One of the greatest rivalries in sports will add a new chapter this week when the Boston Red Sox visit the New York Yankees for a best-of-three MLB postseason series in the Bronx.

Both teams are expected to throw their aces in Game 1 on Tuesday night with Max Fried getting the ball for the Yankees and the Red Sox countering with Garrett Crochet . In 32 starts this season, Crochet went 18-5 with a 2.59 ERA, 255 strikeouts and a 1.028 WHIP.

Yankees first baseman Paul Goldschmidt has not fared well against Crochet, going 2-15 against the lefty in 16 career plate appearances.

“He's a great pitcher,” Goldschmidt said of the likely Cy Young runner-up, via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com. “He just executes so well. When he makes a mistake, you have to capitalize on it. You have to put that

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