The Red Sox change their rotation for their series against the Blue Jays

The final week of MLB's 2025 campaign gets underway tonight (Monday). And among the teams with their season in their hands are the Boston Red Sox, who are currently one game ahead in the race to be drafted.

The Low Reds face the Toronto Blue Jays in a three-game series at Rogers Centre starting tomorrow (Tuesday), before welcoming the Detroit Tigers to Fenway Park for three more games on Friday.

And on the eve of this crucial week, manager Alex Cora made a bold decision.

The Red Sox were to use their top three starting pitchers in their series against the Blue Jays – Lucas Giolito, Brayan Bello and Garrett Crochet – in that order. However, rather than maintain the status quo in the starting rotation, Cora is shuffling the deck.

According to MassLive's Sean McAdam, the Boston skipper will trade Crochet and Bello for the final two games in Ontario. Hook will take to the mound with four days' rest on Wednesday, while Bello will take to the mound with six days off on Thursday.

With veteran Max Scherzer pitching for the Blue Jays on Wednesday and experiencing his fair share of troubles these days, Cora is betting that the Red Sox will win this game with their ace pitcher on the mound.

What's more, although Cora may not want to say it out loud, there may be a slim chance that, if the Red Sox need a win, Captain Hook could return to the mound on Sunday in the final game of the season on three days' rest. Because the Tigers could have Cy Young Trophy favorite Tarik Skubal on the mound that day.

With all these important decisions to be made this week, the best baseball of the year is well and truly underway.

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