The Yankees probably will be playing the Red Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series when the postseason begins next week.

Carlos Rodon wasn’t always an exceptionally consistent pitcher. He was one of those guys with filthy stuff who could only occasionally harness it into a great outing. This season’s Rodon, though? He’s as consistently effective as they come.

Carlos Rodon’s final regular-season start for the New York Yankees was a masterpiece. The left-hander held the first-place Tampa Bay Rays scoreless for eight innings. After the game, manager Aaron Boone told The Athletic‘s Chris Kirschner that it could “potentially” be Rodon’s last start of the regular season.

Focused on October, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone made a key rotation decision regarding starter Carlos Rodon for the regular-season finale.

The New York Yankees need to address a recent development that significantly changes the starting rotation going into the playoffs.

Carlos Rodon is on a historic run of form on the mound, joined only by one other player in the history of Major League Baseball.

But following Marcus Semien’s one-out single in that second inning that led to an unearned run, Rodón retired 15 of the next 16 batters he faced before Carson Benge’s base hit ended his night with one out in the seventh.

An updated projection of the Yankees' roster in a best-of-three AL Wild Card series, likely against the Boston Red Sox