Both A, Yankees, plan to play a baseball game in the AL Wild Card confrontation

The A's may not be the only team to turn to the paddock at the start of the American Wild Card Game.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said on Wednesday that he would consider removing his starter after just two races, even though he was doing his best.

"I think that's absolutely a consideration," Boone told the Michael Kay Show. "I saw them swinging hard and not necessarily getting into the game because of course we have these guys (in a vacuum). They will be rested. They will be lined up to go. It is conceivable that we could have two, three, four, five innings out of our starting pitcher and then deploy them. "

According to general manager David Forst, the A are still considering their own opening game.

"We're going to sit down with Bob (Melvin) and Scott Emerson, our coach, and start defining the possibilities," Forst told the MLB network radio. "Honestly, I do not know now how we will fix it …

"It will depend on their alignment a little bit. If we play definitely Yankee Stadium, it will depend on the performance of some players. There are many factors involved. We will probably take as much time as possible over the next week to make these decisions. "

Oakland's top two starting pitcher options, Mike Fiers and Edwin Jackson, both struggled at Yankee Stadium throughout their career. Proud has an ERA of 7.59 in two starts, dropping four points in 10 innings and 2/3. Jackson is not much better, with an ERA of 6.75 at the new Yankee Stadium. He gave four circuits in 13 1/3 innings.

It would be logical for the Yankees and A's to turn to their elders as soon as possible. This was one of the main strengths of each team during the regular season. The Oakland pen ranks second in the MLB with a score of 3.33, and that of New York is in third place with 3.34.

"We basically built the whole season ahead, so I do not know why we would change now," Forst said. "The year Blake (Treinen) made him probably the most important guy on this staff. … We are going to start our planning with him, and then (Jeurys) Familia, (Fernando) Rodney and (Lou) Trivino have been so good. We will probably understand that. "

The Yankees entered Wednesday with a magic number of two to lock the field advantage in the Wild Card game. The A always have an outside shot at home, but they should finish the regular season 4-0 while the Yankees went 1-4.

First pitch for the Wild AL Card Game has been set at 17 PT PT on Wednesday 3 October.