while this is certainly excusable in February, you\u2019d like to see him hitting 97 more consistently as we get closer to Opening Day, rather than the 94-95 he\u2019s been at. He\u2019s allowed two runs in five innings with five strikeouts and just one walk through his two starts, and we\u2019ll see how long his leash is today after tossing 48 and 52 pitches in his first two starts.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It won\u2019t be a fun first few innings for the ragtag group of Yankees who made the road trip from the already-depleted hitting core due to the World Baseball Classic, as Boston is deploying Cy Young runner-up Garrett Crochet for his second start of the spring. He won Game 1 of last year\u2019s Wild Card Series with a dominant 7.2-inning effort, and the Yankees considerably struggled against him for much of the five starts he made against the Bombers last year. It\u2019s unclear how long he\u2019ll go, having only thrown 23 pitches and going two shutout innings against the Rays on February 26th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">George Lombard Jr. is leading off and playing shortstop to lead a very young Yankees lineup. Ben Rice is the lone expected starter making the trip and will bat second, followed by Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, Paul DeJong, and Spencer Jones. We might only see it once, but I\u2019m looking forward to Crochet vs. Jones. Non-roster invites Marco Luciano, Jonathan Ornelas, Payton Henry, and Duke Ellis finish out the starting nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Kristian Campbell, who was one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballsavant.mlb.com\/leaderboard\/outs_above_average?type=Fielder&amp;startYear=2025&amp;endYear=2025&amp;split=yes&amp;team=&amp;range=year&amp;min=50&amp;pos=4&amp;roles=&amp;viz=show&amp;sort=5&amp;sortDir=asc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:worst defenders in baseball;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">worst defenders in baseball<\/a> at second base last year, is leading off and playing center field for Boston. Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer follow him up, as do former Yankees prospects Caleb Durbin and Carlos Narv\u00e1ez. Isiah Kiner-Falefa will also bat seventh and DH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How to watch<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Location: JetBlue Park \u2014 Ft. Myers, FL<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">First pitch: 1:05 pm ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">TV broadcast: ESPN<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Radio broadcast: WEEI 850 (BOS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Online stream: ESPN Unlimited<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For updates, follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pinstripealley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pinstripealley\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>, and like us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pinstripealley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good news, everyone: you\u2019ll actually be able to watch today\u2019s spring training game. 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