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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 10: Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees looks on after the fifth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Yankee Stadium on September 10, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
The New York Yankees<\/a> are in Tampa Bay and gearing up to open the ALDS against the No. 1-seeded Rays<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n New York is coming off a dominant two-game stretch against the Boston Red Sox<\/a> in the Wild Card Series, where they outscored Boston 18-2 across those two games.<\/p>\n Now, ahead of Saturday\u2019s game featuring right-handed pitcher Gerrit Cole for the Yankees and RHP Drew Rasmussen for Tampa Bay, New York manager Aaron Boone revealed the team\u2019s starting lineup and made a few sudden decisions.<\/p>\n Yankees Announce Anthony Volpe Decision<\/p>\n After playing in Game 1 and recording a double, Volpe didn\u2019t start in Game 2, and he will also sit out Saturday\u2019s series opener against the Rays.<\/p>\n In his place at second base will be Jazz<\/a> Chisholm Jr., while the rest of the infield will feature Ryan McMahon at third, George Lombard Jr. at shortstop and Luis Garcia Jr. at first.<\/p>\n Volpe will be joined by Jose Caballero as one of the team\u2019s primary bench options who could enter the game as a potential infielder.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the Yankees starting lineup:<\/p>\n Via Underdog MLB<\/a>: \u201cYankees 10\/3 B. Rice DH C. Bellinger LF L. Garcia Jr. 1B S. Jones RF G. Lombard Jr. SS J. Chisholm Jr. 2B T. Grisham CF A. Wells C R. McMahon 3B G. Cole SP.\u201d<\/p>\n Yankees 10\/3<\/p>\n B. Rice DH G. Cole SP<\/p>\n \u2014 Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) October 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Looking at the Yankees<\/p>\n New York is pretty much rolling out the same 26-man roster it used during the Wild Card Series, with one change.<\/p>\n They\u2019re replacing Amed Rosario with LHP Ryan Weathers. This gives them an extra arm after they went heavy on hitters during the Wild Card Series.<\/p>\n The Yankees will also leave Aaron Judge off the roster, which was obviously a topic of conversation Saturday morning. However, he simply isn\u2019t healthy enough to play yet in the eyes of manager Aaron Boone and the medical staff.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tCole Sullivan<\/a> Cole Sullivan is a sports journalist for Heavy.com covering the NFL, NBA, college football, and college basketball. A member of the United States Basketball Writers Association, he has written for FanSided, Athlon Sports, The Sporting News, and Newsweek. Sullivan earned an Associate degree from Franklin Pierce University and a Bachelor’s degree from Lynn University, where he studied Communications and Media Studies with a focus on Sports Journalism. More about Cole Sullivan<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 10: Anthony Volpe #11 of the New York Yankees looks on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":363889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-363888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=363888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/363889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=363888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=363888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=363888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
C. Bellinger LF
L. Garcia Jr. 1B
S. Jones RF
G. Lombard Jr. SS
J. Chisholm Jr. 2B
T. Grisham CF
A. Wells C
R. McMahon 3B<\/p>\n