ALT TEXT: Starter Payton Tolle Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees NBC, Peacock 8:00 pm Admit One IMAGE: Red Sox AL Wild Card Game 1 starter announce graphic featuring Payton Tolle. The design features a cutout of Payton pitching on top of a black and white portrait. There are vintage baseball ticker elements throughout with black and red text. The American League Wild Card Logo and our white “Punch Back” logo is found in the top left corner.

ALT The Boston Red Sox today announced that they have exercised the club’s 2029 and 2030 contract options on Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow and named Chad Tracy the team’s 49th manager in club history, agreeing to a three-year contract that will run through the 2029 season with a club option in 2030. “Craig and Chad are two exceptionally talented leaders who have earned these opportunities in very different ways,” said Red Sox President & CEO Sam Kennedy. “Over the last three years, we have watched Craig bring clarity, discipline, and conviction to the work of building our baseball operation. Chad was asked to step into a difficult situation with little notice, but the trust he immediately commanded at the major league level was earned through years of work across our organization. What this team has accomplished over the past several months has been historic. Results matter greatly in this business, but so do judgment, character, and the ability to bring out the best in others. Cr